Li Fang-kuei (20 August 1902-), anthropologist and linguist whose scholarly interests ranged from the study of Archaic and Ancient Chinese to the languages and cultures of American Indian tribes. Although his native place was Hsiyang, Shansi, Li Fang-kuei was born in Canton. He was the fifth child of Li Kuang-yü, an expectant taot'ai who had […]
Li Chi (1896-), archaeologist who became head of the archaeology' section of the Academia Sinica"s institute of history and philology in 1928 and director of that institute in Taiwan in 1955. He was best known to Westerners for his direction of the excavations at Anyang. A native of Chunghsiang, Hupeh, Li Chi was born into […]
Fu Ssu-nien T. Meng-chen Fu Ssu-nien (26 March 1896-20 December 1950), was a leader in the May Fourth Movement who became a historian and an administrator of historical scholarship. He organized the Academia Sinica's institute of history and philology and served as its director for more than 20 years. He acted as director of the […]
Tung Tso-pin (20 March 1895-23 November 1963), leading authority on chia-ku-wen, the study of oracle bone and turtle shell inscriptions of the Shang-Yin period. He first suggested the systematic excavation of the Anyang site. He served as director of the Academia Sinica's institute of history and philology in 1950-54, during which time he also was […]
Ch'en Hsing-shen 陳省身 S. S. Chern Shüng-shen Chern Ch'en Hsing-shen (26 October 1911-), known as S. S. Chern, prominent mathematician, specialized in differential geometry and topology. He worked at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton (1943-46) and directed the institute of mathematics of the Academia Sinica (1945-48). In 1949 he returned to the United […]
Ch'en Yin-k'o 陳寅恪 (1890-), internationally known sinologist, produced many important works on early medieval Chinese history and on relations between the Chinese empire and neighboring areas beginning in 420. After long association with Tsinghua University and with the Academia Sinica's institute of history and philology, Ch'en was appointed to the chair of Chinese at Oxford […]
