Ch'i Ju-shan (23 December 1876-18 March 1962), playwright, scholar, and impresario for Mei Lan-fang (q.v.), was the first Chinese scholar in the twentieth century to do extensive practical research on traditional Chinese drama. He helped to restore it to a place of honor in China. A native of Kaoyang, Chihli (Hopei), Ch'i Ju-shan was born […]

Ou-yang Yü-ch'ien (1887-21 September 1962), teacher, actor, playwright, and director whose career reflects the development of drama and cinema in twentieth-century China. Liuyang, Hunan, was the birthplace of Ou-yang Yü-ch'ien. His paternal grandfather, Ou-yang Chung-ku, was provincial treasurer of Kwangsi during the last years of the Ch'ing dynasty, and his maternal grandfather, Liu Jen-hsi, was […]

Ch'i Pai-shih (22 November 1863-16 September 1957), prominent artist. He was best known as a painter, but was highly regarded as a calligrapher and seal engraver as well. A native of Hsiangt'an, Hunan, Ch'i Pai-shih grew up in a poor peasant family; he lived with his grandparents, parents, and his eight younger brothers and sisters. […]

Ch'eng T'ien-fang (22 February 1899-) served the National Government in such capacities as ambassador to Germany (1936-38), delegate to the sessions of UNESCO (after 1945), and minister of education (1950-54). He was dean (1934-35) and vice chancellor (1943-44) of the Central Political Institute and chancellor of National Chekiang (1932-33) and National Szechwan (1938-42) universities. A […]