#DOTD: Xia Ruifang 夏瑞芳 (1871–1914), co-founder of #TheCommercialPress #商務印書館 in #Shanghai #上海, the oldest #publishinghouse in #ModernChina and still one of the leading #publishers of scholarly #literature (e.g. #dictionaries) in #China, #Taiwan, and #Hongkong today.
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#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Fan Shoukang 范壽康 (1896–1983), #educator and #philosopher. Having graduated from #Tokyo University in 1923, he worked as an editor at The Commercial Press #商務印書館 and professor at Sun Yat-sen University #中山大學 and Wuhan University #武漢大學.
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