#BOTD: Xu Dishan 許地山 (1893-1941), #Taiwanese scholar and folklorist of Indian and #ChineseReligion, #literature, and #Sanskrit, and alumnus of @UniofOxford. #ModernChina #ChineseReligion #SinoIndianRelations
#botd #Taiwanese #chinesereligion #literature #Sanskrit #modernchina #sinoindianrelations
#BOTD: Yu Ying-shih 余英時 (1930–2021), historian, sinologist, and a true #Renaissance man of #ModernChina. Yu was the closest anyone can get in Sinology to a polymath. His 'O Soul, Come Back!' on the ancient ritual of 'summoning the spirit' 招魂 of a recently deceased person left a deep impression on my soul. A true master of National Learning 國學!
#botd #renaissance #modernchina
#DOTD: Liang Qichao 梁啟超 (1873–1929), #Chinese historian, intellectual, and revolutionary. #ModernChina #NewHistory #新史學
#dotd #chinese #modernchina #newhistory #新史學
#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: #Philosopher Tang Chun-i/Tang Junyi #唐君毅 (1909–1978). A student of Liang Shuming #梁漱溟 and, together with Xiong Shili #熊十力 and Mou Zongsan #牟宗三, one of the main proponents of New #Confucianism #新儒家 in #ModernChina. #ChinesePhilosophy #China
#botd #chinesehistory #philosopher #唐君毅 #梁漱溟 #熊十力 #牟宗三 #confucianism #新儒家 #modernchina #ChinesePhilosophy #china
#BOTD Zhou Zuoren #周作人 (1885–1967), #Chinese essayist and translator from #Greek and #Japanese. A brother of Lu Xun #魯迅/Zhou Shuren #周樹人 and major voice in the literary and cultural movements of #ModernChina, he was 'at odds with many of his contemporaries' (S. Daruvala).
#botd #周作人 #chinese #greek #japanese #魯迅 #周樹人 #modernchina
#BOTD: Lao Gan 勞榦 (1907–2003), #Chinese historian of the early imperial (Qin-Han #秦漢) and early medieval (Wei-Jin-Nanbeichao #魏晉南北朝) periods. Conducted groundbreaking research on Juyan Han wooden strips #居延漢簡 and #Dunhuang art #敦煌藝術. #Chinesehistory #ModernChina
#botd #chinese #秦漢 #魏晉南北朝 #居延漢簡 #dunhuang #敦煌藝術 #chinesehistory #modernchina
#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培 (1868–1940), philosopher, politician, and education reformer. As president of Peking University 北京大學 and Academia Sinica 中央研究院, he was one of the most influential educators in #ModernChina.
#botd #chinesehistory #modernchina
#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.
#dotd #thecommercialpress #商務印書館 #shanghai #上海 #publishinghouse #modernchina #publishers #literature #dictionaries #china #taiwan #hongkong
#BOTD: Luo Jialun 羅家倫 (1897–1969), #Chinese educator and politician. #MayFourthMovement #五四運動 #NewCultureMovement #新文化運動 #ModernChina
#botd #chinese #mayfourthmovement #五四運動 #newculturemovement #新文化運動 #modernchina
#BOTD in #China: Fu Ssu-nien (Sinian #傅斯年, 1896–1950), historian, linguist, and founder of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica (@ihptaiwan). One of the main brokers of academic networks in #ModernChina #RepublicanChina, his letters alone fill several volumes. #Taiwan #AcademiaSinica #History #Philology
#botd #china #傅斯年 #modernchina #republicanchina #taiwan #academiasinica #history #philology
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#BOTD: Zheng Zhenduo 鄭振鐸 (1898–1958), historian of #ChineseLiterature in #ModernChina
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MedievalChina/status/1604765818708967424
#botd #chineseliterature #modernchina
#BOTD: Zheng Zhenduo 鄭振鐸 (1898–1958), historian of #ChineseLiterature in #ModernChina
#botd #chineseliterature #modernchina
#BOTD: Hu Shi / Hu Shih 胡適 (1891–1962), historian, philosopher, diplomat, and one of the most important intellectuals in #ModernChina. #ChinesePhilosophy #MayFourth #五四 #NewCulture #中國哲學史大綱
#botd #modernchina #ChinesePhilosophy #mayfourth #五四 #newculture #中國哲學史大綱
#BOTD: Feng Youlan/Fung Yu-lan 馮友蘭 (1895–1990), Chinese philosopher, author of A History of #ChinesePhilosophy 中國哲學史 (1934, trans. by Derk Bodde). #ModernChina #諸子百家 #哲學 #Philosophy
#botd #ChinesePhilosophy #modernchina #諸子百家 #哲學 #philosophy
#BOTD: Wang Guowei #王國維 (1877–1927). One of the most influential #classisicist scholars in #ModernChina, he drowned himself in Lake Kunming, which has been romanticised as a protest against #modernity and the death of traditional #ChineseCulture. #四大導師 #獨立之精神自由之思想
#botd #王國維 #classisicist #modernchina #modernity #chineseculture #四大導師 #獨立之精神自由之思想
#DOTD: Feng Youlan/Fung Yu-lan (1895–1990), Chinese philosopher, author of A History of #ChinesePhilosophy 中國哲學史 (1934, trans. by Derk Bodde). #ModernChina #諸子百家 #哲學 #Philosophy
#dotd #ChinesePhilosophy #modernchina #諸子百家 #哲學 #philosophy
#DOTD: Ba Jin 巴金 (1904–2005), né Li Yaotang 李堯棠, Chinese #anarchist writer who also wrote in #Esperanto and is most renowned for his semi-autobiographical novel 'The Family' #家. #ChineseLiterature #ModernChina
#dotd #anarchist #esperanto #家 #chineseliterature #modernchina
#DOTD: Xiang Da 向達 (1900–1966), #Chinese historian of the #MiddleAges, #Dunhuang #敦煌 scholar, translator, #bookhistorian. #MedievalChina #ModernChina #ChineseHistorians #Buddhism #EastWestExchanges #BertoldLaufer
#dotd #chinese #MiddleAges #dunhuang #敦煌 #bookhistorian #MedievalChina #modernchina #chinesehistorians #buddhism #eastwestexchanges #bertoldlaufer
#DOTD age 38: Liu Boming #劉伯明 (1887–1923), first Chinese to obtain a doctorate in #philosophy, contributor to #CriticalReview #學衡 journal. Notable publication: Outline of Western #Ancient and #Medieval Philosophy 西洋 #古代 #中世 #哲學 史大綱. #ChinesePhilosophy #ModernChina
#dotd #劉伯明 #philosophy #criticalreview #學衡 #ancient #medieval #古代 #中世 #哲學 #ChinesePhilosophy #modernchina