: Xu Dishan 許地山 (1893-1941), scholar and folklorist of Indian and , , and , and alumnus of @UniofOxford.

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: Yu Ying-shih 余英時 (1930–2021), historian, sinologist, and a true man of . 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!

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: Liang Qichao 梁啟超 (1873–1929), historian, intellectual, and revolutionary.

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in : Tang Chun-i/Tang Junyi (1909–1978). A student of Liang Shuming and, together with Xiong Shili and Mou Zongsan , one of the main proponents of New in .

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Zhou Zuoren (1885–1967), essayist and translator from and . A brother of Lu Xun /Zhou Shuren and major voice in the literary and cultural movements of , he was 'at odds with many of his contemporaries' (S. Daruvala).

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: Lao Gan 勞榦 (1907–2003), historian of the early imperial (Qin-Han ) and early medieval (Wei-Jin-Nanbeichao ) periods. Conducted groundbreaking research on Juyan Han wooden strips and art .

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in : 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 .

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in : Fu Ssu-nien (Sinian , 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 , his letters alone fill several volumes.

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: Zheng Zhenduo 鄭振鐸 (1898–1958), historian of in

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: Zheng Zhenduo 鄭振鐸 (1898–1958), historian of in

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: Hu Shi / Hu Shih 胡適 (1891–1962), historian, philosopher, diplomat, and one of the most important intellectuals in .

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: Feng Youlan/Fung Yu-lan 馮友蘭 (1895–1990), Chinese philosopher, author of A History of 中國哲學史 (1934, trans. by Derk Bodde).

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: Wang Guowei (1877–1927). One of the most influential scholars in , he drowned himself in Lake Kunming, which has been romanticised as a protest against and the death of traditional .

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: Feng Youlan/Fung Yu-lan (1895–1990), Chinese philosopher, author of A History of 中國哲學史 (1934, trans. by Derk Bodde).

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: Ba Jin 巴金 (1904–2005), né Li Yaotang 李堯棠, Chinese writer who also wrote in and is most renowned for his semi-autobiographical novel 'The Family' .

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: Wen Yiduo 聞一多 (1899–1946), poet.

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age 38: Liu Boming (1887–1923), first Chinese to obtain a doctorate in , contributor to journal. Notable publication: Outline of Western and Philosophy 西洋 史大綱.

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