Qian Xuantong

Qian Xuantong
Qian Xuantong
Qian Xuantong.jpg
Qian Xuantong
Traditional Chinese 錢玄同
Simplified Chinese 钱玄同
Qian Xia
Traditional Chinese 錢夏
Simplified Chinese 钱夏

Qian Xuantong (; 1887—January 17, 1939) was a Chinese linguist.

Biography

Born in Huzhou, Zhejiang, Qian was named 錢夏錢夏 at birth, and was given the courtesy name Deqian (德潜) trained in traditional Chinese philology. After receiving his university education in Japan, Qian held a number of teaching positions in mainland China. He was a student of Zhang Binglin; some of Zhang's works were copied and printed in Qian's remarkable seal script handwriting. As a philologist, Qian was the first to reconstruct the vowel system of Old Chinese in IPA.

A close friend of Lu Xun, Qian was a key figure in the May Fourth Movement. Despite his close relationship with the Chinese classics, he promoted the abolition of classical Chinese. He was also a strong supporter of Esperanto, at one time even proposed the substitution of Chinese by it.[1] He and Liu Bannong did their best to promote vernacular Chinese, attacking such classical Chinese stylists as Lin Shu. His skepticism of the Chinese heritage was such that he at one time wanted to change his surname to Yi Gu (疑古 "suspecting things ancient"). He also did much important work with regards to the standardization of Simplified Chinese characters, Mandarin, and the design of pinyin.

His son Qian Sanqiang was a nuclear physicist who contributed to development of nuclear weapons in China.

References

  • He Jiuying 何九盈 (1995). Zhongguo xiandai yuyanxue shi (中囯现代语言学史 "A history of modern Chinese linguistics"). Guangzhou: Guangdong jiaoyu chubanshe.
  • Wu Rui 吳銳 (1996). Qian Xuantong pingzhuan (钱玄同评传 "A Biography of Qian Xuantong"). Nanchang: Baihuazhou wenyi chubanshe.
  1. ^ DeFrancis, John (1950), "chapter 4: One State, One People, One Language", Nationalism and Language Reform in China, Princeton University Press, http://www.pinyin.info/readings/texts/DeFr1950.html 

External links



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Qian Xuantong — Dans ce nom chinois, le nom de famille, Qian, précède le prénom. Qian Xuantong (en sinogrammes simplifiés : 钱玄同 ; en sinogrammes traditionnels : 錢玄同 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Qian Sanqiang — (Chinese: 钱三强) (1913 1992) was a Chinese nuclear physicist. BiographyA native of Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, Qian was born in Shaoxing, attending Peking University and Tsinghua University. His father is Qian Xuantong. Qian went for France… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Chinese writers — Contents 1 Chronological list 1.1 Antiquity and Qin Dynasty 1.2 Han Dynasty and following 1.3 Tang Dynasty and following …   Wikipedia

  • Doubting Antiquity School — The Yigupai (Chinese: 疑古派; pinyin: Yígǔpài; Wade–Giles: Ikup ai; literally Doubting Antiquity School [1][2]) refers to a group of scholars and writers who show doubts and uncertainty of antiquity in the Chinese academia starting during the New… …   Wikipedia

  • Peking University — infobox University name= Peking University 北京大学 established= 1898 type= Public president= Xu Zhihong (许智宏) city= Beijing country= China undergrad = 15,128 postgrad = 15,039 faculty = 4,206 campus= Urban, 273 ha affiliations=IARU, APRU, BESETOHA… …   Wikipedia

  • List of China-related topics M-Z — The following is a breakdown of the list of China related topics.See also: List of China related topics 123 L NOTOC M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZMMa Chao Ma Jian Ma Lik Ma On Shan Country Park Ma On Shan Rail Ma Su Ma Wan Ma Ying jeou Ma anshan… …   Wikipedia

  • New Culture Movement — The New Culture Movement (simplified Chinese: 新文化运动; traditional Chinese: 新文化運動; pinyin: Xīn Wénhuà Yùndòng) of the mid 1910s and 1920s sprang from the disillusionment with traditional Chinese culture following the failure of the Chinese Republic …   Wikipedia

  • Huang Xianfan — Padre de la Zhuang estudio: Huang Xianfan(1932) Nacimiento 13 de noviembre de 1899 Fusui, Guangxi …   Wikipedia Español

  • Lu Xun — For the similarly named general of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms era, see Lu Xun (Three Kingdoms). This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lu. Zhou Shuren Born September 25, 1881(1881 09 25) …   Wikipedia

  • Zhang Binglin — This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang. Names Chinese: 章炳麟 Pinyin: Zhāng Bǐnglín Wade Giles: Chang Ping lin Courtesy name: Meishu (枚叔) …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”