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List of Peking University people

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Before moving to the campus of Yenching University in the northwestern suburbs, Peking University was based in the "red building" in downtown Beijing.

This is a list of people associated with Peking University in China. Several notable individuals have been associated with Peking University.

Faculty

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Faculty of the Imperial Capital University in the late Qing Dynasty
  • Chen Duxiu 陈独秀 – dean of letters, a leader of China's New Culture Movement, later co-founder of Chinese Communist Party
  • William Empson - British literary scholar
  • Fei Xiaotong 费孝通　- researcher of sociology and anthropology; chairman of China Democratic Alliance.
  • Gu Hongming 辜鸿铭 – writer, an advocator of traditional Chinese monarchy. Gu preserved his plait even after the overthrow of Qing Dynasty
  • He Weifang 贺卫方 – judicial reformist
  • Hu Shih 胡适 – philosopher, writer and a leader of China's New Culture Movement
  • Vincenz Hundhausen 洪涛生 - professor of German literature and translator of Chinese works into German[1]
  • Jian Bozan 翦伯赞 – historian
  • Jiang Menglin 蒋梦麟 – a prominent education reformer in China and former President of Peking University and Zhejiang University
  • C. S. Kiang, Founding Dean of the College of Environmental Sciences at Peking University[2][3]
  • Li Haopei 李浩培 – jurist, Judge of International Criminal Court
  • Li Shizeng, biology faculty; more prominent as anarchist and Guomindang politician.
  • Liang Shuming 梁漱溟 – modern neo-Confucianist. Liang was most famous for his critique of Marxist class theory, stating that, despite obvious disparities of wealth, Chinese rural society could not be unambiguously classified along class lines. One and the same family (particularly the large patriarchal lineages found in many regions) would commonly have some members among the "haves" and others among the "have-nots". The class struggle advocated by the Maoists would necessitate kinsmen attacking each other.
  • Lin Yutang 林语堂 – writer, inventor of the first Chinese typewriter and a new method of romanizing the Chinese language
  • Liu Shipei 刘师培 – historian and philosopher, an advocate of traditional Chinese monarchy
  • Lu Xun 鲁迅 – a remarkable writer, an important figure of China's New Culture Movement
  • Ma Yinchu 马寅初 – a prominent population economist, whose New Population Theory was criticized by Mao since 1957 for two decades. Having examined trends of the early 1950s, Ma argued that further population growth at such high rates would be detrimental to China's development. Therefore, he advocated government control of fertility. In 1979, the Communist Party formally apologises to Ma, stating that "erroneously criticized one person, population mistakenly increased 300,000,000".
  • Qian Mu 钱穆 – historian, philosopher and confucian. One of the founders of New Asia College and Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Qian Xuantong 钱玄同 – linguist
  • Rao Yi 饶毅 – neuroscientist, dean of the School of Life Sciences since 2007[4]
  • Bertrand Russell – lecturer in Philosophy (1920-1921)
  • Shen Congwen 沈从文 – writer
  • Alexander von Staël-Holstein (1918-1937 in Beijing) – lecturer and professor in Indology, Sinology and Phonetics
  • Qixiang Sun (孙祁祥) - Associate Dean of Peking University's School of Economics and Chair and C. V. Starr Professor in the Department of Risk Management and Insurance
  • Wang Keqin 王克勤 – muckraking journalist and blogger
  • Wang Tieya 王铁崖 – jurist, former Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
  • Wang Xiaobo 王小波 – writer
  • Ta-You Wu 吴大猷 – the "Father of Chinese Physics". His students include Chen Ning Yang and Tsung-Dao Lee, co-winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957.
  • Xu Beihong 徐悲鴻 – the most famous Chinese artist, dean of Beida School of Arts, President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and chairman of the Chinese Artists' Association.
  • Xiaoyu Lu 吕晓宇 - professor in the School of International Studies
  • Yu Dafu 郁达夫 – modern Chinese short story writer and poet, author of Ch'en-lun "Sinking" (1921)
  • Luo Niansheng (simplified Chinese: 罗念生; traditional Chinese: 羅念生) - known for translating Ancient Greek literature into Chinese

Officers and administrators

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Cai Yuanpei, early University Chancellor

Alumni

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Writers

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Academics

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Hu Shih with visiting guests at the Peking University
  • Michael Halliday – developed systemic functional grammar
  • Tian Gang 田刚 – mathematician
  • Tang Tao 汤涛 - mathematician
  • Li Yining 厉以宁 – economist
  • Tsung-Dao Lee (Li Zhengdao) 李政道 B.S. 1946 – Honorary professor, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (physics, 1957)
  • Jingjing Liang 梁晶晶 B.S. 2001– forest ecologist, founder of Science-i and the Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative, and Perdue University faculty
  • Yang Zhenning 杨振宁 B.S. 1942 – Honorary professor (at Tsinghua as well), physicist, Nobel Prize laureate, 1957
  • Justin Yifu Lin 林毅夫 – economist (now the chief economist of World Bank)
  • Yu Jie – First house church leader to meet an American president (May 2006, meeting George W Bush in the White House)
  • Yu Min – physicist, Father of Chinese H-bombs
  • Luo Jialun 罗家伦 – leader of the May Fourth Movement, president of Tsinghua University
  • Fu Sinian 傅斯年 – educator and linguist; leader of the May Fourth Movement, creators of the Academia Sinica, former president of National Taiwan University
  • Gu Jiegang 顾颉刚 – a Chinese historian; the founder of the Skeptical school of early Chinese history, known as yigupai; best known for the seven volume work Gushi Bian (古史辨 "Debates on Ancient History").
  • Shang Yue 尚钺 – a Chinese economic historian and an author; best known for his contribution on the idea of sprouts of capitalism
  • Ren Jiyu 任继愈 – Chinese historian and philosopher, former director of the National Library.
  • Deng Jiaxian 邓稼先 – a nuclear physics expert; a leading organizer and key contributor to the Chinese nuclear weapon programs.
  • Qian Sanqiang 钱三强 – a nuclear physicist and education administrator; a leading organizer and key contributor to the Chinese nuclear weapon programs; former president of Zhejiang University
  • Zhu Guangya 朱光亚 – a renowned nuclear physicist of China, key contributor to China's "Two Bombs, One Satellite" projects.
  • Zhou Guangzhao 周光召 – expert on particle physics, discoverer of PCAC (partial conservation of axial current), an important step toward the understanding of symmetry breaking; former director of the Chinese Nuclear Weapons Research Institute and president of the Academica Sinica.
  • Gang Liu 刘刚 - a mathematician and computer scientist.
  • Ji Xianlin - linguist, historian, indologist, writer, vice president of Peking University (since 1978)
  • Yitang Zhang 张益唐 B.S. 1982, M.S. 1985, mathematician Discovered upper bond of prime numbers as close to 70, 000, 000, and won Ostrowski Prize (2013) Cole Prize (2014) Rolf Schock Prize (2014) MacArthur Fellowship (2014).
  • Li Bulou 李步楼 - a translator and philosopher.
  • Yingying Zhang[6]
  • Tu Youyou 屠呦呦 - a pharmaceutical chemist and educator. She is best known for discovering artemisinin (also known as qinghaosu) and dihydroartemisinin, used to treat malaria, which has saved millions of lives. For her work, Tu received the 2011 Lasker Award in clinical medicine and the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura.
  • Yuan Tung-li 袁同礼 - former director of the National Library of China
  • Mi Zhang - professor at Michigan State University
  • Shaodong Guo - nutrition scientist, academic and diabetes researcher.
  • Shaomin Li - sociologist, economist and academic

    • In politics

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    The gate of the Flora Temple on the eastern bank of the Weiming Lake

    In business and media

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    Boya Pagoda by the Weiming Lake, one of the landmarks on the campus

    Among the "top 300 richest in China"[7] 27 graduated from Beida, much higher than any other Chinese university. The second ranking school is Zhejiang University, with 17 alumni on the list.

    Other

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    Including honorary professors and other associates:

    See also

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    References

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    • Bieg, Lutz. "Literary translations of the classical lyric and drama in the first half of the 20th century: The "case" of Vincenz Hundhausen (1878-1955)." (Archive) In: Alleton, Vivianne and Michael Lackner (editors). De l'un au multiple: traductions du chinois vers les langues européennes Translations from Chinese into European Languages. Éditions de la maison des sciences de l'homme (Les Editions de la MSH, FR), 1999, Paris. p. 62-83. ISBN 273510768X, 9782735107681.

    Notes

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    1. ^ Bieg, p. 68.
    2. ^ Air Quality Management in the United States. National Academies Press. 2004. pp. 321–359. ISBN 0309167868. Retrieved September 30, 2015. C. S. Kiang.
    3. ^ Sandor, Richard L. (2012). Good Derivatives: A Story of Financial and Environmental Innovation. John Wiley & Sons. p. 511. ISBN 978-0470949733. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
    4. ^ Gong Yidong (2009-10-14). "Man on a mission". China Daily. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
    5. ^ Guoxue – Fengyoulan
    6. ^ "'Nobody saw this coming': Arrest in Chinese scholar's disappearance stuns U. Of I. Community". Chicago Tribune.
    7. ^ Cuaa.net
    8. ^ "欢迎访问校庆110周年主页". Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
    9. ^ "Executive Profile: Zhengyao Lu". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
    10. ^ Han, Li (2018-06-28). "Nut Cases: How Foreign Viral Video Stars Are Defying Stereotypes". Sixth Tone. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
    11. ^ "FRONTLINE/World . Jesus in China Interview | PBS". PBS.
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