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Chang Ch'i-yun
Chang Ch'i-yun (29 September 1901 – 26 August 1985) was a Chinese people, Chinese historian, geographer, educator and politician. He was the founder of the Chinese Culture University and the Nanhai Academy, and served as Ministry of Education (Republic of China), Minister of Education of the Republic of China from 1954 to 1958. He was a lead editor on the ''Zhongwen Da Cidian''. Biography Chang Ch'i-yun graduated from the Division of History and Geography of National Nanjing Higher Normal School (later renamed National Central University and Nanjing University), where he studied from scholars such as Liu Yizheng, Zhu Kezhen and Liu Boming (philosopher), Liu Boming. After graduating, Chang worked for ''The Commercial Press'' as an editor, and later taught at his alma mater, the National Central University. In 1936, he was transferred to Zhejiang University and taught history and geography, later becoming the university's dean of the Faculty of Arts. In 1943, Chang was invite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atomic Energy Council
The Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC; ) is an independent government agency of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) which is responsible for atomic safety, development and regulations. It also conducts research and development into atomic technologies. It is affiliated with IAEA by special agreements to safeguard the peaceful development of the nuclear energy by the Republic of China government. History The agency was created in 1955 as the Atomic Energy Council by the Executive Yuan. Since then, it has assisted industry in developing nuclear power for commercial use and allowed universities to conduct research into atomic energy. On 27 September 2023, the agency is renamed to Nuclear Safety Commission. The agency is still primarily responsible for the supervision of nuclear power plants, nuclear facilities, and radiation workplaces. It also strictly implement the laws for nuclear safety control, radiation protection, environmental detection, and proper administra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhongwen Da Cidian
__NOTOC__ The ''Zhongwen Da Cidian'', also known in English as the ''Encyclopaedic Dictionary of the Chinese Language'', is an unabridged Chinese dictionary, edited by Zhang Qiyun and others. The first edition had 40 volumes including its radical index in volume 39 and stroke index in volume 40. It was published from 1962 through 1968. This encyclopedic dictionary includes 49,905 Chinese characters arranged under the traditional 214 Kangxi radicals. Each character entry shows the evolution of graphic forms (such as small seal script), gives pronunciations, and chronological meanings with sources. Words, phrases, and four-character idioms are given under the head character entry, arranged according to the number of strokes in their components. "There are many phrases under some characters," for example, 3,417 under ''yi'' (一 "one") and 1,398 under ''huang'' (黄 "yellow"). Although the ''Zhongwen Da Cidian'' is based on the first edition 1960 '' Dai Kan-Wa Jiten'' ("Compreh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Geographers
China has great physical diversity. The eastern plain and southern coasts of the country consist of fertile lowlands and foothills. They are the location of most of China's agricultural output and human population. The southern areas of the country (south of the Yangtze River) consist of hilly and mountainous terrain. The west and north of the country are dominated by sunken basins (such as the Gobi and the Taklamakan), rolling plateaus, and towering massifs. It contains part of the highest tableland on earth, the Tibetan Plateau, and has much lower agricultural potential and population. Traditionally, the Chinese population centered on the Chinese Central Plain, developing as a country whose center lay in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River on the northern plains. More recently, the coastline has been used extensively for export-oriented trade, causing the coastal provinces to become the leading economic center. The People's Republic of China has an area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Deaths
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches '' Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar and Spain reopens for the first time since Francisco Franco closed it in 1969. * February 5 – Australia cancels its involv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1901 Births
December 13 of this year is the beginning of signed 32-bit computing, 32-bit Unix time, and is scheduled to end in Year 2038 problem, January 19, 2038. Summary Political and military 1901 started with the Federation of Australia, unification of multiple Crown colony, British colonies in Australia on January 1 to form the Australia, Commonwealth of Australia after a 1898–1900 Australian constitutional referendums, referendum in 1900, Subsequently, the 1901 Australian federal election, 1901 Australian election would see the first Prime Minister of Australia, Australian prime minister, Edmund Barton. On the same day, Nigeria became a Colonial Nigeria, British protectorate. Following this, the Victorian era, Victorian Era would come to a end after Queen Victoria died on January 22 after a reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign, longer than those of any of her predecessors, Her son, Edward VII, succeeded her to the throne. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chang Jen-Hu
Chang Jen-hu (), or J. H. Chang (18 March 1927 – 25 November 2019) was a Chinese educator, geographer based in Taiwan. He was a specialist in ancient climate change, and the agricultural development of mainland China and Taiwan. Chang was the chairman of the board of directors of Chinese Culture University. Biography Chang was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, on 18 March 1927. His father was Chang Ch'i-yun, who was a prominent politician and educator of the Republic of China. Chang graduated from the Department of Geography and History of the National Chekiang University in Hangzhou in 1948. In 1954, Chang obtained his Ph.D. in geography from Clark University in the United States. Chang was a research associate at Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institutio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretary-General Of The Kuomintang
The secretary-general of the Kuomintang is the chief of staff of the Kuomintang, nominated by the chairperson and confirmed by the Central Committee. The position was created in 1926 and is currently held on by Justin Huang, who assumed the post in October 2021. List of secretaries-general Secretaries-general of the Central Executive Committee # Yeh Ch'u-ts'ang ��楚傖(1926–1927) # Post abolished (1927–1929) # Chen Li-fu (1929–1931) # Ting Wei-feng ��惟汾(1931) # Yeh Ch'u-ts'ang (1931–1938) # Chu Chia-hua (1938–1939) # Yeh Ch'u-ts'ang (1939–1941) # Wu Tiecheng (1941–1948) # Zheng Yanfen (1948–1950) Secretaries-general of the Central Reform Committee # Chang Chi-yun (1950–1952) Secretaries-general of the Central Committee # Chang Chi-yun (1952–1954) # Chang Li-sheng (1954–1959) # Tang Tsung ��縱(1959–1964) # Gu Fengxiang ��鳳翔(1964–1968) # Chang Pao-shu ��寶樹(1968–1979) # Chiang Yen-si ��彥士(1979–1985) # Ma Shu-li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyman John Harvard (clergyman), John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Its influence, wealth, and rankings have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world. Harvard was founded and authorized by the Massachusetts General Court, the governing legislature of Colonial history of the United States, colonial-era Massachusetts Bay Colony. While never formally affiliated with any Religious denomination, denomination, Harvard trained Congregationalism in the United States, Congregational clergy until its curriculum and student body were gradually secularized in the 18th century. By the 19th century, Harvard emerged as the most prominent academic and cultural institution among the Boston B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University (ZJU) is a public university, public research university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and Double First-Class Construction. The university was established as National Third Chung Shan University in 1927, in memory of Sun Yat-sen, and soon renamed as National Chekiang University (NCKU) in 1928. During the presidency of Chu Coching, Chu Kochen from 1936 to 1949, the university retreated to Guizhou in Western China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, before it moved back to Hangzhou in 1946. After the Chinese Communist Revolution, Communist Revolution, the university was 1952 reorganisation of Chinese higher education, re-organized as an engineering-specialized university in 1952. In 1998, Zhejiang Medical University, Hangzhou University and Zhejiang Agricultural University, which were derived from former departments of ZJU, mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Commercial Press
The Commercial Press () is the first modern publishing organization in China. The Commercial Press is known for its academic publishing and translation work in humanities and social sciences, as well as the '' Xinhua Dictionary''. History In 1897, 26-year-old Xia Ruifang and three of his friends (including the Bao brothers Bao Xian'en and Bao Xianchang) founded The Commercial Press in Shanghai. All four were Protestant Christians who received their training at the American Presbyterian Mission Press. The group soon received financial backing and began publishing books such as Bibles. From 1903 to 1914, The Commercial Press operated as a joint venture with Kinkōdō, one of the largest Japanese textbook publishers. Through the joint venture, The Commercial Press obtained the latest printing technology as well as lantern slides and cinema. From 1903, Zhang Yuanji (张元济, 1867–1959), reacting to China's moves towards a new curriculum, created several textbook and tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Boming (philosopher)
Liu Boming (; 1887–1923) was a Chinese educator and philosopher born in the late Qing Dynasty. Liu Boming is the first Chinese who received a doctor's degree in philosophy. He finished his work ''The Theory of Chinese Mind Nature'' in 1913, and ''The Philosophy of Taoism'' in 1915 when he was a Doctoral candidate at Northwestern University in the United States. He introduced western philosophy to China when he was a professor of Nanjing University. Under his influence, the scholars of Xueheng School translated a number of books of classic Greek philosophy into Chinese. His wife, Chen Fenzi, was a graduate educator with a degree from Columbia University who had studied with John Dewey John Dewey (; October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and Education reform, educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century. The overridi .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Boming 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhu Kezhen
Coching Chu (; March 7, 1890 – February 7, 1974), also romanized as Zhu Kezhen, was a Chinese geologist and meteorologist. Life and career Born in Shangyu, Zhejiang, Chu received his secondary education at the Tangshan School of Rail and Mining in Shanghai. Upon receiving the Boxer Indemnity Scholarship, Chu went to United States for his college education in 1910. He graduated from the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois in 1913. He then studied under Robert DeCourcy Ward at Harvard University and received his Ph.D. in meteorology in 1918. From 1920 to 1929, he was chairperson of Department of Meteorology, Nanjing University (formerly known as the Nanking Higher Normal School, National Southeastern University, and National Central University). From 1929 to 1936 he served as director of the Chinese Institute of Meteorology of the Academia Sinica, which at the time was located in mainland China. Academia Sinica later became the predecessor of the Chinese Acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
