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Hong-Fu Chu
Hong-Fu Chu (or Hong-Fu Zhu) ( zh, s=朱弘复; 13 January 1910 – 24 January 2002) was a Chinese entomologist known for his pioneering work in establishing entomology in China. He was a specialist on insect immatures and was among the pioneers in the use of chaetotaxy in the classification of lepidopteran larvae. Chu was born in 1910 in Nantong, Jiangsu province where he went to school. He received a BS degree from Tsinghua University in 1935 and took an interest in zoology and entomology. He went to the University of Illinois in 1941 to study entomology under W.P. Hayes and V.E. Shelford. He received a MS in 1942 and a PhD in 1945. Chu's book ''How to the Know the Immature Insect'' (1949) was a well-known entomology text for many years in the United States of America. After working for a year in the Illinois Natural History Survey on the taxonomy of sawflies with H.H. Ross, and a year at the Wesleyan University, he returned to China. In 1950 he was invited by the Chinese Acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hongfu Chu 1950
Hongfu () is a legendary Chinese folk heroine from imperial China whose birth name was Zhang Chuchen (張出塵, alternatively 張初塵). She was purported to have lived during the Transition from Sui to Tang and was originally described in ''Biography of the Dragon-Beard Man'' from the Tang dynasty. She was a Gējì, courtesan in the family of Sui dynasty minister Yang Su and eloped with Li Jing (Tang dynasty), Li Jing, an ally and future general of future Tang emperor Li Shimin. Hongfu, along with Li Jing and the "Dragon Beard Man," Qiu Ranke, are known as the "Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust" (風塵三俠). She was one of the few female martial arts masters. Legend Born Zhang Chuchen, her parents were from southern China who migrated north to Chang'an in the unification wars of the Sui dynasty. Zhang became a courtesan in the family of Sui minister Yang Su, where she specialized in song and dance. Because she often wore red, she became known as Hongfu, or Red Sleeves. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
