Bin Bucheng Explained

Office1:President of Hunan Public Polytechnic School
Term Start1:1913
Term End1:1925
Predecessor1:Liu Zongxiang
Successor1:Fu Dingyi
Bin Bucheng
Native Name:宾步程
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Name:Bin Xiaocong
Birth Date:12 January 1880
Birth Place:Dong'an County, Hunan, Qing Empire
Death Place:Changsha, Hunan, Republic of China
Party:Tongmenghui
Alma Mater:Technische Universität Berlin

Bin Bucheng (; 12 January 1880 – 27 December 1943) was a Chinese politician and educator.[1] He became the president of Hunan University in 1913, and served until 1923.

Names

His style name was Min'gai (Chinese: 敏陔), and his art name was Yilu (Chinese: 艺庐).

Biography

Bin was born Bin Xiaocong in Dong'an County, Hunan, on January 12, 1880, during the Qing Empire. He attended Lianghu Academy and Jiangbin School . In 1900, the Qing government sent him to Germany to study at Technische Hochschule Berlin (today Technische Universität Berlin), majoring in mechanical engineering.[2] He joined the Tongmenghui when he was in Berlin.

He returned to China in 1908, he worked as an engineer at Guangdong-Hubei Railway Bureau, and later became the factory director of Jinling Arsenal. In 1913, he was appointed as president of Hunan University, and held that office until 1923. Hunan University's motto, "Seeking Truth from Facts and Daring to be Pioneers", was founded by Bin Bucheng.[3] [4]

He founded Pili Pao in 1932. In January 1938, he served as president of Guomin Daily .

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was a member of the Hunan government and the director of Hunan Refugee Relief Agency.

He founded Seventh Hunan Provincial High School and Mingxian Girls' School in 1942.

On December 27, 1943, he died of illness in Changsha, Hunan.

Notes and References

  1. News: Bin Bucheng . Dong'an government . 2007-04-11 . zh . 2015-04-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150619023625/http://www.da.gov.cn/art/2007/4/11/art_3662_180446.html . 2015-06-19 . dead .
  2. News: http://www.yznews.com.cn/yzrb/html/2015-01/22/content_656526.htm . zh:实事求是 兴学经世——阮元倡导实学对清代科技文化教育的影响 . Yangzhou News . 2015-01-22 . zh . 2015-04-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190935/http://www.yznews.com.cn/yzrb/html/2015-01/22/content_656526.htm . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  3. News: Yang Shengyun. http://www.huaxia.com/ccxc/csxw/2015/03/4319709.html . zh:那朴实无华的四个字 . Huaxia.com . 2015-03-19 . zh.
  4. News: http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2014-07/14/c_126749493.htm . zh:“实事求是敢为人先”——湖南大学的校训故事 . Xinhua News . 2014-07-14 . zh.