Chang Hao (historian) explained

Chang Hao (; 30 April 1936 – 21 April 2022) was a Taiwanese historian and sinologist.

Life

Chang was a native of Xiamen, born on 30 April 1936 to parents Wang Hui-fen and Chang Ch’ing-chen.^{[1] [2]} Due to the Chinese Civil War, he and his family moved to Chongqing, then Nanjing, before settling in Taiwan in 1949.^{[1] [2]} He graduated from National Taiwan University in 1957, having studied under Yin Haiguang.^[1] Chang completed a doctorate at Harvard University in 1966,^[3] advised by Benjamin I. Schwartz and Yang Lien-sheng.^[1]

Chang began his teaching career at Louisiana State University in 1964,^[1] then moved to Ohio State University in 1968,^[3] and joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology faculty in 1998, eventually retiring in 2004,^[1] and relocating to Reston, Virginia, the following year. Chang was elected an academician of Academia Sinica in 1992,^[4] and affiliated with the Academia Sinica's Institute of History and Philology as a corresponding research fellow.^[5] In 2022, Chang donated his papers and books to Taiwan's National Central Library.^[6]

Chang Hao was married to Liao Jung-jung from 1964 to her death in 2019, of Alzheimer's disease.^{[2] [7]} In later life, Chang was also diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and moved to California to be nearer to one of his daughters.^[2] Chang died in Albany, California, aged 85, on 21 April 2022.^{[1] [2] [8]}

Selected books

• Book: Chang . Hao . Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Intellectual Transition in China, 1890-1907 . 1971 . Harvard University Press . 9780674530096. ^[9]
• Book: Chang . Hao . Chinese Intellectuals in Crisis: Search for Order and Meaning, 1890-1911 . 1987 . University of California Press . 9780520053786 . ^[10]

Notes and References

1. News: Brown . Philip C. . Reed . Christopher A. . In Memoriam: Chang Hao 張灝 (1937-2022) . 19 September 2023 . Association for Asian Studies.
2. News: Hao Chang April 30, 1936 - April 21, 2022 . 19 September 2023 . Sunset View Mortuary.
3. News: Hao CHANG (1937-2022) (張　灝) PhD Harvard University, 1966 . 19 September 2023 . The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Division of Humanities.
4. News: Hao Chang . 19 September 2023 . Academia Sinica.
5. News: Hao Chang (1937-2022) Corresponding Research Fellow . 19 September 2023 . Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica.
6. News: Historian Chang Hao from Academia Sinica donates lifetime book collection to the National Central Library in Taiwan . 19 September 2023 . . 24 March 2022.
7. News: Jung-Jung Chang Reston, VA, USA May 4, 1941 - August 28, 2019 . 19 September 2023 . 2019.
8. News: Academician Hao Chang Has Passed Away . 19 September 2023 . Academia Sinica . 5 May 2022. Republished by the Modern Chinese Literature and Culture Resource Center at Ohio State University on 10 May 2022.
9. Reviews of Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Intellectual Transition in China
   • News: Blum . Jim . Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Intellectual Transition in China, 1890-1907 By Hao Chang. Harvard University Press 307 pp., S11.00 . Harvard Crimson . 12 April 1972.
   • Kuo . Ping-Chia . Hao Chang. Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Intellectual Transition in China, 1890–1907. (Harvard East Asian Series 64.) Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 1971. Pp. 342. $11.00 . The American Historical Review . October 1974 . 79 . 4 . 1233 . 10.1086/ahr/79.4.1233.
   • Howard . Richard C. . Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Intellectual Transition in China, 1890–1907 Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Modern Chinese Liberalism Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Intellectual Transition in China, 1890–1907. By Hao Chang. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971. 342 pp. Bibliography, Glossary, Index. $11.00 Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Modern Chinese Liberalism. By Philip C. Huang. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1972. 231 pp. Glossary, Bibliography, Index. $9.50 . Journal of Asian Studies . 1976 . 35 . 3 . 484–487 . 10.2307/2053282.
   • Lewis . Charlton M. . Liang Ch'i-ch'ao and Intellectual Transition in China, 1890–1907. By Chang Hao. [Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1972. 342 pp. £5·25.] . The China Quarterly . October 1972 . 52 . 756–759 . 10.1017/S0305741000048244 . 652299.
10. Reviews of Chinese Intellectuals in Crisis: Search for Order and Meaning include:
    • Grieder . Jerome B. . Chinese Intellectuals in Crisis: The Search for Order and Meaning, 1890–1911. By Hao Chang. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1987. x, 223 pp. $37.00. . The Journal of Asian Studies . August 1988 . 47 . 3 . 584–585 . 10.2307/2056988 . .
    • Arkush . David . Reviewed Work: Chinese Intellectuals in Crisis: Search for Order and Meaning, 1890—1911 Hao Chang . The Journal of Asian History . 1987 . 21 . 2 . 202–204 . 41930696.
    • Rankin . Mary Backus . Hao Chang. Chinese Intellectuals in Crisis: Search for Order and Meaning, 1890–1911. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 1987. Pp. x, 223. $37.00 . The American Historical Review . October 1988 . 93 . 4 . 1100 . 10.1086/ahr/93.4.1100.
    • Barnett . Suzanne Wilson . Chang Hao. Chinese Intellectuals in Crisis: Search for Order and Meaning (1890–1911). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. Pp. x, 223. $37.00. . History of Education Quarterly . 1989 . 29 . 1 . 150–153 . 10.2307/368617 . 368617.