Liu Xuyi Explained

Liu Xuyi
Native Name:刘绪贻
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:13 May 1913
Birth Place:Huangpi District, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Death Place:Wuhan, Hubei, China
Education:Tsinghua University
University of Chicago
Occupation:Historian, scholar, writer
Years Active:1947–2018
Notable Works:General History of the United States
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Spouse:Zhou Shiying
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P:Liǘ Xùyí

Liu Xuyi (; 13 May 1913 – 10 November 2018) was a Chinese historian, scholar, writer and expert on US studies.[1] [2]

Biography

Liu was born into a poor intellectual family in Huangpi District of Wuhan, Hubei, on 13 May 1913, a year after the fall of the Qing dynasty.

In 1929 he attended the Hanyang No. 12 Middle School and then Hubei Provincial High School.

In 1933 he was accepted to Tsinghua University, where he majored in sociology.

In 1945 he arrived in the United States at the age of 32 to begin his education at the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. He returned to China after graduation and worked as an associate professor in Wuhan University.

In 1949 he joined the New Democratic Education Association, a Chinese Communist Party underground organization.

After the founding of the Communist State, he became secretary general of Wuhan University. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1953. Liu retired in 1989.[1]

On 10 November 2018, he died of cerebrovascular disease in Wuhan, Hubei.[1]

Personal life

Liu met Zhou Shiying in 1935, when he attended a meeting held by the Hubei Federation of High School Graduates. They married in Chongqing.[3]

Work

Notes and References

  1. News: http://sky.cssn.cn/sjs/sjs_zxgg/201811/t20181112_4773729.shtml . zh:刘绪贻逝世 . cssn.cn . 2018-11-12 . zh . 2018-11-12 . 2020-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200807163848/http://sky.cssn.cn/sjs/sjs_zxgg/201811/t20181112_4773729.shtml . dead .
  2. News: https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2018-11-11/doc-ihnstwwq3374658.shtml . zh:历史学家刘绪贻逝世享年105岁 曾编《美国通史》 . sina . 2018-11-11 . zh.
  3. News: https://www.cqcb.com/entertainment/2018-11-11/1224575_pc.html . zh:历史学家刘绪贻逝世享年106岁 他曾追随爱情来到重庆 . cqcb.com . 2018-11-11 . zh.