Wu Xiangxiang Explained

Wu Xiangxiang
Native Name:吳相湘
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:1912
Birth Place:Changde, Hunan, Republic of China
Death Place:Illinois, United States
Occupation:Historian
Alma Mater:Peking University
Discipline:History
Sub Discipline:History of the Republic of China
Notable Works:Biography of the Republic of China

Wu Xiangxiang (; 1912 – 21 September 2007) was a Chinese historian.

Biography

Wu was born in Baisheng Lane, Changde, Hunan, in 1912. His great-grandfather Wu Qingyu and grandfather Wu Jintang (; 1847 -1937) were small merchants. His father Wu Qilin (; 1878 - 1937) was a member of the Tongmenghui. In 1922, he moved to Changsha, capital of Hunan province, and entered Chuyi School . Four years later, he attended the Mingde High School. In 1937, he graduated from Peking University, where he majored in history.

After university, Wu worked at the Academia Sinica in Changsha. When the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, he worked in the Ninth War Zone Command of the Kuomintang. At that time, he wrote The Third Changsha Battle and other articles. After war, he became an editor of Palace Museum and associate professor of Lanzhou University.[1] [2]

After the government of the Republic of China moved to Taiwan, Wu successively worked as a professor of the Department of History of National Taiwan University, chairman of the Department of History of Nanyang University in Singapore, and professor of the Institute of History of the Chinese Culture University. His students included Li Yongchi and Li Ao.

In November 1962, Wu was expelled from the Kuomintang. In 1975, he settled down in the United States. In 1996, he returned to mainland China to attend the International Academic Conference on Sun Yat-sen's 130th Birthday. He died in Illinois, on September 21, 2007, aged 95.[3]

Works

Notes and References

  1. News: Yong Zhi . http://hunan.voc.com.cn/xhn/article/201609/201609280924462783.html . zh:吴相湘:从常德走出去的大历史学家 . hunan.voc.com.cn . 2016-09-28 . zh.
  2. News: Cao Xianhui . http://www.hunantoday.cn/article/201708/201708141104238699.html . zh:著名历史学家吴相湘:“三生有幸”忆常德 . hunantoday.cn . 2017-08-14 . zh.
  3. News: http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2007-09-24/100112624280s.shtml . zh:台著名史学家吴相湘病逝 曾对历史普及化有贡献 . sina . 2007-09-24 . zh.