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Wu Zhihui

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Wu Zhihui (Woo Chih-hui,; 25 March 1865 – 30 October 1953), also known as Woo Tsin-hang or Wu Shi-Fee, was a Chinese linguist and philosopher who was the chairman of the 1912–13 Commission on the Unification of Pronunciation that created Zhuyin (based on Zhang Binglin's work) and standardized Guoyu pronunciation. [1]

31 relations: Anarchism, Anarchism in China, Bopomofo, Cai Yuanpei, Calligraphy, Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Kai-shek, Commission on the Unification of Pronunciation, Diligent Work-Frugal Study Movement, History of the Republic of China, Imperial examination, International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation, Jiangsu, Kuomintang, Li Shizeng, Linguistics, Nanyang Model High School, Philosopher, Qing dynasty, Standard Chinese, Taipei, Taiwan, Tongmenghui, University of Edinburgh, Wang Jingwei, Wu (surname), Wu Chinese, Wujin District, Zhang Binglin, Zhang Ji (Republic of China), Zhang Renjie.

Anarchism

Anarchism is a political philosophy that advocates self-governed societies based on voluntary institutions.

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Anarchism in China

Anarchism in China was a strong, perhaps predominant, intellectual force in the reform and revolutionary movements in early 20th century China, insisting that the overthrow of the Qing dynasty was not sufficient, but that a true revolution had to overthrow traditional culture and social practices.

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Bopomofo

Zhuyin fuhao, Zhuyin, Bopomofo (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ) or Mandarin Phonetic Symbols is the major Chinese transliteration system for Taiwanese Mandarin.

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Cai Yuanpei

Cai Yuanpei (11 January 1868 – 5 March 1940) was a Chinese educator, Esperantist, president of Peking University, and founder of the Academia Sinica.

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Calligraphy

Calligraphy (from Greek: καλλιγραφία) is a visual art related to writing.

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Chiang Ching-kuo

Chiang Ching-kuo (Ningbo dialect) (27 April 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a politician in Taiwan.

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Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also romanized as Chiang Chieh-shih or Jiang Jieshi and known as Chiang Chungcheng, was a political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975, first in mainland China until 1949 and then in exile in Taiwan.

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Commission on the Unification of Pronunciation

The Commission on the Unification of Pronunciation was the organization established by Beiyang Government in 1912 select ancillary phonetic symbols for Mandarin, (Zhuyin was the product) and set the standard Guoyu pronunciation of basic Chinese characters.

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Diligent Work-Frugal Study Movement

The Diligent Work-Frugal Study Movement (French: Mouvement Travail-Études) was a series of work-study programs which brought Chinese students to France and Belgium to work in factories as a way to pay for their study of French culture and Western science.

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History of the Republic of China

The History of the Republic of China begins after the Qing dynasty in 1912, when the formation of the Republic of China as a constitutional republic put an end to 4,000 years of Imperial rule.

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Imperial examination

The Chinese imperial examinations were a civil service examination system in Imperial China to select candidates for the state bureaucracy.

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International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation

The International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation (sometimes League of Nations Committee on Intellectual Cooperation) was an advisory organization for the League of Nations which aimed to promote international exchange between scientists, researchers, teachers, artists and intellectuals.

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Jiangsu

Jiangsu, formerly romanized as Kiangsu, is an eastern-central coastal province of the People's Republic of China.

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Kuomintang

The Kuomintang of China (KMT; often translated as the Nationalist Party of China) is a major political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan, based in Taipei and is currently the opposition political party in the Legislative Yuan.

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Li Shizeng

Li Shizeng (29 May 1881 – 30 September 1973) was an educator, promoter of anarchist doctrines, political activist, and member of the Chinese Nationalist Party in early Republican China.

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Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language, and involves an analysis of language form, language meaning, and language in context.

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Nanyang Model High School

Shanghai Nanyang Model High School(Shanghai naomoyan high school), often referred to simply as Nanmo (), is one of the oldest modern Chinese schools, founded in 1901 by Sheng Xuanhuai, Minister of Transportation of the Qing Dynasty. As "the beginning of public elementary schools", the school started as the Affiliated Elementary School of Nanyang Public School (now Shanghai Jiaotong University). After over five decades of development and several name changes, in 1958, the name of the school was settled on Nanyang Model High School. Two generations of national leaders Chairman Mao Zedong and General Secretary Jiang Zemin respectively entitled the Nanmo Student Poster "Qingfeng" ("Young Pioneer") for the Hundred Year Nanmo Message, and "Four Models" – the Model of Curiosity, the Model of Life, the Model of Patriotism, the Model of Aggressiveness. The school motto Diligence, Thrift, Devotion, Honesty, encourages students to form an ethos of solid academic, simple life, sound work, stout body. For a hundred years, the school has practised a teaching style of kindness, justice, strictness, and preciseness, and a study style of veracity, truth, refinement, and innovation with a commitment to foster the "Four Models" exemplary students. Nanyang Model High School has been the member of Shanghai Experimental and Key Paradigm Schools since 2005. School features includes basketball, Student Art Troupe of Symphony Orchestra, Aesthetic Education, Environmental Protection Practice, National Defense Education, and community services. In January 2012, Nanyang Model High School became a member of World Leading Schools Association.

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Philosopher

A philosopher is someone who practices philosophy, which involves rational inquiry into areas that are outside either theology or science.

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Qing dynasty

The Qing dynasty, also known as the Qing Empire, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China, established in 1636 and ruling China from 1644 to 1912.

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Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese, also known as Modern Standard Mandarin, Standard Mandarin, or simply Mandarin, is a standard variety of Chinese that is the sole official language of both China and Taiwan (de facto), and also one of the four official languages of Singapore.

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Taipei

Taipei, officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China, "ROC").

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Tongmenghui

The Tongmenghui (or T'ung-meng Hui, variously translated Chinese United League, United League, Chinese Revolutionary Alliance, Chinese Alliance, United Allegiance Society) was a secret society and underground resistance movement founded by Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren, and others in Tokyo, Japan, on 20 August 1905.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals), founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities.

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Wang Jingwei

Wang Jingwei (Wang Ching-wei; 4 May 1883 – 10 November 1944); born as Wang Zhaoming (Wang Chao-ming), but widely known by his pen name "Jingwei", was a Chinese politician.

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Wu (surname)

Wu is the pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname 吳 (Traditional Chinese), 吴 (Simplified Chinese), which is the tenth most common surname in Mainland China.

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Wu Chinese

Wu (Shanghainese:; Suzhou dialect:; Wuxi dialect) is a group of linguistically similar and historically related varieties of Chinese primarily spoken in the whole Zhejiang province, city of Shanghai, and the southern half of Jiangsu province, as well as bordering areas.

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Wujin District

Wujin District (postal: Wutsin) is one of districts under the jurisdiction of Changzhou in Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China.

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Zhang Binglin

Zhang Binglin (December 25, 1868 – June 14, 1936), also known as Zhang Taiyan, was a Chinese philologist, textual critic, philosopher, and revolutionary.

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Zhang Ji (Republic of China)

Zhang Ji (August 31, 1882 Cangxian, Hebei – December 15, 1947 Nanjing) was a revolutionist against the Qing dynasty and early Chinese anarchist who became a leading member of the right-wing in the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party).

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Zhang Renjie

Zhang Renjie (19 September 1877 − 3 September 1950), born Zhang Jingjiang, was a political figure and financial entrepreneur in the Republic of China.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Zhihui

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