Alias: word Huaimin
Nationality: China.
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Place of birth: Wenchang County, Guangdong Province (now Hainan Province)
Date of birth: 1903
Date of death: 1967
Occupation: historian, sociologist, educator
Graduate school: Fudan University
Faith: Independent.
Main achievements: former president of Lingnan University and former president of Jinan University in Guangzhou.
Masterpieces (Historical lishixinzhi.com): A Brief History of China Culture, People's Studies, Overview of Cultural Studies, Nanyang and China.
Chen resume
Introduction 1909 went to Singapore with his father, 1920 entered Lingnan Middle School,1925 was awarded a bachelor's degree by the School of Social Sciences of Fudan University in July. 1926 obtained a master's degree from the University of Illinois in the United States, and obtained a doctorate from the university two years later, and returned to teach in the Sociology Department of Lingnan University in Guangzhou; 1934l65438+1October 15 published the article "The Way Out of China Culture" in Guangzhou Republic Daily, which triggered a fierce cultural debate throughout the country; In August, 1948, 1 became the president of Lingnan University. 1956 vice president of sun yat-sen university. 1962 President of Guangzhou Jinan University; 1964 transferred to vice president of Tianjin Nankai University; 1967 was accused of "crossing the ocean" and "spying" during the Cultural Revolution. 16 died of myocardial infarction in Nankai University in February. 1May, 979, Nankai University awarded it * * *.
Chen Yisheng devoted himself to the teaching and research of sociology, especially attached importance to cultural studies, and advocated the establishment of "culturology" in China. He believes that in China, people who want to find a way to save the country from learning from eastern and western cultures have three different opinions: first, they advocate accepting western culture in an all-round way; The second is to advocate the return to China's inherent culture; The third is to advocate compromise. In this regard, he pointed out that there is no way out for the eclectic and retro school. He once went deep into the rural areas of China, made more investigations and studies on boatmen in Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi and overseas Chinese in Southeast Asian countries, and also made more studies on the history of Southeast Asia, overseas Chinese and Xiongnu. Chen Yisheng's works mainly include A Brief History of China Culture, Miao Studies, An Overview of Cultural Studies, Nanyang and China, and The Origin of Sociology.
The Historical Draft of Xiongnu is the posthumous work of Professor Chen. Since studying in Germany, the author has been paying attention to the research progress of Xiongnu history abroad. In the mid-1950s, he took time out of his official duties to write the Historical Draft of Xiongnu, with a total of 800,000 words. In the early 1960s, he made some supplements to the first and second chapters, but failed to sort out and modify the whole draft, that is, he died unfortunately. Based on relevant editions, this book has been revised with reference to the author's manuscript, while retaining the style of the manuscript as much as possible.
A person and a university are Chen, a historian, sociologist, ethnologist, educator ... a scholar, and this university is Lingnan University.
Born and raised in Wenchang County, Chen is an authentic Cantonese. However, like most celebrities in Guangdong in modern times, it seems that they have to go through a process of going out of Lingnan-struggling-becoming famous, and Lingnan has become a place for exporting talents. What is different is that Chen finally returned to his hometown and left a permanent footprint on this land.
1947, when the board of directors of Lingnan University frequently invited Chen, Chen, then president of Nankai University and dean of the School of Political Economy, did not immediately agree, even though he had taught at the school twice before. Perhaps he feels that his display in Nankai has just begun, or that the world in Lingnan is too small and education is too backward. Anyway, if Zhang Boling, president of Nankai University, doesn't agree to "lend" (two years), Chen probably won't leave too many memories in Lingnan. This "borrowing" is 16 years.
From 1 August, 948,1became the president of Lingnan University, to 1952, when Xialingnan University was revoked. In two or three years, Lingnan University became the most perfect university in China from the best school in Guangdong (at that time, there were only two universities in Guangdong, and the other was Sun Yat-sen University), and some departments (such as medical schools) had reached the first-class or best in China. Ruokao
Considering that China has been in regime change and turmoil for most of recent years (first the War of Liberation, then the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea), the development of Lingnan University is a miracle.
How did the miracle happen? Not profound: a set of correct school goals, purposes and strategies, a group of first-class talents, and an efficient mechanism. What is a university? Chen's point of view is: "Universities are places for seeking knowledge and researching knowledge", and Lingda aims to become a first-class academic university in China. To this end, when he first preached to the teachers and students of the whole school, he emphasized that academic research should not engage in sectarianism, "pay attention to the spirit of free discussion", and advocated respecting individual freedom of thought, belief, speech and academics. Under the principle of "inclusiveness and freedom of thought" (this was the school-running purpose of Cai Yuanpei when he was in charge of Peking University), Chen invited a large number of well-known scholars, experts and professors at home and abroad: historian Chen Yinque, mathematician Jiang Lifu, linguist Wang Li, archaeologist Tao Baokai, timber and soil engineering expert, surveyor, medical expert, Chen,,,. Some of them are Chen's Nankai colleagues (such as Jiang Lifu), some are his students (such as Duanmu Zheng), some are old acquaintances (such as Chen Yinque, Wang Li and Tao), and some are invited by him when he was in Tianjin (such as a group of experts from medical college). To some extent, Chen's 14 years in Nankai (including 8 years in National Southwest Associated University) laid a good foundation for his work in Lingda. Naturally, all this comes from Chen's "personal charm": not doing business properly, not being an official, and keeping a distance from politics. He himself is a scholar who has a thorough understanding of China and the West. He showed "independent spirit and free thought" in academic research and debate. He respects people, is tolerant and sincere.