Liu Wendian

Liu Wendian ( Chinese 劉文典 / 刘文典 , W.-G. Liu Wen-tien ; Zi: Shuya叔雅; born December 1889 ; died July 15, 1958 ) was a Chinese philologist ( guoxuejia ) and educator. He was born in Hefei , Anhui, and his family was from Huaining , Anhui. Like Liu Shipei and Zhang Taiyan , he followed Sun Yat-sen and took part in the " Second Revolution ". In 1917, on Chen Duxius recommendation, he became a professor of Chinese culture at Peking University . In 1927 he directed the establishment of Anhui University . He later taught at Tsinghua University , United Southwest University, and Yunnan University . After the liberation, he was a professor at the national level and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference . Liu Wendian has made a contribution to researching some early Chinese texts , in particular the Zhuangzi and Huainanzi (by Liu An刘安). His Zhuangzi buzheng 庄子补正, for example, served as the basis for the translation by Burton Watson ( The complete works of Chuang Tzu , New York and London, 1968).

During his presidency at Anhui University, he once referred to Chiang Kai-shek as a "new warlord" (新军阀).

Publications (selection)

Zhuangzi buzheng庄子补正 (Yunnan renmin chubanshe, 1980 / first: Shanghai, Shangwu yinshuguan 1947)
Huainan honglie jijie淮南鸿烈集解 ( Wanyou wenku )
Sanyu zhaji三余札记

↑ Second Revolution, Chinese Èrcì Gémìng 二次革命 (the Kuomintang against Yuan Shikai in 1913)
↑ 《刘文典年谱》的怀疑与发现 - tsinghua.org.cn
↑ cf. Roth, The Textual History of the Huai-nan tzu .
↑ A Zhuangzi suoji庄子琐记 is contained in his Sanyu zhaji三余札记.
↑ 《刘文典年谱》的怀疑与发现 - tsinghua.org.cn

Liu Wendian nianpu刘文典年谱. 2011 ( book trade link )
Zhongguo renming da cidian . 1992
Harold David Roth: The Textual History of the Huai-nan Tzu. Association for Asian Studies, 1992

personal data
SURNAME	Liu Wendian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	劉文典
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Chinese sinologist and philologist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 1889
DATE OF DEATH	July 15, 1958