Qian Xuantong

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Qian Xuantong was a pioneering Chinese linguist and scholar who played a key role in early 20th-century language reform and the promotion of vernacular Chinese.

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Qian Xuantong canonical 5
Qian Xuantong (Ch’ien Hsüan-t’ung) 1
錢玄同 1

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instanceOf Chinese scholar
educator
human
linguist
philologist
writer
alternativeName Qian Deqian
Qian Xuantong (Ch’ien Hsüan-t’ung)
linked to: Qian Xuantong
countryOfCitizenship China
dateOfBirth 1887-09-12
dateOfDeath 1939-01-17
educatedAt Tokyo Higher Normal School
Zhejiang Advanced Normal School
institutions in Japan
employer Peking University
era Republic of China period
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
familyOrigin Qian family of Haining
fieldOfWork Chinese language reform
education
linguistics
philology
gender male
givenNameAtBirth Qian Deqian
influenced Chinese language reformers
modern Chinese linguistics
influencedBy Chen Duxiu
Hu Shih
linked to: Hu Shi
knownFor advocacy of language reform in early 20th-century China
contributions to the standardization of modern Chinese
participation in the abolition of classical Chinese as the standard written language
promotion of vernacular Chinese (baihua)
support for the adoption of a phonetic writing system
language Chinese
memberOf Peking University faculty
linked to: Peking University
movement May Fourth Movement
New Culture Movement
name Qian Xuantong
nativeName 錢玄同
linked to: Qian Xuantong

钱玄同
linked to: Qian Xuantong
notableWork essays on vernacular Chinese
writings in New Youth (Xin Qingnian) magazine
occupation professor
university teacher
placeOfBirth Haining, Zhejiang, Qing Empire
placeOfDeath Beiping, Republic of China
linked to: Beijing
placeOfOrigin Haining, Zhejiang
linked to: Haining
workedOn promotion of phonetic scripts for Chinese
reform of Chinese characters

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New Culture Movement associatedWith Qian Xuantong
New Youth editor Qian Xuantong
New Youth notableContributor Qian Xuantong
La Jeunesse editor Qian Xuantong
Qian Xuantong name Qian Xuantong
Qian Xuantong nativeName 錢玄同
linked to: Qian Xuantong
Qian Xuantong nativeName 钱玄同
linked to: Qian Xuantong
Qian Xuantong alternativeName Qian Xuantong (Ch’ien Hsüan-t’ung)
linked to: Qian Xuantong