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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Qian Xuantong canonical 10
Qian Xuantong (Ch’ien Hsüan-t’ung) 1
錢玄同 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
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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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Qian Deqian → birthNameOf → Qian Xuantong ⓘ
Qian Deqian → knownAs → Qian Xuantong ⓘ