Qian Xuantong

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Chinese scholar educator human linguist philologist writer

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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All labels observed (4)

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

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese scholar ⓘ
educator ⓘ
human ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alternativeName Qian Deqian ⓘ
Qian Xuantong ⓘ
surface form: Qian Xuantong (Ch’ien Hsüan-t’ung)
countryOfCitizenship China ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1887-09-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1939-01-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Tokyo University of Education ⓘ
surface form: 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 Shi ⓘ
surface form: Hu Shih
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 ⓘ
surface form: Peking University faculty
movement May Fourth Movement ⓘ
New Culture Movement ⓘ
name Qian Xuantong self-link ⓘ
nativeName Qian Xuantong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 錢玄同

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

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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 self-link ⓘ
Qian Xuantong → nativeName → Qian Xuantong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 錢玄同
Qian Xuantong → nativeName → Qian Xuantong self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 钱玄同
Qian Xuantong → alternativeName → Qian Xuantong ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qian Xuantong (Ch’ien Hsüan-t’ung)