Xiao Zisheng

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Xiao Zisheng was a Chinese educator, writer, and early associate of Mao Zedong who played a significant role in introducing Western ideas and promoting modern education in early 20th-century China.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese educator
Chinese writer
human
memoirist
translator
associatedWith Hunan First Normal School
work-study programs in France
closeAssociate Mao Zedong
countryOfCitizenship China
dateOfBirth 1894
dateOfDeath 1976
educatedAt Hunan First Normal School
institutions in France
era Republic of China period
early 20th-century China
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
fieldOfWork education
literature
translation
gender male
influenced Chinese students exposed to Western ideas
influencedBy New Culture intellectuals
Western educational thought
languagesSpokenWritten Chinese
English
French
movement May Fourth era intellectual currents
New Culture Movement
name Xiao Zisheng
nativeName 萧子升
notableFor early associate of Mao Zedong
introducing Western ideas in early 20th-century China
promoting modern education in China
notableWork memoirs about Mao Zedong
writings on modern education
occupation academic
educator
translator
writer
placeOfBirth Xiangtan, Hunan, Qing Empire
placeOfDeath China
placeOfOrigin Xiangtan, Hunan
studentOf teachers at Hunan First Normal School
wroteAbout Chinese intellectual history
Mao Zedong’s youth
educational reform in China

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Hunan First Normal School
hasNotableAlumnus
Xiao Zisheng
name

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