Yan Fu

Yan Fu
President of National Peking University
In office
3 May 1912 – 1 October 1912
Preceded byLao Naixuan (as President of the Imperial University of Peking)
Succeeded byZhang Shizhao
President of Fudan University
In office
1906–1907
Preceded byMa Xiangbo
Succeeded byXia Jingguan
Personal details
Born
Yan Chuanchu (嚴傳初)

(1854-01-08)8 January 1854
Yangqi Village, Houguan county (now Fuzhou), Fujian, Qing China
Died27 October 1921(1921-10-27) (aged 67)
Langguan Alley, Houguan county, Fujian, Republican China
Alma materRoyal Naval College, Greenwich
OccupationMilitary officer, newspaper editor, translator, writer

Yan Fu (simplified Chinese: 严复; traditional Chinese: 嚴復; pinyin: Yán Fù; Wade–Giles: Yen² Fu⁴, IPA: [jɛ̌n.fû]; courtesy name: Ji Dao, 幾道; 8 January 1854 — 27 October 1921) was a Chinese military officer, newspaper editor, translator, and writer. He was most known for introducing western ideas to China in the late 19th century.[1]

  1. ^ Huang, Max Ko-wu (2008). The Meaning of Freedom: Yan Fu and Origins of Chinese Liberalism. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv1x0kc5b. ISBN 978-962-996-278-4. JSTOR j.ctv1x0kc5b. S2CID 261749245.

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