Song Xi
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Song Xi also known as Sung Shee or Sung Hsi, was an important Taiwan historian, geographer, educator and governmental official. Song was the 4th President of the Chinese Culture University
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, Zhejiang Province, China. He studied history and geography
at Zhejiang University
and obtained his bacholar's and master's degrees there. His master thesis discussed the relationship between merchants and scholar-bureaucrats, government in Song Dynasty
. He also obtained a master's degree from the Department of History, Columbia University
, with dissertation Chinese Labour in the Transvaal, 1904–1907. Song obtained PhD from Chinese Culture University in June, 1989. Song also received an honorary doctor's degree from Korean Konkuk University
.
Song came to Taiwan together with Chang Chi-yun
. He had a long career in governmental offices including the research institute of national defence. He was the director of the Department of History and then Institute of History, Chinese Culture University. He also was the 4th President of the Chinese Culture University.
Song was a famous historian especially in the field of Song dynasty history.
March 22, 2007, Song died from a car accident.
Chinese Culture University
Chinese Culture University is a private, Taiwanese university located on Yang Ming Mountain in the Shilin District of Taipei, Taiwan. CCU was established in 1962 and is one of the largest universities in Taiwan with an enrollment of about 32,000 students...
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Life
October 6, 1920, Song was born in LishuiLishui
Lishui is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It borders Quzhou, Jinhua and Taizhou to the north, Wenzhou to the southeast, and the province of Fujian to the southwest...
, Zhejiang Province, China. He studied history and geography
Geography
Geography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
at Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...
and obtained his bacholar's and master's degrees there. His master thesis discussed the relationship between merchants and scholar-bureaucrats, government in Song Dynasty
Song Dynasty
The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...
. He also obtained a master's degree from the Department of History, Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, with dissertation Chinese Labour in the Transvaal, 1904–1907. Song obtained PhD from Chinese Culture University in June, 1989. Song also received an honorary doctor's degree from Korean Konkuk University
Konkuk University
Konkuk University is a private university located in Seoul and Chungju. The Seoul campus is located in the southeastern part of Seoul, near the Han River, and is served by a metro station of the same name. The university possesses accreditation from the South Korean Ministry of Culture and Education...
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Song came to Taiwan together with Chang Chi-yun
Chang Chi-yun
Chang Chi-yun was a historian, geographer, educator and politician. He was the founder of the Chinese Culture University and the Nanhai Academy...
. He had a long career in governmental offices including the research institute of national defence. He was the director of the Department of History and then Institute of History, Chinese Culture University. He also was the 4th President of the Chinese Culture University.
Song was a famous historian especially in the field of Song dynasty history.
March 22, 2007, Song died from a car accident.
Works
Song's studies mainly were in Chinese history especially Song Dynasty history.- 《宋史研究論叢》 (A Series of Studies on Song Dynasty History, Vol. 1 to 5)
- 《旅美論叢》 (Studies during the American Journey)
- 《中國史學論集》 (Collection of Studies of Chinese History)
- 《清末華工對南非屈蘭斯瓦爾金礦開採的貢獻》 (Contributions of Chinese Labors to South African Gold Mines in Late Qing Dynasty)
- 《中國現代史論叢》 (Collection of Studies of Modern Chinese History)
- 《華學研究論集》 (Collection of Studies of Sinology)
- 《宋代學術精神之探討》 (Discussion of the Academic Spirit in Song Dynasty)