The Chien Mu House () is a former house of

Ch'ien Mu Ch'ien Mu or Qian Mu (; 30 July 1895 – 30 August 1990) was a Chinese historian, philosopher and writer. He is considered to be one of the greatest historians and philosophers of 20th-century China. Ch'ien, together with Lü Simian, Chen Yink ...

Shilin District Shilin District (also spelled Shihlin District, zh, t=士林區, p=Shìlínqū, poj=Sū-lîm-khu) is a district of Taipei. The central command center of the Republic of China Navy (ROCN) is located in Shilin. History The name ''Shilin'' w ...

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. The house is located inside Soochow University and managed by the university.

History

The house was constructed after Ch'ien Mu arrived in Taiwan from

British Hong Kong Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the Briti ...

in 1967 after the Hong Kong leftist riots which was known as Su Shu Building. After Ch'ien Mu passed away in 1990, the

Taipei City Government The Taipei City Government (TCG) is the municipal government of Taipei. History The Taihoku City Government was founded on 10 October 1920 in Taihoku Prefecture during Japanese colonial rule. The original city hall was located at the site of ...

established the Chien Mu Memorial Library at the house on 6 January 1992. In 2000, the house underwent renovation by the city government. On 31 December 2001, In 2002, the Department of Cultural Affairs of the city government renamed the house to Chien Mu House and handed over to Soochow University for its operations. It was then handed over again to

Taipei Municipal University of Education Bo'ai Campus, University of Taipei () was a normal university in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. History TMUE was founded as Academy of Language in 1895. In 1987, it became the Taipei Municipal Teacher's College. In 2005, it was granted un ...

on 1 January 2011.

Transportation

The house is accessible by bus from

Shilin Station Shilin may refer to: China *Shilin Yi Autonomous County (石林彝族自治县), of Kunming, Yunnan ** Stone Forest (石林), limestone formations in Shilin County, Yunnan * Shilinxia, scenic area in Pinggu District, Beijing Taiwan *Shilin Distric ...

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