Hangzhou No. 4 High School () is a

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Hangzhou Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whic ...

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, China. It was established in 1899 by Lin Qi as one of the earliest-founded public high schools in Hangzhou.

Notable alumni

Chen Shutong Chen Shutong (1876 – 17 February 1966) was a Chinese politician, scholar and administrator who served in the governments of the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China (1912-1949), Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

, chairman of the

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and

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, and vice-chairman of both the

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and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. * Ma Xulun(), politician, activist, and linguist, one of the co-founders of the China Association for Promoting Democracy, early member of the

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, professor at Peking University, director of education of Zhejiang Province, Minister of Education in 1949 and

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in 1952, vice-president of the 4th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and academician of

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. *

Jiang Menglin Jiang Menglin (; 20 January 1886 – 1964), also known as Chiang Monlin, was a Chinese educator, writer, and politician. Between 1919 and 1927, he also served as the President of Peking University. He later became the president of National Che ...

(), educator, writer, and politician, President of Peking University and

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, head of the

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, Minister of Education and General Secretary of Executive Yuan. * Jin Yong() GMB OBE, novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong daily newspaper

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. * Li Linsi(), educator, diplomat and scholar, diplomatic consultant to Chiang Kai-shek, co-founder of the China branch of the

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and China Institute of World Cultural Cooperation at the

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. * Lin Shu(), scholar, most famous for his introducing Western literature to a whole generation of Chinese readers. * Pan Tianshou(), artist, director and professor of

China Academy of Art China Academy of Art (), also translated as China National Academy of Fine Arts, was founded in Hangzhou in 1928 by the government of the Republic of China and the renowned educator Cai Yuanpei. It was the first art university and first gradua ...

. * Qian Jiazhi(), educator. * Wu Fuzhi(), artist, professor of

. *

Shen Yinmo Shen Yinmo (沈尹默, 1883 – June 1, 1971) was a Chinese poet and calligrapher. Early Years He was born in Shaanxi, Hanyang 陕西省汉阴厅 province. He made his name in Kyoto, Japan. He was one of the first to write in the new style ...

(), poet and calligrapher. *

Yu Dafu Yu Wen, better known by his courtesy name Yu Dafu (December 7, 1896 – September 17, 1945) was a modern Chinese short story writer and poet. He was one of the new literary group initiators, and this new literary group was named the Creation Soc ...

(), writer and poet. *

Xu Zhimo Xu Zhimo (, , Mandarin: , 15 January 1897 – 19 November 1931) was a Chinese romantic poet who strove to loosen Chinese poetry from its traditional forms and to reshape it under the influences of Western poetry and the vernacular Chinese langu ...

(), writer and poet.

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External links

* Education in Hangzhou High schools in Zhejiang {{PRChina-school-stub