Ho Ping-sung (aka He Bingsong; Chinese: 何炳松), 1890–1946, was a notable Chinese educator, writer and historian.

Biography

Ho was born in Houxi Village,

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in 1890. In 1911, Ho graduated from Zhejiang Advanced College (浙江高等学堂, current

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) in

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. In 1912, Ho went to the United States and studied mainly

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, economics and

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. Ho obtained his BA from the

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and a PhD from

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(in 1916). In 1917, Ho went back to China. Ho was a professor of history at

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. Ho was the head of English department of Beijing Advanced Normal School (北京高等师范学校, current

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). Ho was the president of the University of Politics and Law (政法大学, a root of current Peking University). Ho was the president of Zhejiang Provincial 1st Normal School (浙江省立第一师范, current

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), and the president of Zhejiang Provincial 1st Middle School (浙江省立第一中学, current

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). In 1935, Ho was appointed the President of

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(then in Shanghai). In June 1946, Ho was appointed the

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of National Yingshi University (a root of current comprehensive Zhejiang University). On 25 July 1946, Ho died in Shanghai. Ho was buried in his

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Jinhua. Ho's cousin

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is a renowned US historian, who is "the first Asian-born scholar ever to have been elected as President of the

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Works by Ho

Ho was an influential writer and historian. He published numerous books and articles about history, including (books): *《通史新义》(''The New Meaning of General History'') *《新史学》 (''The New Historiography'') *《历史研究法》 (''The Methodology of History Research'') *《历史教育法》 *《西洋史学史》 (''The History of Western Historiography'') *《中古欧洲史》 (''The Middle Ages'') *《秦始皇帝》 (''

Qin Shi Huang Qin Shi Huang (, ; 259–210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of a unified China. Rather than maintain the title of "king" ( ''wáng'') borne by the previous Shang and Zhou rulers, he ruled as the First Emperor ( ...

'') *《近世欧洲史》 (''Modern European History'') *《浙东学派溯源》 (''The Origin of East Zhejiang School'') (Note: ''East Zhejiang School'' or ''East Zhe School'' was a philosophical school in China's history) *《程朱辩异》 (''The Difference between Cheng and Zhu's Philosophies'')

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