Wu-chi Liu (; 1907 – 3 October 2002) was a scholar of Chinese literature and writer. His works include editing '' Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry'', an anthology of translated

Chinese poetry Chinese poetry is poetry written, spoken, or chanted in the Chinese language. While this last term comprises Classical Chinese, Standard Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Yue Chinese, and other historical and vernacular forms of the language, its poetry ...

widely used in teaching.

Biography

Wu-chi Liu was born in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

, China in 1907. His father was Liu Yazi, a prominent literary leader and political activist. He moved to the United States in 1927, where he received a doctorate in English literature from

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

in 1931. He returned to China in 1932 and taught at

Nankai University Nankai University (NKU or Nankai; ) is a national public research university located in Tianjin, China. It is a prestigious Chinese state Class A Double First Class University approved by the central government of China, and a member of the fo ...

National Southwestern Associated University When the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out between China and Japan in 1937, Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University merged to form Changsha Temporary University in Changsha and later National Southwestern Associated Universi ...

and

National Central University National Central University (NCU, ; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Kwet-li̍p Chung-yong Thài-ho̍k'', Wade–Giles: ''Kuo2 Li4 Chung Yang Ta4 Hsüeh2'' or ''中大'', ''Chung-ta'') is a public research university with long-standing traditions based in Taiwa ...

(now

Nanjing University Nanjing University (NJU; ) is a national public research university in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It is a member of C9 League and a Class A Double First Class University designated by the Chinese central government. NJU has two main campuses: the Xianl ...

), before again moving to the United States after World War II. In the United States, he taught Chinese literature, philosophy and drama at

Rollins College Rollins College is a private college in Winter Park, Florida. It was founded in November 1885 and has about 30 undergraduate majors and several graduate programs. It is Florida's fourth oldest post-secondary institution. History Rollins Colle ...

, Yale University, the

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and

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, where he was the first chairman of the East Asian Languages and Literature department. Wu-chi Liu died in

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on 3 October 2002.

Works

Su Man-shu
1972. (biography of

Su Manshu Su Manshu (, 1884–1918) was a Chinese writer, poet, painter, revolutionist, and translator. His original name was Su Xuanying (), Su had been named as a writer of poetry and romantic love stories in the history of early modern Chinese lit ...

) *''An Introduction to Chinese Literature''.

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, 1990. . *'' Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry'' *''La philosophie de Confucius''

References

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