Sung Shee (; 6 October 1920 – 22 March 2007) was an important Taiwan historian, geographer, educator and governmental official. Sung was the fourth President of the Chinese Culture University.

Life

On 6 October 1920, Sung was born in

Lishui Lishui (; Lishuinese: ''li⁶ syu³'' ) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It borders Quzhou, Jinhua and Taizhou to the north, Wenzhou to the southeast, and the province of Fujian to ...

Zhejiang Province Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangs ...

, China. He studied history and

geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and ...

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a national public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigious C9 League and is selected into the na ...

and obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees there. His master thesis discussed the relationship between merchants and scholar-bureaucrats, government in

Song Dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

. He also obtained a master's degree from the Department of History at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

, with a dissertation on ''Chinese Labour in the Transvaal, 1904–1907'' (1957). Song obtained his Ph.D. from Chinese Culture University in June 1989. Sung also received an honorary doctor's degree from Korean

Konkuk University Konkuk University () is a South Korean private university founded in 1946. The university was founded based on three virtues: sincerity, fidelity, and righteousness. Konkuk University gives comprehensive education in agricultural and life scien ...

. Sung 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 fourth president of Chinese Culture University. Sung was a famous historian especially in the field of Song Dynasty history. On 22 March 2007, Sung died in

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, from a car accident.

Works

Sung's studies mainly were in Chinese history especially Song Dynasty history. These include: * 《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'')

References

External links

CV of Sung Shee

Academic contributions of Sung Shee
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sung, Shee Zhejiang University alumni Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni 1920 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Chinese historians Educators from Lishui 20th-century Taiwanese historians Writers from Lishui Academic staff of the Chinese Culture University Taiwanese people from Zhejiang Historians from Zhejiang