Wang Yun-wu (; ; July 9, 1888 – August 14, 1979)http://m.blog.sina.com.tw/87951/article.php?pbgid=87951&entryid=644078 was an influential Chinese publisher, politician scholar of history and political science; He also invented the ''Shih Chiao Hao Ma'', a method of Chinese lexicography also sometimes referred to as the

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Career

In the 1920s when Wang Yun-wu was the editor in chief at

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, one of the oldest book enterprises in China, he invented the

. During his tenure, he edited the 4,000-volume collectanea

Wanyou Wenku Wanyou Wenku (Chinese: 萬有文庫/万有文库, literally ''the encyclopaedic library'') is an extensive collectanea first published by the Commercial Press at Shanghai in 1929. The collection, edited by Wang Yun-wu Wang Yun-wu (; ; July 9, ...

(萬有文庫), the Oriental Magazine (東方雜誌社), and co-curated the Oriental Library (東方圖書館), one of the largest private libraries in the country prior to its destruction by Japanese bombing in 1932. On May 31, 1948, during the Chinese Civil War, he was appointed by

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

to lead the

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. After the Chinese Civil War he moved to

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with his family. In 1972 Wang Yun-wu presided over the opening of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei on behalf of the government. On August 14, 1987, to commemorate his historical achievement his picture (as above) was placed on the NT$2 Stamp of which 4 million units were printed in Taiwan.

References

External links

The Wang Yun-wu commemorative stamp

Wang Yun-wu presiding over the Memorial Hall's inaugural ribbon-cutting ceremony
Straddling East and West: Lin Yutang, a modern literatus: the Lin Yutang family collection of Chinese painting and calligraphy
an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Wang Yun-wu (see table of contents) {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Yun-Wu 1888 births 1979 deaths Chinese anti-communists Chinese people of World War II Chinese revolutionaries Commercial Press people Finance Ministers of the Republic of China People of the Chinese Civil War Republic of China politicians from Shanghai World War II political leaders Chinese Civil War refugees Taiwanese people from Shanghai