Zhang Kaiyuan (; July 8, 1926 – May 28, 2021) was a Chinese historian and educator.

Biography

Born in

Wuhu Wuhu () is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui province, China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Hefei city to the northwest, Ma'anshan ...

Anhui Province Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

, Zhang Kaiyuan was admitted by the History Department of

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 ...

in October 1946, and graduated there. In December 1948, Zhang went to the Central Plains Liberated Areas in Central China University of Political Research as a graduate student. In July 1949 he went to

Wuhan Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...

together with the school, and became an assistant professor in the Department of History, College of Education faculty, and in September 1951 into the Huazhong University (from August 1985 - March 1991 it was the Central China Normal University, and Huazhong Normal University). He has been successively lecturer, associate professor, professor, and finally president then former president (of

Huazhong Normal University Central China Normal University (CCNU) or Huazhong Normal University (), located in Luonan Subdistrict, Hongshan District in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, is a comprehensive university directly under the administration of the Chinese Mini ...

). He was also President of the Research Center for the History of Chinese Christian Colleges and Universities. Zhang Kaiyuan held Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Augustana College, Soka University and

Kansai University , abbreviated as or , is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university with its main campus in Suita, Osaka, Japan and two sub-campuses in Sakai and Takatsuki, Osaka. Founded as Kansai Law School in 1886, It has been recognized as one of t ...

Publications in English

*Zhang, Kaiyuan. ''Eyewitnesses to Massacre: American Missionaries Bear Witness to Japanese Atrocities in Nanjing.'' Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2001. According to

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, the book is held in 459 libraries WorldCat book entry
/ref> *Zhang, Kaiyuan. ''Distanciation and Return Analysis on Traditional Culture and Modernization of China.'' Singapore: Silkroad Press, 2011.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Kaiyuan 1926 births 2021 deaths People from Wuhu Chinese historians Chinese educators Writers from Anhui Nanjing University alumni Kansai University alumni Academic staff of the Central China Normal University Presidents of Central China Normal University