Yan Fu

Chinese translator and scholar (1854–1921) Yan FuPresident of National Peking UniversityIn office3 May 1912 – 1 October 1912Preceded byLao Naixuan (as President of the Imperial University of Peking)Succeeded byZhang ShizhaoPresident of Fudan UniversityIn office1906–1907Preceded byMa XiangboSucceeded byXia Jingguan [zh] Personal detailsBornYan Chuanchu (嚴傳初)(1854-01-08)8 January 1854Yangqi Village, Houguan County (now Fuzhou), Fujian, ChinaDied27 October 1921(1921-10-27) (aged 67)Langguan Alley, Houguan County, Fujian, ChinaAlma materRoyal Naval College, GreenwichOccupationMilitary officer, newspaper editor, translator, writer Yan Fu (simplified Chinese: 严复; traditional Chinese: 嚴復; pinyin: Yán Fù; Wade–Giles: Yen2 Fu4; courtesy name Ji Dao (幾道); 8 January 1854 – 27 October 1921) was a Chinese military officer, newspaper editor, translator, and writer. He is most known for introducing Western ideas to China during the late 19th century. Life On January 8, 1854, Yan Fu was born in what is modern-day Fuzhou, Fujian Province to a respectable scholar-gentry family in the trade of Chinese medicine. In his early years, Yan Fu's father greatly encouraged Yan F