Ho Ping-sung
Ho Ping-sung (aka He Bingsong; Chinese: 何炳æ¾), 1890–1946, was a notable Chinese educator, writer and historian.
Biography
Ho was born in Houxi Village, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province in 1890. In 1911, Ho graduated from Zhejiang Advanced College (浙江高ç‰å¦å ‚, current Zhejiang University) in Hangzhou.
In 1912, Ho went to the United States and studied mainly modern history, economics and international politics. Ho obtained his BA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a PhD from Princeton University (in 1916).[1]
In 1917, Ho went back to China. Ho was a professor of history at Peking University. Ho was the head of English department of Beijing Advanced Normal School (北京高ç‰å¸ˆèŒƒå¦æ ¡, current Beijing Normal University). Ho was the president of the University of Politics and Law (政法大å¦, a root of current Peking University). Ho was the president of Zhejiang Provincial 1st Normal School (浙江çœç«‹ç¬¬ä¸€å¸ˆèŒƒ, current Zhejiang Normal University), and the president of Zhejiang Provincial 1st Middle School (浙江çœç«‹ç¬¬ä¸€ä¸å¦, current Hangzhou High School).
In 1935, Ho was appointed the President of Jinan University (then in Shanghai).[2] In June 1946, Ho was appointed the President of National Yingshi University (a root of current comprehensive Zhejiang University).[3] On 25 July 1946, Ho died in Shanghai. Ho was buried in his hometown Jinhua.
Ho's cousin Ping-ti Ho is a renowned US historian, who is "the first Asian-born scholar ever to have been elected as President of the Association for Asian Studies".[4]
Works by Ho
Ho was an influential writer and historian. He published numerous books and articles about history, including (books):
- 《通å²æ–°ä¹‰ã€‹(The New Meaning of General History)
- 《新å²å¦ã€‹ (The New Historiography)
- 《历å²ç ”究法》 (The Methodology of History Research)
- 《历å²æ•™è‚²æ³•ã€‹
- 《西洋å²å¦å²ã€‹ (The History of Western Historiography)
- 《ä¸å¤æ¬§æ´²å²ã€‹ (The Middle Ages)
- 《秦始皇å¸ã€‹ (Qin Shi Huang)
- 《近世欧洲å²ã€‹ (Modern European History)
- 《浙东å¦æ´¾æº¯æºã€‹ (The Origin of East Zhejiang School) (Note: East Zhejiang School or East Zhe School was a philosophical school in China's history)
- 《程朱辩异》 (The Difference between Cheng and Zhu's Philosophies)