Zi Zhongyun

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zi.
Zi Zhongyun
资中筠

Zi Zhongyun, 2011
Born June 1930 (age 85)
Shanghai
Occupation Translator, historian, professor
Language Chinese, English, French
Nationality Chinese
Alma mater Tsinghua University
Period 1953 - present
Genre Novel
Notable works The Bridges of Madison County
Spouse Chen Lemin
Relatives Father: Zi Yaohua
Mother: Tong Yijun

Zi Zhongyun (simplified Chinese: 资中筠; traditional Chinese: 資中筠; pinyin: Zī Zhōngyún; born June 1930) is a Chinese translator and historian who is an expert on US studies with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.[1] She masters English and French.[2]

Biography

Zi was born into a scholarly family in Shanghai in June 1930, with her ancestral home in Leiyang, Hunan, the daughter of Tong Yijun (童益君), a Chinese officer, and Zi Yaohua (资耀华), a banker and financier who was a graduate of Kyoto University, Pennsylvania University and Harvard University.[3] She has two sister, Zi Huayun (资华筠) and Zi Minyun (资民筠). Zi Huayuan, a dancer and actress, was born in 1936. Zi Minyun, a physicist, was born in 1938.

Zi secondary studied at the Yaohua High School (耀华中学). She entered Tsinghua University in 1948, majoring in English language and French language at the Department of Western Languages and Literature, where he graduated in 1951.[4]

After graduation, she was assigned to Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[5]

In 1980, she worked in China Institute of International Studies (中国国际问题研究所), then she worked in Princeton University as a researcher in 1982.[6]

From 1985 to 1992, she worked in Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

She retired in 1996.

Works

Translations

Awards

Personal life

Zi was married to a Chinese historian, scholar and European expert, Chen Lemin (陈乐民), he was born in 1930 and died in 2008.

References

  1. 名家专栏——资中筠 (in Chinese). 和讯读书. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. "资中筠". 大公网. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  3. "资中筠:"不要上缴独立思考的权利"". 金融界. 《环球人物》. 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
  4. 资中筠:关于我的简历的一点说明 (in Chinese). 爱思想. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  5. 学者专栏-资中筠 (in Chinese). 社科苑. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  6. 中央文史研究馆馆员:资中筠 (in Chinese). 国务院参事室. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  7. 杨绛等118位资深翻译家获表彰 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2011-10-19.

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