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Encyclopedia > Qian Xuantong

Qian Xuantong (錢玄同 in pinyin: Qián Xuántóng) (1887-1939) was a Chinese phonetician who promoted vernacular Chinese (baihua).

  • Birth given name: Xing (行 xíng)
  • Courtesy name (zi): Xia (夏 xià)

Qian was born in Wuxing (吳興), Zhejiang. He held the position as a professor in numerous universities.


His son Qian Sanqiang was a nuclear physicist who contributed to development of nuclear weapons in China.


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Chinese Modern Physicist -- Qian Sanqiang   (490 words)
Qian Sanqiang, born in Zhejiang's Huzhou City in 1913, was a nuclear scientist and a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Qian and his wife He Zhehui, also his collaborator, discovered that of about 300 atomic fissions, there is one that partitions into 3 blocks.
Qian had during his lifetime made indelible contribution to China's development of atom and hydrogen bombs and its high-energy physics and had thus been honored as "Father of China's Atom Bomb".
Xuantong - Search Results - MSN Encarta (151 words)
Xuantong, regnal name of Pu Yi or P'u-i (1906-1967), the last emperor of China (1908-1911), of the Qing or Ch'ing dynasty.
With the outbreak of the revolution in 1911, Yuan was recalled to office and placed in charge of the imperial troops in northern China.
Puyi, the Xuantong Emperor of China; Clan name : ÀixÄ«n-Juéluó (愛新覺羅) Aisin-Gioro: Given name : PÇ”yí (溥儀) (No Manchu name was given to him) Emperor of China
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