Du Gangjian
{{Short description|Chinese legal scholar}}
Du Gangjian ({{zh|s=杜钢建|p=Dù Gāngjiàn}}; born August 1956) is a Chinese legal scholar and a representative figure of New Confucianism in mainland China.{{cite web|url=https://hn.rednet.cn/c/2014/12/08/3543852.htm|title=杜钢建：中华法治文明的源头在南方|publisher=Rednet.cn|date=8 December 2014|accessdate=22 March 2021|language=zh-hans}}{{cite journal |last=Meng |first=Qingtao |date=2020 |title=儒家人权话语述论 |url=http://www.humanrights.cn/html/2021/zxyq_0120/56587.html |journal=Human Rights |volume=2020 |issue=5|language=zh-hans |pages= |doi= |access-date=22 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://law.stu.edu.cn/main.aspx?type=content&Content_ID=2152|title=潮汕新儒家第四期：儒者杜钢建的人权思想历程|publisher=Shantou University Law School|date=2 April 2008|accessdate=22 March 2021|language=zh-hans}}{{cite web|url=https://hunan.voc.com.cn/article/201603/201603081436044914.html|title="国学与历史文化"系列讲座将在长沙举办 杜钢建教授担纲主讲|website=VOC.com.cn|date=8 March 2016|accessdate=22 March 2021|language=zh-hans}}{{cite web|url=http://www.china.com.cn/travel/txt/2016-03/08/content_37966373.htm|title="国学与历史文化"系列讲座开讲 杜钢建任主讲|website=china.com.cn|date=8 March 2016|accessdate=24 March 2021|language=zh-hans}}{{cite web|url=https://book.rednet.cn/c/2016/10/26/4118166.htm|title=曾亦："大陆新儒家"的目标绝非只是文化中国|publisher=Rednet.cn|date=26 October 2016|accessdate=22 March 2021|language=zh-hans}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sdzgw.org/nd.jsp?id=1084|title=著名法学家杜钢建一行访问泰国统促会广东联络处|website=sdzgw.org|date=2 July 2019|accessdate=24 March 2021|language=zh-hans}}
Education and career
Du Gangjian was born in Hefei, Anhui in 1956. He received his B.A degree from Anhui Normal University in 1979 and Master of Law degree from Renmin University of China Department of Law in 1982.
After graduation, Du joined the faculty of Renmin University of China Department of Law. He was a professor at National School of Administration from 1997 to 2004. He became the Chief Professor ({{lang|zh|首席教授}}) of Shantou University Law School in 2004 and was appointed the Dean of Shantou University Law School in March 2007.[http://www.law.stu.edu.cn/chinese/viewInfo.aspx?flowNo=1377 Du Gangjian was Appointed as the Dean of Shantou University Law School] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707025411/http://www.law.stu.edu.cn/chinese/viewInfo.aspx?flowNo=1377 |date=July 7, 2011 }}, the website of the Shantou University Law School. He left Shantou University and joined the faculty of Hunan University Law School in 2009, and was the dean of the school from 2010 to 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://law.hnu.edu.cn/info/1003/4001.htm|title=杜钢建教授简历|publisher=Hunan University Law School|date=|accessdate=22 March 2021|language=zh-hans}}
Du was selected as one of 2003 Top Ten Opinion Leaders by Caijing Shibao (财经时报), a Chinese newspaper,{{cite web|url=https://money.163.com/economy2003/editor_2003/040304/040304_187499.html|title=意见领袖聚首 恳谈中国改革热点|website=163.com|date=4 March 2004|accessdate=22 March 2021|language=zh-hans}} and one of 100 jurists who influenced the process of promoting rule of law in China by China Today in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/locality/content/2017-03/06/content_7040155.htm?node=32244|title=影响中国法治建设进程的百位法学家|website=legaldaily.com.cn|date=6 March 2017|accessdate=24 March 2021|language=zh-hans}}
Du is the founder of World Civilization Research Association.{{cite web|url=https://asiatimes.com/2019/09/is-english-actually-chinese-some-scholars-think-so/|title=Is English actually Chinese? Some scholars think so|website=asiatimes.com|date=10 September 2019|accessdate=22 March 2021}}
Thoughts and research
As an advocate of New Confucianism and Confucian constitutionalism, Du is known for his idea that Confucianism can be used as the ideological basis for constitutionalism{{cite web|url=http://www.chinawriter.com.cn/2014/2014-12-10/227517.html|title=新儒家讲座在省图书馆开讲|website=chinawriter.com.cn|date=10 December 2014|accessdate=24 March 2021|language=zh-hans}}{{cite journal |last=Chen |first=Yilong|date=2008 |title=潮汕新儒家政治法律思想述评——兼论儒家思想向现代政治法律理论的转换|url=https://www.ixueshu.com/document/9ccb7b1c7a71e8ffc7e7ae3bd3122a12318947a18e7f9386.html |journal=Pacific Journal |volume=2008 |issue=10|language=zh-hans |pages= |doi= |access-date=24 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lxshy.net/CampusNetwork/ArticleDetail.aspx?articleId=1165|title=杜钢建：从大陆新儒家的首倡者，到世界新文明史观的开拓者|website=lxshy.net|date=27 April 2017|accessdate=24 March 2021|language=zh-hans}} and human rights.{{cite journal |last=Suzuki|first=Keifu|translator-last=Li|translator-first=Qinhuang|date=2013 |title=价值宽容主义仁学的开展——杜钢建的人权思想|url=https://www.doc88.com/p-6327672099087.html |journal=Rule of Law in Hunan and Local Governance |volume=11|language=zh-hans |pages=336–351|doi= |isbn= 9787510059094|access-date=24 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://epaper.gmw.cn/gmrb/html/2014-05/20/nw.D110000gmrb_20140520_2-02.htm|title=中国梦与中国人权|newspaper=Guangming Daily|date=20 May 2014|accessdate=24 March 2021|language=zh-hans}}
Some of his research, e.g., claiming that American Indians may descend from Hunan,{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/05/23/sorry-china-but-native-americans-probably-arent-hunanese/|title=Sorry, China, but Native Americans probably aren't Hunanese|website=foreignpolicy.com|date=23 May 2013|accessdate=22 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://edu.china.com.cn/2020-12/31/content_77068424.htm|title=杜钢建:"英人、英语起源于大湘西"研究成果首次落地应用|website=china.com.cn|date=31 December 2020|accessdate=22 March 2021|language=zh-hans}}{{cite web|url=http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2015/1112/c70731-27808478.html|title=日耳曼人源于湖南？湖南大学教授称已严密佐证|website=people.com.cn|date=12 November 2015|accessdate=22 March 2021|language=zh-hans}} that some ancestors of Korean and Japanese people came from Hunan,{{cite web|url=http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2012/03-16/3748266.shtml|title=学者杜钢建：湖南人是韩国人和日本人祖先之一|website=chinanews.com|date=16 March 2012|accessdate=24 March 2021|language=zh-hans}} and that Western civilization originated in China,{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbmben/chinese-scholars-are-claiming-that-english-is-a-chinese-dialect|title=Chinese Scholars Are Claiming That English Is a Chinese Dialect|website=vice.com|date=9 September 2019|accessdate=22 March 2021}} have attracted public attention.
Selected publications
- Thoughts on Human Rights in Twentieth-century China (中國近百年人權思想), The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2004, {{ISBN|9789622019164}}
- The Origin of Civilizations and the World of Great Unity (文明源头与大同世界), Guangming Press, 2017, {{ISBN|9789887705291}}{{cite web|url=http://www.voc.com.cn/article/201804/201804171018327834.html|title=世界文明起源于湖南？《文明源头与大同世界》研讨会在长沙举行|website=VOC.com.cn|date=17 April 2018|accessdate=22 March 2021|language=zh-hans}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110520170000/http://news.21cn.com/today/focus/2006/09/21/2980936.shtml Introduction to Du Gangjian] 21cn.com
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{{s-ttl| title = Dean of Hunan University Law School | years = 2010–2015}}
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Category:Anhui Normal University alumni
Category:Renmin University of China alumni
Category:Academic staff of Renmin University of China
Category:Academic staff of Hunan University
Category:Chinese legal scholars