Pi Zongshi
{{Short description|Chinese educator and politician}}
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| caption = Pi Zongshi
| office1 = President of Hunan University
| term_start1 = July 1936
| term_end1 = September 1940
| predecessor1 = Huang Shiheng
| successor1 = Hu Shuhua
| name = Pi Zongshi
| native_name = 皮宗石
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1887|8|23}}
| birth_place = Changsha, Hunan, Qing China
| death_date = {{death year and age|1967|1887}}
| death_place = Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China
| party = Tongmenghui
| spouse = Yang Shujun
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| alma_mater = University of Tokyo
University of London
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Pi Zongshi ({{zh|c=皮宗石|p=Pí Zōngshí}}; 23 August 1887 – 1967) was a Chinese educator and politician who served as president of Hunan University from July 1936 to September 1940.
Biography
Pi was born into a family of farming background in Changsha, Hunan. In 1903 he went to study in Japan, and graduated from the University of Tokyo. He joined the Tongmenghui in 1905 while he studied at Tokyo. He returned to China in 1902 and that year he established the Republic of China Daily with Zhou Gengsheng, Yang Duanliu, and Ren Kainan. The Beiyang government closed down the newspaper when its articles against Yuan Shikai's restoration of monarchy. In 1916, he studied at the University of London, where he majored in economics.{{cite news|url=http://hunan.voc.com.cn/article/201504/201504301017226218.html |script-title=zh:中国第一位留英女硕士袁昌英：被遗忘的民国才女 |newspaper=Huasheng |date=2015-04-30 |language= zh}}
He returned to China in 1920, that same year, he was recruited by Cai Yuanpei as a professor at Peking University Law School and president of Peking University Library.
He served as dean of Wuhan University's School of Social Sciences from April 1928 to April 1933 and the university's provost from April 1933 to July 1936.{{cite news |url=http://www.cnhan.com/gb/content/2007-01/29/content_741503.htm |script-title=zh:皮宗石与武汉大学 |newspaper=Wuhan News |date=2007-01-29 |language=zh |access-date=2015-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305201745/http://www.cnhan.com/gb/content/2007-01/29/content_741503.htm |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=dead }}
He was president of Hunan University in July 1936, and the Ministry of Education appointed Pi Zongshi as the principal of National Hunan University on January 19 of 1937, and held that office until September 1940.{{cite book |language=zh|editor1=Li Shin ({{lang|zh|李新}})|editor2=Han Xinfu ({{lang|zh|韓信夫}})|editor3=Jiang Kefu ({{lang|zh|姜克夫}})|script-title=zh:《中華民國史大事記》|trans-title=Historical Events of the Republic of China |year=2011 |publisher=Zhong Hua Book Company |location=Beijing |pages=5343 |isbn=9787101079982}}
After the founding of the Communist state, he became a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Personal life
Pi Zongshi married Yang Shujun ({{zh|s=杨淑君|links=no}}) in an arranged marriage.
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Category:Politicians from Changsha
Category:University of Tokyo alumni
Category:Alumni of the University of London
Category:Presidents of Hunan University
Category:Academic staff of Peking University
Category:Academic staff of Wuhan University
Category:People's Republic of China politicians from Hunan