Tu Cheng-sheng

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| name = Tu Cheng-sheng

| native_name = {{nobold|杜正勝}}

| native_name_lang = zh-tw

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| image = 2007TaipeiITMonth Cheng-sheng Du.jpg

| caption = Minister Tu in 2007

| nationality = Republic of China

| order1 = 22nd Minister of Education of the Republic of China

| term_start1 = 20 May 2004

| term_end1 = 20 May 2008

| order2 = Director of National Palace Museum

| term_start2 = 20 May 2000

| term_end2 = 20 May 2004

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|6|10}}

| birth_place = Mida Village, Okayama District, Takao Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (vic. modern-day Mituo District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

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| party = Democratic Progressive Party

| education = National University of Tainan
National Taiwan University (BA, MA)

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| t = 杜正勝

| poj = Tō͘ Chèng-sèng

| p = Dù Zhèngshèng

| w = Tu⁴ Cheng⁴-sheng⁴

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Tu Cheng-sheng ({{zh|c=杜正勝|poj=Tō͘ Chèng-sèng}}; born 10 June 1944) is a Taiwanese politician and historian. Tu served as the minister of education of the Republic of China during Chen Shui-bian's second term as president.[https://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN2415619020080424 "Nose-picking lawmaker to shout his last good-bye"], Reuters, Apr 24, 2008

Education and career

Tu Cheng-sheng graduated from the Provincial Tainan Normal University (present-day National University of Tainan) in 1966. He also attended the National Taiwan University in 1970 and majored in history. He earned his bachelor's degree in 1970 and his master's degree in 1974. He is a specialist in the history of ancient Chinese society, culture and medicine.

In articles of 1986, 1987 and 1992 Tu explored semblance between the city-states of the ancients Western civilization and the state formations of early China.Yates, Robin D. S. "The City-State in Ancient China"

He served as Director of National Palace Museum from May 2000 to May 2004.{{Cite web|last=Museum|first=National Palace|date=2020-05-08|title=Present/Former Leaders|url=https://www.npm.gov.tw/en/Article.aspx?sNo=02000049|access-date=2020-06-27|website=National Palace Museum|language=en}} He also served as a director of a research center on history and languages of the Academia Sinica and a professor at the National Tsing Hua University.

Personality

Tu gained notoriety for his colorful and abrasive behavior. After being filmed asleep at a 2007 meeting of the Legislative Yuan, he was photographed picking his nose in response to public criticism. Also that year, he grabbed a reporter's microphone and shoved a cameraman into a wall.

Publications

{{cite book |script-title=zh:走過關鍵十年 / 1990-2000 |trans-title=Going Through the Ten Critical Years: 1990-2000 |language=zh |date=2000|isbn=957-469-141-1|author1=杜正勝 }}
{{cite book |script-title=zh:臺灣的誕生 : 十七世紀的福爾摩沙 |trans-title=The Birth of Taiwan: Formosa in the 17th Century |date=2003 |language=zh |isbn=957-28159-1-1|author1=杜正勝 }}, translation: [https://archive.org/details/ilhaformosaemerg00duzh/ Ilha Formosa: the Emergence of Taiwan on the World Scene in the 17th Century]
{{cite book |script-title=zh:新史學之路 |trans-title=New Road for Historical Studies |date=2004 |isbn=957-14-4027-2 |language=zh|author1=杜正勝 }}
{{cite book |script-title=zh:臺灣的教育改革與臺灣的未來 |language=zh |trans-title=Educational Reform in Taiwan: Retrospect and Prospect |date=2007 |oclc=173372350}}

References

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Category:Living people

Category:1944 births

Category:Taiwanese educators

Category:20th-century Taiwanese historians

Category:Ministers of education of Taiwan

Category:National Taiwan University alumni

Category:Politicians of the Republic of China on Taiwan from Kaohsiung

Category:Members of Academia Sinica

Category:Writers from Kaohsiung

Category:21st-century Taiwanese historians