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 (bachelor's degree 1970, master's degree 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

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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