Shen Chun-shan
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Shen Chun-shan (born 29 August 1932 in Yuyao, Zhejiang) is a retired academic in Taiwan, most noted for his position as the former head of National Tsing Hua University.[1][2] He is known as one of the "four princes of the Kuomintang" along with Chen Li-an, Fredrick Chien (錢復), and Lien Chan, all of whose fathers attained prominent positions in the Kuomintang prior to their sons' successes.[3]
Shen's parents were both highly educated and had previously studied in the United States; his maternal grandfather also went to France as an exchange student. A propensity to strokes runs in his family; his maternal grandfather died of a stroke in his 30s while in France, and his mother died of the same cause when the young Shen himself was only 9. He followed his father to Taiwan a few years later in 1949.[4] He graduated from National Taiwan University's physics department in 1955.[5] In 1957, he left Taiwan for the United States, where he received a doctorate in physics from the University of Maryland in 1961 before going on to teach at Princeton University and Purdue University as well as taking up a position at NASA.[2] He returned to Taiwan in 1973 to take up a post as the head of National Tsing Hua University's sciences faculty, at a salary only one-eighth that which he received in the United States, earning him praise as a "model of patriotism" for his actions.[4]
Shen entered into politics in 1988, with his appointment to the Executive Yuan's Governmental Affairs Commission; he later served as a member of the Central Election Committee, an arbitrator of the Academia Sinica, and most prominently with the National Unification Council, as a member of which he made three visits to Zhongnanhai to meet with People's Republic of China leaders.[3][4][5] He took up his post as the president of National Tsing Hua University in 1993; he retired from that position and from academic life in 1997.[1]
Outside of his academic and political work, Shen enjoys playing Go.[6] He also started the first international chapter of the University of Maryland's alumni association, and was a member of the first group elected to their Alumni Hall of Fame when it was established in 1995.[2][7] His health deteriorated further after his retirement; he suffered his first stroke in June 1999. In September 2005, a year and a half after the 2004 publication of the first portion of his memoirs, he suffered his second stroke.[4][8] However, even after his second stroke, he continued writing; his series of biographies of five Go masters Go Seigen, Minoru Kitani, Rin Kaiho, Cho Hunhyun, and Nie Weiping was published in June 2006.[9] His third stroke, which left him in a coma, came on 6 July 2007; he was hospitalised at Hsinchu's Mackay Memorial Hospital.[10]
[edit] Publications
- Shen, Chun-shan (March 2004). 浮生後記 (Memoirs of a Floating Life) (in Chinese). Bookzone. ISBN 9864171526.
- Shen, Chun-shan (September 2005). 浮生再記 (Memoirs of a Floating Life 2) (in Chinese). Bookzone. ISBN 9574442578.
- Shen, Chun-shan (September 2005). 浮生三記 (Memoirs of a Floating Life 3) (in Chinese). Bookzone. ISBN 9575607494.
- Shen, Chun-shan (June 2006). 沈君山說棋王故事１吳清源 (Shen Chun-shan Tells the Stories of Kings of Go 1: Go Seigen) (in Chinese). Boss. ISBN 9575884930.
- Shen, Chun-shan (June 2006). 沈君山說棋王故事２木谷實 (Shen Chun-shan Tells the Stories of Kings of Go 2: Kitani Minoru) (in Chinese). Boss. ISBN 9575884973.
- Shen, Chun-shan (June 2006). 沈君山說棋王故事３林海峰 (Shen Chun-shan Tells the Stories of Kings of Go 3: Rin Kaiho) (in Chinese). Boss. ISBN 9575884949.
- Shen, Chun-shan (June 2006). 沈君山說棋王故事４曹薰鉉 (Shen Chun-shan Tells the Stories of Kings of Go 4: Cho Hunhyun) (in Chinese). Boss. ISBN 9575884957.
- Shen, Chun-shan (June 2006). 沈君山說棋王故事５聶衛平 (Shen Chun-shan Tells the Stories of Kings of Go 5: Nie Weiping) (in Chinese). Boss. ISBN 9575884965.
[edit] References
- ^ a b 沈君山校長 (President Shen Chun-shan) (Chinese). National Tsing Hua University Digital Archives. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
- ^ a b c Hall of Fame. University of Maryland Alumni Association (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ a b Liu, Lingbin. "台湾“四大公子”的人生传奇 (The legendary lives of Taiwan's "Four Princes")", United Daily News, 2007-04-19. Retrieved on 2008-01-05. (Chinese)
- ^ a b c d Huang, Jingtao. "風流沈君山 兩岸棋翩翩", Southern Weekend, 2007-10-11. Retrieved on 2008-01-03. (Chinese)
- ^ a b "沈君山先生简介 (Profile of Mr. Shen Chun-shan)", Sina Finance, 2006-05-18. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. (Chinese)
- ^ "沈君山：追寻生命的无穷可能性 (Shen Chun-shan: Pursuing life's limitless possibilities)", Sina News, 2004-08-13. Retrieved on 2008-01-03. (Chinese)
- ^ Alumni Hall of Fame. University of Maryland Alumni Association (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
- ^ "沈君山新書《浮生後記》 記錄30年兩岸民主發展 (Shen Chun-shan's new book 'Memoirs of a Floating Life' records thirty years of democratic development on both sides of the Taiwan Strait)", Eastern Television, 2004-04-07. Retrieved on 2008-01-05. (Chinese)
- ^ Xuan, Huifeng. "前台灣清華大學校長沈君山:很想去北京看奧運會 (Shen Chun-shan, former head of Taiwan's Tsing Hua University: I want to go to Beijing to see the Olympics)", People's Daily, 2007-01-08. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. (Chinese)
- ^ Huang, Weihan. "沈君山三度中風 新竹馬偕發病危通知 (Shen Chun-shan suffers third stroke; in critical condition at Mackay)", Eastern Television, 2007-07-07. Retrieved on 2008-01-05. (Chinese)
