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Chinese: 陶阿美; pinyin: Táo Āměi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tao.

Wu Enyu

Wu Enyu (Chinese: 吳恩裕; pinyin: Wú Ēnyù, *1909 †1979) was a Manchu-Chinese philosopher, political scientist and literary critic. In the latter function he was especially known for his criticism of The Dream of the Red Chamber.

Graduating at the Department for Philosophy of Qinghua University, Beijing, in 1933, Wu became the editor-in-chief of Sibian (Chinese: 思辯; pinyin: Sībiàn), the literary and philosophical supplement of Chenbao (Chinese: 晨報; pinyin: Chénbào) magazine, as well as of the philosophical monthly periodical Wenzhe yuekan ((Chinese: 文哲月刊; pinyin: Wénzhé yuèkān). In 1936 he went to study abroad in London. Returning to China, he was offered the position of professor of political sciences at Chongqing Zhongyang University, a post he held from 1939 to 1949. From 1946 to 1952 he was also held a professorship for political sciences at Peking University. From 1978 until his death a year later, he was named research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

References

Link to one of his books: http://www.books.com.tw/exep/prod/china/chinafile.php?item=CN10092402

Jacques Gernet

Jacques Gernet is a renowned scholar in the field of Chinese Studies (Sinology), and a professor at the Collège de France in Paris, France.
He was born in Algier in 1921. From 1942 to 1945 he served in the French Army. In 1945 he began to study Chinese in Paris. In 1949/50 he became a member of the École française d'Extrême-Orient in Hanoi, Vietnam. Until the mid-fifties he frequently travelled to China, Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Cambodia for study purposes. From 1955 to 1976 he was director of the department for Chinese economy and society at the École pratique des hautes études. From 1957 to 1974 he was a professor at the philosophical faculty of the Sorbonne. From 1975 he was professor for Chinese social and cultural history at the Collège de France. From 1976 he was co-editor of the sinological review T'oung Pao.

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