Chen Xujing (1 September 1903 – 16 February 1967) was a leading Chinese sociologist.

Chen Xujing
陈序经
Vice President of Nankai University
In office
1964 – 16 February 1967
President of Jinan University
In office
1963–1964
Vice President of Sun Yat-sen University
In office
1956–1963
President of Lingnan University (Guangzhou)
In office
1948–1954
Personal details
Born1 September 1903
Wenchang, Hainan, China
Died16 February 1967 (aged 63)
Tianjin, China
Alma materFudan University
University of Illinois (MA, PhD)

Biography

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Chen Xujing was born in Hainan. He was schooled in Singapore and at Lingnan Middle School, at which he enrolled in 1920. He graduated from Fudan University in 1925.[1] After receiving a PhD in Political Science from the University of Illinois in 1928, he published his thesis on theories of sovereignty in the following year. While holding a sociology post at Lingnan University, he travelled to study in Germany. He became a professor at Nankai University, heading the Economic Research Institute and School of Politics and Economics, and serving as vice president of the university. After serving as Vice President of Zhongshan University, he became President of Lingnan University in 1948, and subsequently President of Jinan University in Guangzhou.[2]

Works

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  • Recent theories of sovereignty, 1929
  • China and Southeastern Asia, 1944

References

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  1. ^ Lingnan Chronicle Archived December 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Wang Gungwu (2004), "Chinese political culture and scholarship about the Malay world", in Benton, Gregor; Hong Liu (eds.), Diasporic Chinese Ventures: the life and work of Wang Gungwu, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-33142-0, p. 101