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Chronology of Major Events in the Life of 、九Tang Kuo-wei 1877 Born in Haining, Chekiang. Family background in patriotscholar -official tradition. 1892 Obtained 0伍cial degree of hsiu-ts'ai. 1893 Failed examination for chü-jen degree. 1896 Married. 1897 Failed chü-jen examination the second time. 1898 Left home and went to Shanghai. Held job of c1erk and proofreader in the 0伍的 of the newspaper, Shih﹒切upao (The Chinese Progress). Began to attend c1asses in the Tung-fang Hsüeh-she (Oriental Institute) founded by Lo Chen-y垃. Subsequently Lo employed him in the 0伍ce of the Institute. 1898-1900 Studied mathematics, physics, chemistry, philosophy, Japanese and English. First came upon passages of Schopenhauer and Kant in the library of two Japanese teachers. 1901 Went to Japan to study. Enrolled in the School of Physics in Tokyo. 1902 Returned to China because of illness. 1902-1905 Held a number of different positions: personal secretary to Lo Chen-y位; editor of two periodicals published by Lo; teacher of psychology, logic, and sociology. Concentrated his studies on philosophy. 1904-1906 Read and re-read Kant and Schopenhauer. Published several essays on German philosophers. 1906 Left Soochow where he had been teaching and moved to Peking. Returned home on the death of his father. His wife died, leaving him with three sons (born 1899, 1902, 1905). Chronology 01 M ajor Events in the Life 01 Wang Kzω-wei xiii 1907 Returned to the capital to work in the Ministry ofEducation and 個 editor in the Ministry library. Turned from philosophy to literature. 1908 Married a second time. Had seven children in the fol1owing years, one of whom died in infancy. 1907-1912 Published many works on literature, including poetry and drama. First chüan of Jen-chien tz'u-hua published in 1910; Sung Yüan hsi-ch'ü k'ao completed in 1912. 1911 Fol1owed Lo Chen-yü to Japan after the Revolution and was supported by Lo for four years. Lo persuaded him to return to the Classics as a field of study. Did research in oracle bones, Classics, history, and etymology. 1916 Returned to Shanghai and supported himself and his family by teaching in a university founded by Silas Hardoon. Also edited Hsüeh-hsu tsa-chih [Journal of Scholarship], financed by Hardoon. His fame increased among Chinese intel1ectuals. 1923 Left Shanghai for Peking where he became tutor to Henry P'u-yi, the deposed emperor of the Manchus. 1924 This position terminated when P'u-yi was forced to move to the Japanese Legation. 1925 Became professor at Tsinghua University. Studied Mongol history. 1927 Committed suicide in the lake at the Summer Palace near the university. ...

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