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陈寅恪

陳寅恪
ChénYínkè
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Meanings

  1. 1 Chen Yinke (1890-1969)
  2. 2 eminent Chinese historian and philologist of the Republican era

Examples

陈寅恪是中国现代史学的奠基人之一。
Chén Yínkè shì Zhōngguó xiàndài shǐxué de diànjī rén zhī yī.
Chen Yinke is one of the founders of modern Chinese historical scholarship.
他晚年双目失明，仍坚持学术研究。
Tā wǎnnián shuāngmù shīmíng, réng jiānchí xuéshù yánjiū.
He went blind in his later years but persisted in academic research.

Tips

culture
Studied at Harvard and Berlin and mastered over a dozen languages including Sanskrit, Pali, and Manchu. A Tsinghua professor and one of the 'Four Great Tutors' (四大导师) of its early Institute of Chinese Studies. Persecuted during the Cultural Revolution.
usage
His name's surname character 恪 has a disputed pronunciation — standard Mandarin kè, but many scholars say Què following his family's Hakka reading.

Stroke Order

陈 chén
寅 yín
恪 kè