Hujiang University

This article is about a former private Baptist university in Shanghai. For the current public university in Shanghai, see Shanghai University.

Hujiang University (simplified Chinese: 沪江大学; traditional Chinese: 滬江大學; pinyin: Hùjiāng Dàxué; lit. 'University at Hu River') was a private Baptist university from 1906 to 1952 in Shanghai, China. It was established by the American Baptist Missionary Union and the Southern Baptist Convention. The institution was also known as Shanghai College or University of Shanghai.

Hujiang University

滬江大學
Other name	Shanghai College University of Shanghai
Motto	信义勤爱
Type	Private university
Active	1906–1952
Affiliation	Baptist
President	Liu Zhan'en
Location	Shanghai , China

History

During the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, the Central China Mission of the American Southern Baptist Convention and the East China Mission of the American Baptist Missionary Union (Northern Baptists) gathered in Shanghai. The two missions collaborated for higher education, establishing the Shanghai Baptist Theological Seminary in 1906 and Shanghai Baptist College in 1909. The two were combined in 1911 to form "Shanghai Baptist College and Theological Seminary" (上海浸會大學). The name "University of Shanghai" (simplified Chinese: 沪江大学; traditional Chinese: 滬江大學) was adopted when it was registered with the Chinese government in 1929.^[1]

Liu Zhan'en (or Herman Chan-En Liu), an alumnus of Teachers College, Columbia University, was the first Chinese president to succeed Dr. F. J. White as university president.^[2]

Hujiang University was in a critical position for information sharing after the 1937 Battle of Nanking. President Liu was assassinated by the Japanese military at a bus stop in Shanghai on April 7, 1938, after he secretly disseminated Nanjing Massacre photos (taken by Western missionaries) to people around the world.^[3][4]

Ling, Hsien-yang (prefers Henry H. Lin), an alumnus of Hujiang University (1927) and University of Southern California (1929), was the last Chinese president of the university. He elected to remain in mainland China to take care of the university and its students following the communist takeover of China in 1949. He was imprisoned in 1951 as part of the Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries and died few years later.^[5]

In 1952

Hujiang University was merged into East China Normal University and other universities in Shanghai. It is no longer existing. Some university records are available for research purposes in Yale University Divinity School's Library.

Building

In 1919, the campus was designed by the American architect Henry Murphy's company.^[6]

References

1. China and the Christian colleges 1850-1950, Jessie Gregory Lutz, Cornell University Press, 1971 Page 575
2. Herman Chan-En Liu (1922). Non-verbal Intelligence Tests for Use in China (Thesis). Teachers College, Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2022-02-05. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
3. "Liu Zhan'en: L: By Person: Stories: Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity". www.bdcconline.net. Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
4. https://wjk.usst.edu.cn/_upload/article/files/d5/0c/7602e9b84effb5484e344c40aa7c/432b0975-4e80-474d-bf51-56c95707f452.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
5. Ling, Hsien-yang, Chinese Who's Who, China Year Book 1947, p. 674.
6. "海派城市考古｜美籍校园建筑设计师亨利·墨菲的在沪印迹" [en:Shanghai Urban Archaeology｜The Marks of American Campus Architect Henry Murphy in Shanghai]. zh:澎湃新闻. 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2024-03-18. zh：亨利·墨菲（Henry K. Murphy）是20世纪上半叶中国建筑古典复兴思潮的代表性人物，以"适应性建筑"理念深深地影响了中国第一代建筑师，并且成为"重塑民国时期大学校园的设计师"。墨菲以校园和校舍设计闻名于中国，主导了当时许多知名大学的建设，例如清华大学、复旦大学、金陵女子大学等。