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Taiwanese historian (1920-2007) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sung Shee (Chinese: 宋晞; pinyin: Sòng Xī; Wade–Giles: Sung Hsi; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sòng Hi; 6 October 1920 – 22 March 2007) was a Taiwanese historian, geographer, educator and governmental official. Sung was the fourth President of the Chinese Culture University.
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On 6 October 1920, Sung was born in Lishui, Zhejiang Province, China. He studied history and geography at Zhejiang University and obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees there. His master thesis discussed the relationship between merchants and scholar-bureaucrats, government in Song Dynasty. He also obtained a master's degree from the Department of History at Columbia University, with a dissertation on Chinese Labour in the Transvaal, 1904–1907 (1957). Sung obtained his Ph.D. from Chinese Culture University in June 1989.[1] Sung also received an honorary doctor's degree from Korean Konkuk University.
Sung came to Taiwan together with Chang Ch'i-yun. He had a long career in governmental offices including the research institute of national defence. He was the director of the Department of History and then Institute of History, Chinese Culture University. He also was the fourth president of Chinese Culture University.
Sung was a famous historian especially in the field of Song Dynasty history.
On 22 March 2007, Sung died in Taipei, Taiwan, from a car accident.
Sung's studies mainly were in Chinese history especially Song Dynasty history. These include:
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