WAUXiaoGongquanUA1140_2084_3014.xml Guide to the Gongquan Xiao Papers 1948-1972 Xiao (Gongquan,) Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2014 (Last modified: 4/19/2018)
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Finding aid written inEnglish. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 1140, 2084, 3014 Xiao, Gongquan, 1897-1981 Gongquan Xiao papers 1948-1972 3 ft Collection materials are inEnglish. Correspondence, newsletter, manuscripts of books and articles of a UW Professor of Chinese history and philosophy

Professor of Chinese history and philosophy, University of Washington.

Kung-Chuan Hsiao was born 1897. He graduated from the National Tsinghun (China) in 1920. He received a B.A. in 1922, and an M.A. in 1923 from Missouri; and a Ph.D. in 1926 from Cornell University. His specialties were philosophy and history of Chinese thought. Hsaio was a professor of Chinese in the Far East Department at University of Washington, 1948-1968; and professor emeritus for Eastern and Russian Institute/Institute for Comparative and Foreign Area Studies, 1952-1968. He is an author of his autobiography,"In Quest of Learning," "Collection of Poems," and the manuscript "Rural China - Imperial control in the 19th Century," a Social, political and economic analysis of 19th c. life in rural China. Hsaio died in 1981.

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 Meyers, Victor A Odegaard, Charles E Taylor, George Edward, 1905-2000 Treadgold, Donald W., 1922- Xiao, Gongquan, 1897-1981 American Council of Learned Societies Chinese University of Hong Kong Guo li zheng zhi da xue Pacific National Bank of Seattle Research Society (University of Washington) University of Washington. Far Eastern Institute University of Washington. Graduate School University of Washington. Graduate School. National Defense Foreign Language Fellowship Committee University of Washington. President University of Washington Press UW. Far Eastern and Russian Institute University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington) Colleges and Universities Chinese Americans Politics and Politicians International Relations

 

Accession No. 1140-001: Kung-Chuan Hsiao papers, 1948-1968 37 items.

Scope and Content: Correspondence, newsletter, program, 1948-1968.

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Acquisition Info: Professor Kung-Chuan Hsiao, 1969-04-27

 Kung-Chuan Hsiao papers Accession No. 2084-001: Hsiao, Kung-chuan papers, [Information not available] 1 cu. ft.

Scope and Content: Publications and manuscripts.

"In Quest of Learning" (Autobiography); and "Collection of Poems"; and the manuscript "Rural China: Inperial control in the 19th Century" a social, political and economic analysis of 19th C. life in roral China.

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Acquisition Info: K.C. Hsiao. No date given

 Hsiao, Kung-chuan papers Accession No. 3014-001: Kung-chuan Hsiao papers, circa 1920-1950, 1981 1 cu.ft.

Scope and Content: Research notes and writings primary in Chinese but some articles and notes in English.

"Han Fei Tzu" (article for "Encyclopaedia Britannica"); "Pluralistic Theory of the State" (University of Missouri thesis); "Rural China" (research notes); "Social Thought of K'ang Yu-Wei" (semi-final drafts); "Transition and Permanence: Chinese History and Culture" (festschrift honoring Kung-chuan Hsiao); "Wen Hsiieh Chien Wang Lu" (carbon copy of original manuscript); "Weng T'ung-ho and the Reform Movement of 1898 (research notes); "Yen Yuan" (article for "Encyclopaedia Britannica")

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Acquisition Info: Kung-chuan Hsiao. No date given

 Kung-chuan Hsiao papers