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Peng Chun Chang
Peng Chun Chang also P. C. Chang () (1892 – 1957) was a Chinese academic, philosopher, playwright, and diplomat. He was born in Tianjin, China, and died at his home in Nutley, New Jersey.〔((Obituary) ''New York Times'' July 21, 1957 )〕
==Biography==
Born in China, he was the younger brother of Chang Po-ling, the founder of Nankai University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts. in 1913, and a PhD from Columbia University, where he studied with the eminent philosopher and educator, John Dewey. He returned to China and became a professor at Nankai University in Tianjin, where he taught philosophy and became a scholar of Chinese traditional drama. He became a member of the circle of Mei Lanfang, foremost interpreter of Peking Opera. In 1930, he directed a tour of Chinese Classical Theater to North America, and in 1935 to the Soviet Union.
After the invasion of China by Japan in 1937, Chang joined the anti-Japanese resistance at Nankai. When the Japanese arrived there, he fled by disguising as a woman. He was engaged by the Chinese government to assist in promoting awareness in Europe and America of the Nanking Massacre.〔(Mary Ann Glendon. ''A World Made New : Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.'' ) (New York: Random House, 2001). ISBN 0679463100, p 133〕 Chang later taught at the University of Chicago.
Chang became a full-time diplomat in 1942, serving as China's representative in Turkey. He was an enthusiastic promoter of Chinese culture. While in Turkey he delivered lectures on the reciprocal influences and commonalities between the Islamic and Chinese cultures, and on the relationship between Confucianism and Islam.〔 Following the war, Chang was a Chinese representative to the conference which produced the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Chang resigned from the UN in 1952 because of a worsening heart condition and died in 1957.〔Glendon, p 211〕
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