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Wu Mi () (August 20, 1894 – January 17, 1978), (once using the name Wu Yuheng (吴玉衡)), was one of the founders of Chinese comparative literature, a critic, redologist (one who studies the Chinese classic book Dream of the Red Chamber), educator and poet. In 1942 he become a professor in Ministry of Education (Republic of China). He was also one of the originators to begin Tsinghua University's school of Sinology. While studying at Harvard, he became known as "one of the three Outstanding Persons of Harvard" along with Chen Yinke and Tang Yongtong (汤用彤). ==Education== In 1903, Wu Mi went to an old-style private school, where his classmates ranged from ten to thirty years old, to begin studying Sinology systematically in Xi'an. He read Confucian classics such as ''Spring and Autumn Annals'', ''Zuo Zhuan''. He also read ''Xinmin Series Newspaper'' (新民丛报) ''Shanghai Vernacular Newspaper'' (上海白话报), the papers sent by his family from Shanghai. He also tried writing novels, but did not succeed.〔''Memoirs of Wu Mi'' (追忆吴宓) written by Li Jikai (李继凯) and Liu Ruichun (刘瑞春) P481〕 WuMi went to Sanyuan County in order to learn from Wang Linbian (王麟编) in October 1904. In the same year, the imperial examination system was officially abolished.〔 In the beginning of 1906, he moved to Sanyuan County with his grandmother from Xi'an (西安). He took the preparatory course of Hongdao Advanced School (宏道高等学堂, like junior school today) studying Chinese, English, Maths etc. During the study, he began to write poems, novels and scripts. He tried to make a magazine called ''Magazine of Xi'an'' (西安杂志), but gave up very soon. At that time, he first read the novel ''Dream of the Red Chamber''.〔''Wu Mi, Emissary of ideal'' (吴宓, 理想的使者) written by Zhang Hong (张宏) P300〕 Wu changed his name to Wu Mi in May 1910. He took the entrance examination of Tsinghua Preparatory School for America (清华留美预备学校) and took first place in the regional examination of Xi’an.〔 In 1911, he passed the reexamination as the second of 400 students from all over China. He cut his long braid when he arrived in Beijing. On 29 April, he began his study in Tsinghua School, but because of financial difficulties Tsinghua School (清华学堂) was suspended for a while. At that time, he went to Shanghai to do proofreading work for ''People Daily'' (民立日报).〔''Memoirs of Wu Mi'' (追忆吴宓) written by Li Jikai (李继凯) and Liu Ruichun (刘瑞春) P482〕 In February 1912, Wu went to Shanghai to learn English at St. John’s University.〔''Self-edited Chronicle'' (吴宓自编年表) written by Wu Mi (吴宓) P108〕 In May, he went back to Tsinghua School.〔''Self-edited Chronicle'' (吴宓自编年表) written by Wu Mi (吴宓) P110〕 He was elected the representative of a student strike in September and was expelled from the school, but soon the school restored his name on the school roll for his outstanding achievement in school.〔''Self-edited Chronicle'' (吴宓自编年表) written by Wu Mi (吴宓) P117-118〕 Wu Mi graduated from Tsinghua Preparatory School in June 1916. Since he didn’t pass the physical examination and had an eye disease, he was deferred from going to America for one year. He worked as a translator of Tsinghua School’s copy-writing department. During his study in Tsinghua, he was the editor of ''Tsinghua Study Journal'' (清华学报), '' Tsinghua Weekly'' (清华周刊) and ''Tsinghua English Annual Report'' (清华英文年报). A lot of his articles were published in these newspapers and magazines.〔''Wu Mi, Emissary of ideal'' (吴宓, 理想的使者) written by Zhang Hong (张宏) P301〕 Wu arrived at America in September 1917. He went to the University of Virginia to learn Literature.〔''Self-edited Chronicle'' (吴宓自编年表) written by Wu Mi (吴宓) P162〕 In June 1918 he finished the one-year study in University of Virginia and started studying in Harvard Summer School to learn French and Psychology. He later made friends with Mei Guangdi (梅光迪), who was sent to Harvard by Tsinghua in 1911. With Mei Guangdi's help, Wu enrolled in the School of Comparative literature in Harvard University where he studied with Professor Irving Babbitt.〔''Memoirs of Wu Mi'' (追忆吴宓) written by Li Jikai (李继凯) and Liu Ruichun (刘瑞春) P486〕 Wu got a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in June 1920 and moved on to the graduate school of Harvard in September. In June 1921 he received the Master of Arts degree of Harvard. Then he went back to China.〔''Wu Mi, Emissary of ideal'' (吴宓, 理想的使者) written by Zhang Hong (张宏) P302〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wu Mi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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