Anyousho - Anyousho

Japanese: 晏陽初 - あんようしょ

1894‐1990
Chinese educator. Born in Bazhong County, Sichuan Province. Graduated from Yale University in the United States and received his doctorate from Princeton University. In 1918, he worked in France to teach literacy to Chinese workers. In 1923, he founded the Chinese Association for Promoting Education for the Commoners with Tao Xingzhi and Huang Yanpei, and worked hard with Liang Shuming on "village construction." In 1932, he established an experimental rural education area in Ding County, Hebei Province. When the People's Republic of China was founded, he fled to Taiwan and later moved to the Philippines. In the West, he is known by his Christian name, James Yen.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1894‐1990
中国の教育家。四川省巴中県の人。アメリカ，イェール大学卒，プリンストン大学で博士号を取得。1918年，フランスで中国人労働者のための識字教育に従事。23年，陶行知，黄炎培らと中華平民教育促進会を設立するとともに梁漱溟と〈郷村建設〉に尽力。32年から河北省定県に農村教育実験区をつくるなどした。新中国成立に際しては台湾に逃れ，その後フィリピンに移り住んだ。欧米ではクリスチャン･ネームのJames Yenとして有名である。

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