Lufei Kui
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Born | Lufei Kui 17 September 1886 |
Died | 9 July 1941 | (aged 54)
Nationality | Chinese |
Occupation(s) | Educator, essayist, linguist, publisher |
Known for | Founder of publishing house Zhonghua Book Company |
Lufei Kui (simplified Chinese: 陆费逵; traditional Chinese:
Early life[edit]
Lufei was born in a scholar-official family in Hanzhong, Shaanxi, though his parents had come from Tongxiang, Zhejiang. His mother was a niece of Li Hongzhang, a famous Chinese politician during the late Qing dynasty. In his early years, Lufei was taught in Literary Chinese by his mother.[4] Beginning in 1898, he attended to Nanchang English School (
Career[edit]
In the spring of 1903, Lufei went to Wuchang, where he launched Xinxuejie Bookstore (
In 1908, Lufei joined The Commercial Press, and soon was put in charge of publication and communications. In 1909, the Commercial Press started the first professional magazine in education in China, the Education Magazine (
In 1909, Lufei published an article titled "General Education Should Use Vernacular Characters" (
Lufei is also known as the founder of Zhonghua Book Company, one of the most influential contemporary publishing company, in textbooks, dictionaries, translations of important books in the world, as well as in Literary Chinese and Chinese historical publications. Lufei founded Zhonghua Book Company in 1912 on the same day as the founding of Republic of China (1912-1949) and immediately published a new set of textbooks for schools in the post Qing dynasty republic. In the 1930s, Zhonghua was one of the most successful publishing companies in East Asia. By the Second Sino-Japanese War, the annual income of Zhonghua was over 10,000,000 yuan and had over 40 branches throughout China. In Shanghai and Hong Kong, it had over 3,000 employees. Under the management of Lufei, Zhonghua published a series of important books for Chinese cultural and historical studies, such as Zhonghua Da Zidian, Cihai, Sibu Beiyao (
During the war, due to his influence, Lufei's life was threatened by Japanese agents. He moved the headquarters of Zhonghua to Kunming. Then he went to Hong Kong in order to produce enough books for the endangered nation. In 1941, Lufei died of cerebral hemorrhage.
References[edit]
- ^ [1] Lufei Kui Library at Tongxiang, Zhejiang
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中国 出版 家 陆费逵,周 其厚,人民 出版 社 ,2016 (Chinese Publisher Lufei Kui) - ^
陸 費 伯 鴻 先生 年譜 ,臺灣 中華 書 局 ,民 國 66年 , (Annual Chronicle of Mr. Lufei Bohong) - ^ 陆费逵与
中 华书局 ,俞筱尧,刘彦捷 ,中 华书局 ,2002 (Lufei Kui and Zhonghua Book Company) - ^ "陆费逵生
平 简介". Archived from the original on 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2008-12-23. - ^ [2] 汉字简化
常 识,方舟 子 - ^ [3] Zhonghua Book Company
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中 华书局 与 中国 近 现代文化 ,复旦大学 历史系 等 编,上海 人民 出版 社 ,2013 (Zhonghua Book Company and China's Modern Culture)