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    Figures in the Mandarin Language Movement (Sorted by Pinyin)

    An Wenzhuo    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Wuxi, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Formerly served at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office, and participated in the compilation of the National Language Dictionary (four-volume edition).

    Ao Shiying    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; author of the twenty-volume Chronology of Chinese Literature.

    Remarks/Achievements: Chronology of Chinese Literature; National Central University; Department of Chinese, Anhui University

    Bai Dizhou    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhenying, Dizhou

    • Native place: Wanping, Hebei
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Member and Executive member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee; Head of the Compilation Department, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; Dean of Studies at the National Phonetic Alphabet Training Institute; Editor-in-Chief of Guoyu Weekly; Compiler of Common Characters in National Pronunciation; numerous books and articles

    Bai Zhenmin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Government post: Ministry of Education
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Then serving as an official of the Ministry of Education

    Cai Xiyong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yijing

    • Native place: Longxi, Fujian
    • Education: Chinese Legation in the U.S.

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published Chuanyin Kuaizi (Sound-Transmission Shorthand), the earliest shorthand system in China

    Cai Qi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Longxi, Fujian

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Proofreader of Chuanyin Kuaizi

    Remarks/Achievements: Proofreader of the 1905 edition of Chuanyin Kuaizi (son of Cai Xiyong)

    Cai Zhang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Ziying

    • Native place: Longxi, Fujian
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Fujian

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Wrote Chinese Shorthand, the first shorthand treatise in China

    Cai Wei    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Longxi, Fujian

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Used and disseminated Chuanyin Kuaizi (Sound-Transmission Shorthand)

    Remarks/Achievements: Used Chuanyin Kuaizi to record lectures at the Yixueguan (son of Cai Xiyong)

    Cai Yuanpei    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jiemin

    • Native place: Shaoxing, Zhejiang
    • Education: Leipzig University (psychology, aesthetics)
    • Government post: Ministry of Education
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: First Minister of Education of the Republic of China; promoted the convening of the Pronunciation Unification Conference; President of the National Language Research Association; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Issued, as President of the University Council of the Republic of China, University Council Notice No. 17 formally promulgating the National Language Romanization; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Cao Shiqing    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Commissioned collator at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Chen Dingmin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Shaoxing, Zhejiang
    • Education: University of Lyon (history); University of Paris (phonetics)

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Remarks/Achievements: Fourth paternal uncle: Chen Junzhe; third paternal aunt’s husband: Ma Yuzao

    Chen Enrong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhefu

    • Government post: Zhili Provincial Inspector of Schools
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhili

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhili member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Then serving as Zhili Inspector of Schools

    Chen Guangzhuang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Guangyao

    • Native place: Chenggu, Shaanxi

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Created the “simplified characters” script

    Chen Hengke    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shiceng

    • Native place: Xiushui, Jiangxi
    • Education: Kobun Institute, Tokyo; Tokyo Higher Normal School (natural science)
    • Government post: Ministry of Education

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee

    Chen Jun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Ziying

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhejiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhejiang member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Ruizhi Chen    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Songping

    • Native place: Yuanhe, Jiangsu
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Reviewer of the first printing of the National Pronunciation Dictionary; Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; Executive member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Chen Suiyi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Wenhui

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Hunan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Hunan member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Chen Tingji    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Government post: Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Guangdong

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Guangdong member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Director of Post and Telecom Bureau, Ministry of Communications, Republic of China

    Chen Yunlu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Ziyi

    • Native place: Xingyang, Henan
    • Government post: Heyin Educational Encouragement Office, Henan
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Henan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Henan member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Chen Ceng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xiaotong

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Hubei

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Hubei member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Chen Zhenxian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Duoshi

    • Native place: Xinhui, Guangdong
    • Education: University of California (agriculture)
    • Government post: Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Education

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published Natural Pinyin New Script, resembling shorthand notation

    Remarks/Achievements: Natural Pinyin New Script (published 1922)

    Chen Zongfan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Chunzhong

    • Government post: Ministry of Posts and Communications
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Fujian

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Fujian member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Served in the Ministry of Posts and Communications (Republic of China)

    Chen Zhixian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Section Chief and Secretary-General of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Cheng Liangkai    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zizhen

    • Government post: Specialized Education Bureau, Ministry of Education
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Anhui

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Anhui member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Head of the Second Section, Specialized Education Bureau, Ministry of Education

    Tsui Chi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shaoxi

    • Native place: Cangxian, Hebei

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Commissioned editor at the Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Remarks/Achievements: Study of Dialects (published 1932)

    Dai Yingguan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee; Section Chief and Secretary at the Ministry of Education; officer of the Chinese Psychology Society

    Diao Rujun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shiheng

    • Native place: Handan, Hebei
    • Education: University of Paris (literature)

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Remarks/Achievements: Register of Popular Characters in Dunhuang Bianwen (1932)

    Ding Shengshu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Dengzhou, Henan
    • Education: Harvard and Yale (language research)
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Review committee

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition) and Editor-in-Chief of the (pilot) edition

    Remarks/Achievements: Review committee of the Modern Chinese Dictionary

    Dong Weichuan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Huai

    • Native place: Zouxian, Shandong
    • Education: Study tour of ten European countries
    • Government post: Inspector, Ministry of Education

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal contributor to Guoyu Weekly; while serving as director of the Shandong National Popular Education Museum, actively promoted Zhuyin Fuhao, National Language Romanization, and literacy.

    Remarks/Achievements: Editorial board member of Guoyu Weekly

    Dong Ruichun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Maotang

    • Government post: Bureau of Rites and Customs, Ministry of the Interior
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Served in the Bureau of Rites and Customs, Ministry of the Interior (Republic of China)

    Dong Zhangzhi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Specialist member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Practical Chinese Grammar (Taiwan) (1948)

    Dong Hongyi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xunshi

    • Education: Waseda University (political science)
    • Government post: Acting Vice Minister of Education (early Republican era)

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Acting Minister of Education during the Pronunciation Unification Conference; helped ensure its outcome

    Du Zijin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zijin

    • Native place: Xihua, Henan
    • Government post: Henan Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal contributor to Guoyu Weekly; Member of the National Language Romanization Promotion Society; Member of the Henan Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee; Principal compiler of the first edition of the Xinhua Dictionary

    Du Yaquan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Cangfu

    • Native place: Shaoxing, Zhejiang
    • Education: Study tour of Japan
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhejiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhejiang member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: On Phonetic Alphabets (1912)

    Du Yaoji    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xingnan

    • Government post: Counselor, Ministry of the Interior
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Shanxi

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Shanxi member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: 1882-1950; Counselor, Ministry of the Interior (Republic of China); member of the Sino-Belgian Boxer Indemnity Committee; Shanxi Department of Education

    Fang Binguan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Wrote Zhuyin Fuhao Instructional Pamphlet and two Zhuyin Fuhao Textbooks for Changzhou and Suzhou

    Remarks/Achievements: Zhuyin Fuhao Instructional Pamphlet (1930); Standard Vernacular Dictionary of National Pronunciation; Suzhou Zhuyin Fuhao; Commercial Press

    Fang Yi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shuyuan

    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee; member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Fang Zhuangyou    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xinan

    • Native place: Xiangtan, Hunan
    • Education: University of Tokyo

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Remarks/Achievements: Compiled the Glossary of Foreign Words in Historical Chronicles; author of Study of the Khitan People

    Fang Shiduo    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Dafang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Executive member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee; Board member and executive board member of Guoyu Daily

    Remarks/Achievements: Guoyu Daily

    Fan Yuepei    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Education: Jiangsu Provincial Normal College

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor of Guoyu Xiaobao

    Fan Yuanlian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jingsheng

    • Native place: Changsha, Hunan
    • Education: Tokyo Higher Normal School; Hosei University (law and politics)
    • Government post: First Vice Minister of Education, Republic of China

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Issued, as Minister of Education, an order formally promulgating the National Pronunciation Dictionary

    Remarks/Achievements: First Vice Minister of Education, Republic of China

    Fan Jiyan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Chongqing
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Fan Fanglian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Remarks/Achievements: Second Section of Historical Linguistics, Institute of Linguistics

    Fu Dingyi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yucheng

    • Native place: Hengshan, Hunan
    • Government post: Hunan Provincial Education Association

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; compiled the thirty-six-volume Dictionary of Bound Compounds

    Remarks/Achievements: Dictionary of Bound Compounds

    Fu Sinian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Mengzhen

    • Native place: Liaocheng, Shandong
    • Education: University of Edinburgh; University of London (psychology, physiology, etc.)

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor of the first issue of Xin Chao (The Renaissance); adopted vernacular Chinese, phonetic notation, and modern punctuation.

    Remarks/Achievements: Preliminary Discussion on Converting Chinese to Phonetic Writing (1919, in Xin Chao)

    Fu Yuefen    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhixiang

    • Native place: Wuchang, Hubei
    • Government post: Shanxi Governor’s Office; Bureau Chief, Ministry of Education

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: As acting Vice Minister of Education, signed Ministry of Education Order No. 7 renaming guowen (national writing) to guoyu (national language)

    Remarks/Achievements: Signed Ministry of Education Order No. 7 renaming guowen to guoyu, and Order No. 8 revising the implementation rules for national schools

    Fu Zengxiang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yuanshu

    • Native place: Jiang’an, Sichuan
    • Government post: Minister of Education

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Issued, as Minister of Education, Ministry of Education Order No. 75 formally promulgating the Zhuyin alphabet

    Remarks/Achievements: Signed the Zhuyin Alphabet Table under Ministry of Education Order No. 75

    Fu Yan (courtesy name Jieshi)    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jieshi, Yian（an）

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; compiler of the National Language Dictionary and other works; published Outline of Chinese Philology

    Fu Jing    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Gao Gunnan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Hanjiu

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangxi

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangxi member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Gao Shouan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published in Guoyu Weekly articles including “On the Retroflex Rhyme Problem in National Language Romanization”

    Remarks/Achievements: Contributor to Guoyu Weekly: “On the Retroflex Rhyme Problem in National Language Romanization” and “On ‘Zaowan’ in Dream of the Red Chamber” (Guoyu Weekly, issues 52 and 87)

    Gao Shuji    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Peizhi

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Shaanxi

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Shaanxi member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Gao Jingcheng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Beijing
    • Education: Yenching University

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; compiler of the National Language Dictionary and other works

    Gao Zejun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Research assistant on the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Gong Shuzhi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Quanzhou, Fujian

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Gu Shi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Tisheng

    • Native place: Changzhou, Jiangsu
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Guo Youshou    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zijie

    • Native place: Chongqing
    • Education: University of Paris (literature)
    • Government post: Sichuan Department of Education

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Guo Di    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    He Fenghua    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Petitioned Yuan Shikai, Viceroy of Zhili, to promulgate the Mandarin alphabet and establish a national-language curriculum

    Remarks/Achievements: While at the Zhili University, petitioned Yuan Shikai to memorialize the emperor to promulgate the Mandarin alphabet

    He Rong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhaoxiong

    • Native place: Shenze, Hebei
    • National Language Association: Yes, special commissioner

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Specialist member of the Mandarin Promotion Committee; Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee; Co-founder of Guoyu Daily

    Remarks/Achievements: Editor-in-Chief of Guoyu Weekly

    He Shiji    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Lefu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    He Meicen    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; Principal compiler of the National Language Dictionary and the Modern Chinese Dictionary

    Remarks/Achievements: Principal compiler of the National Language Dictionary, Annotated Chinese New Rhyme Table, Annotated Edition of Common Characters in National Pronunciation, Homophone Dictionary, Cultural Learning Dictionary, and Modern Chinese Dictionary

    Zhanjiang He    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Research assistant on the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Hong Kui    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jiling

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Anhui

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Anhui member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Constitutional Preparatory Committee, Ministry of Education (Republic of China)

    Hong You    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yanqiu

    • Native place: Zhanghua, Taiwan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Deputy Vice Chairman of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee; Publisher and President of Guoyu Daily

    Hu Shi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shizhi

    • Native place: Jixi, Anhui
    • Education: Cornell University (agriculture)
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Advocate of the Vernacular Chinese Movement; Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee; member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee; Principal contributor to Guoyu Weekly

    Hu Yilu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yangceng

    • Native place: Ningbo, Zhejiang
    • Education: Tokyo Imperial University (linguistics)
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhejiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhejiang member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Hu Ying    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor-in-Chief of the National Language Romanization Weekly

    Remarks/Achievements: Editor-in-Chief of the National Language Romanization Weekly

    Hu Yuren    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Wuxi, Jiangsu
    • Education: Kobun Institute, Tokyo (normal school)
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Hua Nankui    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Huang Xubai    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published Yinhe Method for Simple Chinese Literacy

    Remarks/Achievements: Yinhe Method for Simple Chinese Literacy (1909)

    Huang Xuezhou    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Peiquan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor of Chenguang, a supplement of Dahua Daily, a Chinese-Romanized-script bilingual publication that had wide influence among Christian youth and railway workers

    Remarks/Achievements: Actively taught National Language Romanization to Longhai Railway workers

    Huang Zhongqiang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shiyuan

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Huang Zuntao    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Huang Chunqing    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Bingnan

    • Native place: Taipei, Taiwan
    • Government post: Bureau of Rites and Customs, Ministry of the Interior

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Concurrent member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Jiang Kanghu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shaoquan

    • Native place: Yiyang, Jiangxi
    • Education: Studied and traveled in Japan and Europe

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published Tongzi, a Romanized simplified script that uses Arabic numerals to mark tones

    Remarks/Achievements: Tongzi

    Jiang Renlun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Government post: Secretariat, Ministry of Education
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal of the Shanghai National Language Institute

    Remarks/Achievements: Secretariat of the Ministry of Education (Republic of China); Principal of the Shanghai National Language Institute; translator of the Japanese work General Child Psychology

    Jiang Yuan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Jiang Juqing    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Weigao

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Xinjiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Xinjiang member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Xinjiang-representing member of the Provisional Senate of the Republic of China

    Jiang Yanshi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhiwu

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Sichuan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Sichuan member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Kang Naizhang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zaizhi

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Commissioned collator at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Kang Bairun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yutian

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Commissioned collator at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Fanjun Kong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Fanjun

    • Native place: Qufu, Shandong
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Commissioned editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; Compiler of the first edition of the Xinhua Dictionary; Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Lan Chengrong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xiangqing

    • Native place: Datong, Shanxi
    • Education: Keii School, Japan (philosophy)
    • Government post: President, Shanxi Education Society
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Shanxi

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Shanxi member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Li Jinhui    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Junquan

    • Native place: Xiangtan, Hunan
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Proofreader of the National Pronunciation Dictionary; Principal of the Shanghai National Language Institute; Member of the National Language Romanization Study Committee; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Li Jinshu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jichun

    • Native place: Xiangtan, Hunan
    • Education: University of Berlin (philosophy)

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Promoted Zhuyin Fuhao through the Chinese Mass Education Movement

    Remarks/Achievements: Promoted Zhuyin Fuhao instruction in Ding County, Hebei

    Li Jinxi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shaoxi

    • Native place: Xiangtan, Hunan
    • Government post: Ministry of Education
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Advocate of the Mandarin Language Movement; Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Reviewer of the first printing of the National Pronunciation Dictionary; Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; Member of the National Language Romanization Study Committee; Member of the Group of Several; Founder of Guoyu Weekly; Executive member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee; Ex-officio board member and Director, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; Author of Outline History of the Mandarin Language Movement; Author of New Grammar of the National Language, laying the foundation of Mandarin grammar; Published Chart of the Changing Currents of Chinese over Four Thousand Years; Compiler of Common Characters in National Pronunciation; Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Li Buqing    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Lianfang

    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; compiled state-standard primary-school textbooks; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee; Editor-in-Chief of state-standard primary-school textbooks

    Li Liangcai    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Tongxuan

    • Native place: Pucheng, Shaanxi
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Shaanxi

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Shaanxi member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Li Shuhua    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Runzhang

    • Native place: Qinhuangdao, Hebei
    • Education: University of Toulouse; University of Paris (sciences)
    • Government post: Vice Minister of Education
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee; As acting Minister, signed Ministry of Education Directive No. 403 promoting the printing of the National Phonetic Alphabet Table

    Li Weifan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Lushi

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Hunan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Hunan member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Li Wenzhi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Co-published Xingshengtong with Yang Qiong, an alphabet in simplified strokes

    Remarks/Achievements: Co-authored Xingshengtong with Yang Qiong (1906)

    Li Yuying    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shiceng

    • Native place: Gaoyang, Hebei
    • Education: Pasteur School; University of Paris (biology)
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Li Yuanxun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Wuqiao

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published Daishengshu, an alphabet in simplified strokes; Henan member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Daishengshu (1906)

    Li Zheming    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xingqiao

    • Native place: Hanyang, Hubei
    • Government post: Hubei Hanlin
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Hubei

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Hubei member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Li Zhonghao    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Romanization Promotion Society; Lead instructor of the National Language Romanization training class

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the National Language Romanization Promotion Society, Lead instructor of the National Language Romanization training class

    Li Zhongyin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Special commissioner of the Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee; Head of the Tianjin National Language Romanization training class

    Remarks/Achievements: Lead instructor of the Tianjin National Language Romanization training class and Tianjin Zhuyin Fuhao training class; author of Introductory Lectures on National Language Romanization

    Li Shoupeng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Youqin

    • Native place: Beijing

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Secretary (concurrently handling administration) at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Li Wenguang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shinong

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Secretary at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Li Jiannan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Executive member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Li Rong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Wenling, Zhejiang
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Review committee

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Li Bochun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition) and head of the Science and Technology Group

    Remarks/Achievements: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary and Xinhua Dictionary

    Li Wensheng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Li Guoyan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Li Wanju    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Mengnan

    • Native place: Yunlin, Taiwan
    • Education: University of Paris (sociology)
    • Government post: Member of the Provincial Assembly

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Concurrent member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Li Jiesan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Ziwei

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published Mintong Kuaizi (Min-dialect Shorthand)

    Remarks/Achievements: Mintong Kuaizi (Min-dialect Shorthand) (1896)

    Liang Rongruo    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Zhengding, Hebei
    • Education: Tokyo Imperial University (literature)

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Executive member and Associate Editor of Guoyu Daily

    Remarks/Achievements: Guoyu Daily (Taiwan)

    Liao Lixun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee; Hubei Department of Education (Republic of China)

    Liao Ping    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jiping

    • Native place: Jingyan, Sichuan
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Sichuan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Sichuan member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Liao Yuchun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shaoyou

    • Education: Imperial Japanese Army Academy
    • Government post: Director, Heilongjiang Department of Education

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published Unified National Pronunciation Table for Standard Mandarin

    Lin Yutang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yutang

    • Native place: Longxi, Fujian
    • Education: Harvard University (literature); Leipzig University (linguistics)
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Principal contributor to Guoyu Weekly; Member of the National Language Romanization Study Committee; Member of the Group of Several; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Lin Zhixuan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Fujian

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Fujian member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Lin Zifeng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published Zhongguo Xinzi (New Chinese Script), which uses letters to indicate both sound and semantic category

    Remarks/Achievements: Zhongguo Xinzi (New Chinese Script) (1912)

    Lin Shaoxian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Secretary of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Taiwan Provincial Government Department of Construction; Practical Taiwanese Conversation

    Liu Fu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Bannong

    • Native place: Jiangyin, Jiangsu
    • Education: University of Paris (phonology)
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Advocate of the Vernacular Chinese Movement; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Member of the Group of Several; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee; Board member and Head of the University Dictionary Section, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; Practitioner of Chinese dialect surveys

    Liu Jishan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jingzhi

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhili

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhili member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Liu Luyin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shende

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee; Deputy President of the Examination Yuan

    Liu Mengyang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published Chinese Phonetic Script, using the Roman alphabet

    Remarks/Achievements: Chinese Phonetic Script (1908)

    Liu Pansui    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Xinyang, Henan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Remarks/Achievements: Study of Reverse-Reading Characters in the Six Dynasties and Tang, Supplement to Variant Characters on Steles, and others

    Liu Shutian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Heilongjiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Heilongjiang member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Liu Yi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Songming

    • Native place: Shaoyang, Hunan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Head of the Chinese-French Dictionary Section, Compilation Department, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Remarks/Achievements: Chinese-French Dictionary

    Liu Rulin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zemin

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Liu Qinglong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Xianxian, Hebei
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Liu Jiexiu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Liu Jianshan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Dalin

    • Native place: Meixian, Guangdong
    • Education: Waseda University (political economy)

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Concurrent member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Examination Yuan examiner, Taiwan

    Lu Gangzhang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xueqiao

    • Native place: Tong’an, Fujian
    • Education: Studied English in Singapore

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: First figure of the Chinese phonetic script movement; published Yimu liaoran chujie (A Primer at a Glance)

    Remarks/Achievements: Yimu liaoran chujie (A Primer at a Glance); Chinese Phonetic Alphabet

    Lu Ziran    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Formerly served at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Remarks/Achievements: Inspector and Section Chief, Henan Department of Education

    Lu Erkui    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Weishi

    • Native place: Gaoling, Shaanxi
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Editor-in-Chief of Ciyuan and Xuesheng Zidian.

    Lu Ji    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yuan

    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee; member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee; wrote the Suzhou Zhuyin Fuhao Textbook

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee and of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee

    Lu Xiuru    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Formerly served at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Lu Yiyan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Commissioned to organize the National Mandarin Movement Assembly; organized the National Mandarin Education Promotion Society for the southeastern provinces; active promoter of National Language Romanization and Zhuyin Fuhao

    Remarks/Achievements: National Mandarin Education Promotion Society; Guide to Using National Language Romanization; Pronunciation of the Zhuyin Fuhao; lead organizer of the National Mandarin Movement Assembly

    Lu Zhiwei    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Huzhou, Zhejiang
    • Education: University of Chicago (psychology)
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Review committee

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Lu Zongda    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Cixi, Zhejiang
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Review committee

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Luo Changpei    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shentian, Xintian

    • Native place: Beijing

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing writer for Guoyu Weekly; research related to Bai Dizhou

    Luo Zanqin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shifang

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Guangdong

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Guangdong member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Educator; Head of the Nanxiong Mandarin Training Institute; author of Corrected Compilation of National Pronunciation and other works

    Luo Linzhang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jifei

    • Native place: Tianjin

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Commissioned editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Luo Weiliang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Concurrent member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Lv Shuxiang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Danyang, Jiangsu
    • Education: Oxford University (anthropology); University of London (library science)
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Review committee

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor-in-Chief of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Lv Tianchen    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Ma Guoying    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Junru

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; Guoyu Jiaoji Huihua (Mandarin Conversation) (1940)

    Ma Lian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yuqing

    • Native place: Yinxian, Zhejiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Board member of the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Ma Tiqian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Ziliang

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhili
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhili member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference; Published Chuanyin Zifu, a script resembling Mongolian; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Chuanyin Zibiao; Railway Accounting Bureau, Ministry of Communications

    Ma Yuzao    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Youyu

    • Native place: Yinxian, Zhejiang
    • Education: Waseda University; Tokyo Imperial University
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhejiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhejiang member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Reviewer of the first printing of the National Pronunciation Dictionary; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Ma Xueliang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shuyuan

    • Native place: Rongcheng, Shandong

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Meng Qimo    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jingmin

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Guangxi

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Guangxi member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Premier of the Republic of China

    Mo Heng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Nan Zhixin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Taiwan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Concurrent member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Niu Jichang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Wenqing

    • Native place: Changping, Hebei

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; lecturer in the Mandarin Program at Beijing Normal University

    Remarks/Achievements: Annotated Edition of Common Characters in National Pronunciation

    Peng Baichuan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Yongxin, Jiangxi
    • Education: Stanford University (education); Columbia University (linguistics)
    • Government post: Shandong Provincial Department of Education

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Peng Wangqun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xinru

    • Native place: Wuxian, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Formerly worked at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office, was a compiler of the National Language Dictionary (eight-volume edition)

    Remarks/Achievements: Compiler of the National Language Dictionary

    Qi Tiehen    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shao

    • Native place: Beijing

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Deputy Chairman of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Qi Zhixian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Executive member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Guoyu Daily (Taiwan).

    Qian Daosun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Wuxing, Zhejiang
    • Education: Italian and Belgian national universities
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhejiang
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhejiang member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Qian Jiazhi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Junfu

    • Native place: Hangzhou, Zhejiang
    • Education: Tokyo Higher Normal School (education, history)
    • Government post: Ministry of Education
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association

    Remarks/Achievements: Formerly Section Chief for Primary Education at the Ministry of Education

    Qian Xuantong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yigu

    • Native place: Wuxing, Zhejiang
    • Education: Waseda University (normal school)
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal promoter of the Mandarin Language Movement; Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Reviewer of the first printing of the National Pronunciation Dictionary; Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; Founder of Guoyu Weekly; Member of the National Language Romanization Committee; Member of the Group of Several; Executive member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee; Director of the National Phonetic Alphabet Training Institute; Board member, Head of the National Pronunciation Great Dictionary Section, and Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; Editor-in-Chief of Common Characters in National Pronunciation; One of the drafters of the first simplified-character scheme; Editor-in-Chief of Volume 1 of the National Language Dictionary

    Qiu Xueming    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yueqiu

    • Native place: Tongxian, Hebei

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Secretary at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Qu Junong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shiying

    • Native place: Changzhou, Jiangsu
    • Education: Harvard University (philosophy, education)

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: While leading the Chinese Mass Education Movement, promoted Zhuyin Fuhao and literacy

    Ren Hongjuan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shuyong

    • Native place: Wuxing, Zhejiang
    • Education: Cornell University; Columbia University
    • Government post: Director, Bureau of Education, Ministry of Education
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Dan Yaohai    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Nantong, Jiangsu
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Shang Jiabin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Kuoquan

    • Native place: Beijing

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Secretary at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Shen Buzhou    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Wujin, Jiangsu
    • Education: University of Birmingham
    • Government post: Director, Specialized Education Bureau, Ministry of Education
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association

    Remarks/Achievements: Book Review Office, Ministry of Education (Republic of China)

    Shen Jianshi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Wuxing, Zhejiang
    • Education: Tokyo Physics School
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee

    Shen Xue    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Juzhuang, Quzhuang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published Shengshi Yuanyin (originally written in English)

    Remarks/Achievements: Shengshi Yuanyin (1896)

    Shen Yi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Duoshan

    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee, Book Review Office, Ministry of Education (Republic of China)

    Shen Qifan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Tianmeng

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Shen Zhongzhang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Huzhou, Zhejiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Shi Mingyuan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Review committee

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Shu Baihua    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Lead instructor at the National Phonetic Alphabet Training Institute

    Remarks/Achievements: Lead instructor at the National Phonetic Alphabet Training Institute

    Shu Zhiliu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yishang

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Hunan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Hunan member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Shui Zi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Chuqin

    • Native place: Lanzhou, Gansu
    • Government post: Director, Gansu Department of Education
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Gansu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Gansu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    SiMa Rongbian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Ex-officio member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Chief Secretary, Ministry of Education, Executive Yuan, Taiwan

    Su Yaozu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor of Guoyu Weekly

    Remarks/Achievements: Editor of Guoyu Weekly

    Sui Tingrui    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Shandong

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Shandong member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Sun Fuyuan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Shaoxing, Zhejiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Promoted Zhuyin Fuhao through the Chinese Mass Education Movement

    Remarks/Achievements: Mass Education Movement

    Sun Hongzhe    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Wuxi, Jiangsu
    • Education: University of Edinburgh (mechanical engineering)
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Sun Kaidi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zishu

    • Native place: Cangxian, Hebei
    • Education: Traveled to Japan to collect books

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Head of the Books and Newspapers Group in the Collection Department, and full-time editor, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Shiqing Sun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Huiqing

    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; first principal of the primary school attached to the Capital Women’s Normal School

    Sun Ruidi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shuyan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Secretary at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Sun Chongyi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Weiyi

    • Native place: Beijing
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; lecturer in the Mandarin Program at Beijing Normal University

    Sun Peiliang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Executive member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Sun Dexuan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Junsan

    • Native place: Tengzhou, Shandong
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition) and head of Linguistics Group 1

    Suo Sikun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yutang

    • Native place: Beijing

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Secretary (commissioned) at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Remarks/Achievements: National Peiping Library

    Tan Yaozong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Invented National Pronunciation telegraphy; Liaoning special commissioner of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Invented National Pronunciation telegraphy

    Wang Gongli    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Lead instructor at the National Language Shorthand Institute

    Remarks/Achievements: Lead instructor at the National Language Shorthand Institute (second son of Wang Yi)

    Wang Gongxia    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Lead instructor at the National Language Shorthand Institute

    Remarks/Achievements: Lead instructor at the National Language Shorthand Institute (first son of Wang Yi)

    Wang Haiqing    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zirui

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Inner Mongolia

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Inner Mongolia member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Wang Luanxiang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Gongan

    • Native place: Guilin, Guangxi
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Guangxi

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Guangxi member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Wang Maozu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Diancun

    • Native place: Suzhou, Jiangsu
    • Education: Columbia University (education)

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Earliest advocate of the Mandarin Movement within the Ministry of Education

    Remarks/Achievements: Earliest advocate of the Mandarin Movement

    Wang Rongbao    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Gunfu

    • Native place: Suzhou, Jiangsu
    • Education: Waseda University (law and politics)
    • Government post: Senator
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Founder of the Simplified Character Research Society; Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Co-founder of the “Simplified Character Research Society” in 1909

    Wang Ruichang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Inner Mongolia
    • Education: Shinbu Gakko, Tokyo (military)

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee, Translator, Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Bureau, Republic of China

    Wang Yi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yian

    • Native place: Hangzhou, Zhejiang
    • Government post: Ministry of Education
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhejiang
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhejiang member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Proofreader of the National Pronunciation Dictionary; Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; Member of the National Language Romanization Study Committee; Member of the Group of Several; Executive member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee; Director of the National Language Shorthand Institute; inventor of the Wang Yi shorthand method; Board member, Head of the General Dictionary Section, and acting Director during the Japanese occupation, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; Consulting editor of Common Characters in National Pronunciation; Editor-in-Chief of the National Language Dictionary (eight-volume edition)

    Wang Bingyao    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yuchu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published Pinyin Zipu (Phonetic Character Catalogue)

    Remarks/Achievements: Pinyin Zipu (Phonetic Character Catalogue) (1897)

    Wang Hu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yunxuan

    • Native place: Wuxi, Jiangsu
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Wang Ruji    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Head of the Tianjin National Language Romanization training class; Special commissioner of the Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Lead instructor of the Tianjin National Language Romanization training class and Tianjin Zhuyin Fuhao training class

    Shoukang Wang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Fuqing

    • Native place: Wuyi, Hebei

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: First-class commissioned editor in the Popular Dictionary Section, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; Associate Professor in the Mandarin Program at Beijing Normal University; Director of publication for Guoyu Xiaobao; Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Guoyu Daily; Member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Shuda Wang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shankai

    • Native place: Shaoxing, Zhejiang
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; lecturer in the Mandarin Program at Beijing Normal University; Compiler of the National Language Dictionary; Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Wang Shusheng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yuqing

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jilin

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jilin member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Beijing Provisional Senate, Republic of China

    Wang Xien    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jiesan

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Sichuan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Sichuan member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Delegate to the National Constitutional Convention, Republic of China

    Wang Xiude    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xinbang

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhili

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhili member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Wang Yixing    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shiwen

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhili

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhili member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Wang Yuchuan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Raoyang, Hebei

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Romanization Promotion Society; Convener and lead instructor of the Jinan National Language Romanization training class; Executive member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the National Language Romanization Promotion Society, Lead instructor of the National Language Romanization training class

    Wang Zhao    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xiaohang

    • Native place: Ninghe, Zhili
    • Education: In exile in Japan
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhili

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published the Mandarin Combined-Sound Alphabet; Vice Speaker of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Wang Pu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yunshan

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhili
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee; Member of the Society for Achieving Pronunciation Unification; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Reviewer of the first printing of the National Pronunciation Dictionary; Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Organized the “Society for Achieving Pronunciation Unification”; Professor of Chinese at Beijing Normal University

    Wang Zhongmin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yousan

    • Native place: Gaoyang, Hebei

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Wang Zongjian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jingting

    • Native place: Beijing

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: First-class commissioned editor in the National Pronunciation General Dictionary Section, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Wang Ju    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zihe

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Mandarin Promotion Committee; Publicity Committee member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Master of Tai Chi

    Wang Li    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Bobai, Guangxi
    • Education: University of Paris (experimental phonetics)
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Review committee

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Wang Lida    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Wang Huanzhen    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Research assistant on the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Wang Yunming    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Research assistant on the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Wei Tingsheng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shenfu

    • Native place: Zaoyang, Hubei
    • Education: University of Michigan and Harvard (arts, sciences, business)
    • Government post: Member, Legislative Yuan
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association

    Wei Jiangong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Tianxing

    • Native place: Rugao, Jiangsu
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Review committee
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal contributor to Guoyu Weekly; Executive member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee; Editor-in-Chief of Guoyu Xunkan; Full-time editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; Chairman of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee; Compiler of the first edition of the Xinhua Dictionary; Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Wen Xitian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor-in-Chief of the National Language Romanization Weekly; Editor-in-Chief of Guoyu Zhuankan (supplement to Laobaixing Daily); Lead instructor at the National Phonetic Alphabet Training Institute; Member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Editor-in-Chief of the National Language Romanization Weekly, Lead instructor at the National Phonetic Alphabet Training Institute

    Weng Bingyi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Dehui

    • Native place: Hangxian, Zhejiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Secretary at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Wu Zesheng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhesheng

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jilin

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jilin member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the House of Representatives, Republic of China

    Wu Jingheng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhihui

    • Native place: Wujin, Jiangsu
    • Education: Studied in Japan
    • Government post: National Language Association
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Inventor of the “bean-sprout alphabet”; Speaker of the Pronunciation Unification Conference; Vice President of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; editor of the first printing of the National Pronunciation Dictionary; member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; principal contributor to Guoyu Weekly; Chairman of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee; member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee; Chairman of the Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Wu Rulun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Tongcheng, Anhui
    • Education: Traveled to Japan to study its education system

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: First person to raise the call for “unification of the national language”

    Remarks/Achievements: Strong advocate for the Mandarin alphabet

    Wu Yanyin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Nianying

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Ministry of Education Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Wu Shouli    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Wu Chongkang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Wu Derun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xiaozhi

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Wu Da    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Bochun

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Xia Ruigeng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xiaolang

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Yunnan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Yunnan member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Xiao Jialin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Dichen, Dichen

    • Native place: Fengxin, Jiangxi
    • Government post: Ministry of Education
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Principal contributor to Guoyu Weekly; Editor-in-Chief of the National Language Romanization Weekly; Convener of the National Language Romanization Promotion Society; Executive member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee; Head of the Popular Dictionary Section, Compilation Department, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; Compiler of Common Characters in National Pronunciation; Editor-in-Chief of the Popular Dictionary; Lead instructor of the National Language Romanization training class; Member of the Mandarin Promotion Committee; Member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee; Compiler of the first edition of the Xinhua Dictionary; Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Xiao Yu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zisheng

    • Native place: Xiangxiang, Hunan
    • Education: University of Paris
    • Government post: Sino-French Education Association

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Board member of the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Xiao Jiewu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Tefu

    • Native place: Xiangxiang, Hunan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: First-class commissioned editor in the Chinese-French Dictionary Section, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Xiao Kun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Benheng

    • Native place: Xiangxiang, Hunan
    • Education: Studied in Japan
    • Government post: Advisor to the President’s Office

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: First-class commissioned assistant editor in the Chinese-French Dictionary Section, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Remarks/Achievements: Chinese-French Dictionary

    Xie Renbing    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Renbing

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Xing Dao    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shoushan

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Xiong Chongxu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Premier of the Republic of China; member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee; compiler of Ministry of Education primary-school textbooks

    Xu Xiujun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Jiujiang, Jiangxi
    • Education: Studied in Japan
    • Government post: Member of the House of Representatives
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangxi

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangxi member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Xu Yishi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Renyu

    • Native place: Yixing, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: First-class commissioned editor in the National Pronunciation General Dictionary Section, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Xu Shirong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhibai, Yifei

    • Native place: Beijing

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Lecturer in the Mandarin Program at Beijing Normal University; Editor of Guoyu Xiaobao; Editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; Compiler of the National Language Dictionary

    Xu Shilu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Beijing

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Staff member at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; Research assistant on the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Xu Xuxian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Xu Dishan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Jieyang, Guangdong
    • Education: Columbia University (philosophy)
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Xu Xiaofu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Xu Shoushang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jifu

    • Native place: Shaoxing, Zhejiang
    • Education: Kobun Institute, Tokyo
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhejiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhejiang member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Yan Fu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Youling

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Renamed “jianzi” (simplified characters) as “yinbiao” (phonetic notation)

    Remarks/Achievements: Supported Lao Naixuan’s Complete Repertoire of Simplified Characters and renamed “jianzi” as “yinbiao”

    Yan Xiu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Tianjin
    • Education: Study tour of education in Japan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Strong supporter of Wang Zhao’s Mandarin alphabet

    Remarks/Achievements: Earliest publicist of Wang Zhao’s Mandarin alphabet

    Yan Zhengwei    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Tongfu

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Hubei

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Hubei member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Yan Xuequn    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zijun

    • Native place: Fenyi, Jiangxi

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Yan Yangchu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Bazhong, Sichuan
    • Education: Yale (political economy); Princeton (history)

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: As Executive Director of the Chinese Mass Education Movement, supported the promotion of Zhuyin Fuhao

    Yang Hangong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xianze

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Gansu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Gansu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Yang Qiong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Co-published Xingshengtong with Li Wenzhi, using an alphabet of simple strokes

    Remarks/Achievements: Co-authored Xingshengtong with Li Wenzhi (1905)

    Yang Qu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jiechen

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhejiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhejiang member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Yang Shuda    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Changsha, Hunan
    • Education: Kyoto Third Higher School, Japan
    • Government post: Hunan Bureau of Education
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association

    Yang Yaokun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Guangdong

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Guangdong member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Secretary, Ministry of Railways, Republic of China

    Yang Cenggao    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Huanzhi

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Counselor, Ministry of Education (Republic of China); Wanguo Xinyu (Esperanto journal)

    Yao Hua    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Mangfu

    • Native place: Guiyang, Guizhou
    • Education: Hosei University, Japan (law)
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Guizhou

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Guizhou member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Ye Shengtao    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shaojun

    • Native place: Suzhou, Jiangsu
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Review committee

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Ye Tong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Ye Laishi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Baoshuyuan

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Review committee

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Yi Zuolin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Jianlou

    • Native place: Nantong, Jiangsu
    • Government post: Jiangsu Department of Education

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; Member of the National Language Romanization Study Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee, Member of the National Language Romanization Study Committee

    You Mijian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Bai

    • Education: Japan; University of Paris
    • Government post: Chairman, Taiwan Education Association

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Concurrent member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Yuan Jianfu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Author of An Experiment in Language Teaching in Ding County

    Remarks/Achievements: Author of An Experiment in Language Teaching in Ding County

    Yuan Shikai    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Xiangcheng, Henan
    • Government post: President

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: As Viceroy of Zhili, supported Wang Zhao’s promotion of the Mandarin alphabet

    Remarks/Achievements: Supported Wang Zhao’s promotion of the Mandarin alphabet

    Yuan Xitao    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Baotongshan, Jiangsu
    • Education: European and American education study tour
    • Government post: General Education Bureau, Ministry of Education
    • National Language Association: Vice President

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Vice President of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association

    Yuan Tongli    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shouhe

    • Native place: Xushui, Hebei
    • Education: Columbia University (library science)

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Board member of the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Yuan Shaohua    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhesheng

    • Native place: Renqiu, Hebei

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: First-class commissioned editor in the National Pronunciation General Dictionary Section, Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Yao Baotian    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Research assistant on the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Ceng Yijin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shudu

    • Native place: Huayang, Sichuan
    • Education: Tokyo Imperial University (law)
    • Government post: Member of the Constitutional Council
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Ceng Depei    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Zhang Banghua    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xiehe

    • Native place: Haining, Zhejiang
    • Education: Kobun School, Japan
    • Government post: Ministry of Education
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association

    Zhang Dechun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Ziwen

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Fengtian

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Fengtian member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: First Imam of the Niujie Xiasi Mosque

    Zhang Jixu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xun

    • Native place: Zhijiang, Hubei
    • Education: Kobun Institute, Tokyo (normal school)
    • Government post: Inspector, Ministry of Education (and other posts)
    • National Language Association: Secretary-General

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Secretary-General of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association

    Zhang Jin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Cusu

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhili

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhili member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Zhang Shiyi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: E

    • Native place: Wujiang, Jiangsu
    • Education: Columbia University Teachers College

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee; Member of the Zhuyin Fuhao Promotion Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Author of The Problem of Unifying the National Language (1920) and Methods for Teaching Spoken Mandarin; member of the Revised National Pronunciation Dictionary Committee

    Zhang Shoulin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Renfu

    • Native place: Shouxian, Anhui

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Zhang Weiyu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yusheng

    • Native place: Xiangtan, Hunan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Assistant editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; compiler of the National Language Dictionary (four-volume edition)

    Remarks/Achievements: Compiler of the National Language Dictionary, Annotated Chinese New Rhyme Table, and Annotated Edition of Common Characters in National Pronunciation

    Zhang Xunru    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Qingze

    • Native place: Dongguang, Hebei

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Secretary and commissioned editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Zhang Yilin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhongren

    • Native place: Wuxian, Jiangsu
    • Government post: Minister of Education
    • National Language Association: President

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Vice President of the National Language Research Association; President of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: While at the Ministry of Education, supported Wang Pu in running the Zhuyin Alphabet Training Institute

    Zhang Yuanyin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Education: Studied in Japan
    • Government post: General Education Bureau, Ministry of Education

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Romanization Study Committee

    Zhang Chongguang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shaoxuan

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Shandong

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Shandong member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Zhang Tongguang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Dongguan

    • Native place: Pujiang, Zhejiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Zhang Qiuzhi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Remarks/Achievements: Compiler of the Annotated Chinese New Rhyme Table and Annotated Edition of Common Characters in National Pronunciation

    Zhang Shenqie    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Nantou, Taiwan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Recruited Beijing teachers privately to promote Mandarin in Taiwan

    Remarks/Achievements: Head of the Association of Taiwanese in Beijing; recruited Beijing teachers privately to promote Mandarin in Taiwan

    Zhang Xuanchen    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Pingyuan, Shandong

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Head of the General Affairs Section of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Zhang Binglin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Taiyan

    • Native place: Yuhang, Zhejiang
    • Education: In exile in Japan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Inventor of the Zhuyin Fuhao scheme

    Zhao Binglin    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhuyuan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Founder of the Simplified Character Research Society

    Remarks/Achievements: Co-founder of the “Simplified Character Research Society” in 1909; Director of the Shanxi Industry Bureau

    Zhao Shuicheng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zuoxiong

    • Native place: Beijing

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Promoted Zhuyin Fuhao through the Chinese Mass Education Movement

    Zhao Yintang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Qizhi

    • Native place: Gongxian, Henan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Remarks/Achievements: Studies on the Zhongyuan Yinyun

    Zhao Yuanren    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Xuanzhong, Zhongyuan

    • Native place: Wujin, Jiangsu
    • Education: Cornell University; Harvard University
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; His recorded Chinese National Pronunciation Phonograph Records served as the standard for national pronunciation; Member of the National Language Romanization Study Committee; Member of the Group of Several; Consulting editor of Common Characters in National Pronunciation; Member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee; Board member of the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office; Completed several dialect survey reports

    Zhao Zhongren    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Heilongjiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Heilongjiang member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the House of Representatives, Republic of China

    Zhao Naichuan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Hangzhou, Zhejiang
    • Education: Columbia University
    • Government post: First Director of Education, Taiwan Province

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Director of the Education Section, Office of the Taiwan Provincial Administrator; laid the foundation of the Mandarin Movement in Taiwan

    Remarks/Achievements: Launched Mandarin promotion work in Taiwan

    Zhao Yuzhen    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Shanzhai

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Commissioned collator at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Zhao Guijun    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Research assistant on the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Zheng Duoling    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Published Jianyi Xinzi (Simplified New Script), a musical-notation-style new script

    Remarks/Achievements: Jianyi Xinzi (Simplified New Script) (1912)

    Zheng Zaoshang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Guangdong

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Guangdong member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Zheng Xuanmu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Principal compiler

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Principal compiler of the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Remarks/Achievements: Beijing Broadcasting Institute

    Zhou Bianming    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Hui’an, Fujian
    • Education: University of Hamburg (philology)

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the National Language Romanization Study Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the National Language Romanization Study Committee

    Zhou Dafu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Head of the National Language Archives

    Remarks/Achievements: Served at the National Language Archives

    Zhou Mingke    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhipei

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Hunan

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Hunan member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Remarks/Achievements: First-class extra staff member, Ministry of Education

    Zhou Zuoren    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Qiming, Qiming

    • Native place: Shaoxing, Zhejiang
    • Education: Hosei University, Japan; Rikkyo University, Tokyo (Greek)
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhejiang
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee; member of the National Language Research Association; earliest advocate of “children’s literature”; member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; principal contributor to Guoyu Weekly; member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Zhou Dingyi    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yinmeng

    • Native place: Lingxian, Hunan
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Review committee

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Zhou Haoran    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Zhou Zumo    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Beijing
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Review committee

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Zhu Jiahua    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Liuxian

    • Native place: Huzhou, Zhejiang
    • Education: Berlin Mining Academy
    • Government post: Minister of Education

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Promulgated, as Minister of Education, the Common Characters in National Pronunciation

    Remarks/Achievements: As Minister of Education, signed and issued the National Pronunciation Dictionary and Common Characters in National Pronunciation

    Zhu Kongzhang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhongwo

    • Native place: Suzhou, Jiangsu
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Anhui

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Anhui member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Zhu Qifeng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Haining, Zhejiang

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Contributing editor at the Chinese Grand Dictionary Compilation Office

    Zhu Wenxiong    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Kunshan, Jiangsu
    • Education: Studied in Japan
    • Government post: Editor-Reviewer, Ministry of Education
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee; published the Jiangsu New Alphabet; member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Association; member of the National Language Romanization Study Committee; member of the National Language Unification Preparatory Committee

    Remarks/Achievements: Member of the Simplified Chinese Characters Committee; member of the National Language Romanization Study Committee; Jiangsu New Alphabet (1906)

    Zhu Xizu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Tixian

    • Native place: Jiaxing, Zhejiang
    • Education: Waseda University (history)
    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Zhejiang
    • National Language Association: Yes

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Zhejiang member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Zhu Yan    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Yanzhi

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Jiangsu

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Jiangsu member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Zhu Zisheng    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Pronunciation Unification Conference member: Yes, Guangxi

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Guangxi member of the Pronunciation Unification Conference

    Zhu Zhaoxiang    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Longxi, Fujian

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Head of the Research Section of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

    Zhu Wenshu    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    • Native place: Tongxiang, Zhejiang
    • Education: Studied in Japan
    • Modern Chinese Dictionary: Review committee

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Member of the review committee for the Modern Chinese Dictionary (trial edition)

    Zhu Huisen    Shuo Wen   Wikipedia   Baidu

    Also known as: Zhongwei

    • Native place: Nantong, Jiangsu
    • Education: Western Michigan State University
    • Government post: Taiwan Department of Education

    Contribution to the Mandarin Movement: Section Chief of the Taiwan Mandarin Promotion Committee

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