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Jian Youwen (, sometimes transliterated Jen Yu-wen or Kan Yau-man in older documents; 1896 – 1978) was a Chinese historian, public official, and sometime Methodist pastor, known in particular for his writings on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He taught at Yenching University, the University of Hong Kong, and Yale University. == Life and career== Jian was born in Guangdong in 1896, the son of Jian Yinchu and Jian Wenliu, and educated at Lingnan School, where he was baptized as a Christian. His older brother, Kan Tat-Choy, became a wealthy entrepreneur and later built St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Causeway Bay. In 1914, Jian attended Oberlin College where he earned his undergraduate degree in 1917, and obtained his master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1919, then returned to China in 1921. In 1922, he accepted a position as General Editor at the Hong Kong YMCA's publications division, and in 1924 was appointed associate professor of religion at Yenching University, a post he held until 1927.〔Dong Feng and Chi-wah Chan, "Biographical Sketch" in the Yale Jen Yu-Wen Papers〕 Jian joined the Nationalist Party in 1926 and developed a close relationship with General Feng Yuxiang, the "Christian Warlord", who appointed him head of his political department in 1927. After that party formed a government the same year, Jian held a variety of posts including salt commissioner, overseeing the traditional salt monopoly. His interest in politics grew, and from 1933 to 1946 he was a member of the legislature. He recalled his experiences with the Kuomintang in his biography, 西北从军记 (''Xibei congjun ji'', ''Record of my military days in the northwest''), which was published posthumously in 1982. Jian’s work in Chinese culture brought him close to many important artists. While in Mengshan, he served as a private tutor to the young Chen Wentong, who later gained fame as a ''wuxia'' writer under the pen name Liang Yusheng. He was a student and later close friend to the artist Gao Jianfu and, according to Eliza Ho, was an important influence on his work. In 1954, he wrote the libretto for a Cantonese opera with nationalist themes, 萬世流芳張玉喬 (''The Immortal Zhang Yuqiao, the Most Respectable Courtesan''). The opera is considered a contemporary classic of Chinese opera, and was premiered in the same year by the Sun Yim Yeung troupe.〔Yung Sai-Shing, "Cantonese Opera and Nationalism: A Classic Work Reinterpreted", (public lecture ) delivered on February 27–28, 2009〕 The production was directed by the celebrated composer and film director Tang Ti-sheng. He also found time to publish and edit two important literary magazines, 易經 (''Yijing'', in Shanghai and edited by Yao Xiexing),〔(关于简又文創办的《逸经》雜志 ), accessed March 6, 2012〕 and ''Typhoon'' (in Hong Kong) during the 1930s. ''Yijing'' had a partial focus on humor, and Jian launched the journal in 1933 in coordination with the launch of 宇宙鋒 (''Yuzhou Feng'', ''Cosmic (sword) Edge'') by his friend and colleague Lin Yutang. Consequently, 1933 was commonly described in Chinese literary circles as "The Year of Humor".〔Qian Suoqiao, "Discovering Humor in Modern China: The launching of the ''Analects Fortnightly'' journal and the "Year of Humor" (1933)", in J Chey and JM Davis, eds., ''Humour in Chinese Life and Letters: Classical and Traditional Approaches''. Hong Kong University Press: 2011, p. 191. ISBN 9789888083527〕〔Sohigian, Dirhan John, "Contagion of Laughter: The Rise of the Humor Phenomenon in Shanghai in the 1930s", ''positions'' Spring 2007 15(1): 137-163〕 Socially, Jian was renowned as a talented reteller of the coarse humor of the traitor Han Fuju.〔Lary, Diana. ''The Chinese People at War: Human Suffering and Social Transformation, 1937-1945''., Cambridge UP: 2010, p.139 ISBN 0521144108〕 Later, in 1946, he founded and became first director-general of the Guangdong Institute of History and Culture.〔”Chien Yu-Wen”, in the ''Biographical Dictionary of Republican China'', Columbia University Press: 1971 ISBN 0231089589.〕 In 1949, Jian returned to Hong Kong where he became a professor at Hong Kong University. He was a visiting fellow at Yale from 1964 to 1965, the institution that now houses the Jen Yu-Wen Papers. He died in Hong Kong in 1978. His wife, Mabel Yuk-Sein Young, with whom he had two sons and two daughters, died in 1958. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jian Youwen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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