Zhang Dihua

Zhang Dihua

Zhang Dihua (1909 - December 1992), a famous linguist. His pen names are youmu, Huifeng and zhangduo. He was born in Fengtai County, Anhui Province. Mr. Zhang is knowledgeable and his works are rich. His achievements involve bibliography, lexicography, modern Chinese, ancient Chinese and many other fields. His contribution in the field of language and writing is mainly reflected in the teaching and research of modern Chinese, philology and calligraphy.

Personal profile

He graduated from the Chinese Department of national Wuhan University in 1937. After graduation, he was in the war of resistance against Japan. He worked as a middle school Chinese teacher in Hubei, Xiangxi, Chongqing and Wanxian. After 1948, he returned to Anhui and taught in national Anhui University, Anhui Normal University, Hefei Normal University, Anhui Normal University, etc. Mr. Zhang has been at the forefront of undergraduate education for a long time. During his teaching in school, he taught courses such as "Chinese", "bibliography", "catalogue and collation", "Chinese Literature" and "modern Chinese".

He has successively served as professor of Anhui Normal University and director of Language Research Institute, editor in chief of learning Chinese magazine, executive director of Chinese language society, vice chairman of Anhui philosophy and social sciences federation, President of Anhui language society, deputy to the Fifth National People's Congress, member of the Standing Committee of Anhui people's Congress, consultant of Anhui language and writing work committee, consultant of Anhui ANCIENT BOOKS COLLATION Committee, and consultant of Chinese University He is deputy chief editor of the dictionary and chief editor of the complete dictionary of Tang poetry.

In July 1991, Mr. Zhang Dihua was awarded the title of "expert with outstanding contribution" by the State Council, enjoying special state allowance.

In December 1992, Zhang Dihua died of illness in Wuhu.

Modern Chinese teaching and research

Modern Chinese (Volume I, higher education press, 1958), which focuses on grammar and discusses the theoretical issues involved in detail; for the issues with different opinions, it quotes the opinions of many scholars and can express its own new ideas)

Modern Chinese (edited by Anhui people's publishing house, revised in 1974 and 1979, which combines theory with practice, has great practical value and has been used as teaching material by many colleges)

Philology and Calligraphy Research

Refuting Hu Shi's fallacy about the origin of punctuation (Journal of Hefei Normal University, 1959, issue 2)

The evolution of Chinese characters in terms of the number of characters (Journal of Hefei Normal University, No.1, 1960)

On Kangxi dictionary

On Qin Shihuang's literary works (cooperation, Guangming Daily, August 25, 1984)

Chairman Mao's classical instruction to literary language and its great significance (Journal of Hefei Normal University, No.1, 1961)

Language analysis of Chairman Mao's Poems (Journal of Hefei Normal University, 1962, issue 2)

Intertextuality and Bianwen (Chinese learning series, No.8, 1979)

Reading the new edition of Cihai (selected from dictionary research, 1981, Journal of Anhui Normal University, 1981, issue 2), etc.

Among them, "on Kangxi dictionary" is a detailed discussion and comprehensive analysis of Kangxi dictionary, so that people can correctly understand its advantages and disadvantages. This paper provides a good reference for the dictionary and dictionary compilation of later generations, and has a great impact. "Refuting Hu Shi's fallacy about the origin of punctuation" explains that the name of punctuation originated in Song Dynasty, and some even can be traced back to Zhou and Han Dynasty, which corrects Hu Shi's wrong view, arouses widespread concern in academic circles and has a great repercussion in academic circles.

Main works

A dictionary of Tang Poetry (edited by Shanxi people's publishing house, 1992)

Classified books (Commercial Press, 1943, 1958, 1985)

Zhang Dihua on Chinese (Anhui Education Press, 1983)

Dictionary of Chinese grammar and rhetoric (co edited by Anhui Education Press, 1988)

Notes on Chairman Mao's Poems (Anhui people's publishing house, 1963)

Selected introduction to the collection of ancient poems and Essays (Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 1985, Taiwan guowentiandi magazine publishing house, 1990)

Zhang Dihua also worked in the old style poetry and wrote Mu Hui Tang poetry.

His posthumous work on Zhang Dihua's catalogue collation was published by Taiwan Xuehai publishing house in February 2004.

In November 2009, the anthology of Zhang Dihua was published by Anhui people's publishing house.

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