#BOTD (for real this time): Lufei Kui 陸費逵 (1886–1941), #Chinese #linguist, reformer, educator, and founder of Zhonghua (Chung Hwa) Book Company #中華書局. #ModernChina #ChineseLinguistics #Publishers

#DOTD: Zhao Yuanren 趙元任 (Yuen Ren Chao, 1892–1982), Chinese-American linguist. Earning degrees from @Harvard and @Cornell, he later taught at @UCBerkeley and @Tsinghua_Uni. One of the Four Great Masters of National Learning #國學四大導師, he revolutionised #ChineseLinguistics

#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Zhou Youguang #周有光 (1906–2017), #economist, #linguist, and 'father of #Pinyin' #漢語拼音 之父, a system of #Romanisation for #Mandarin #Chinese, now recognised as the most common standard. #ChineseLinguistics #ChineseEconomics

#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Zhou Youguang #周有光 (1906–2017), #economist, #linguist, and 'father of #Pinyin' #漢語拼音 之父, a system of #Romanisation for #Mandarin #Chinese, now recognised as the most common standard. #ChineseLinguistics #ChineseEconomics