Chang Ch'i-yun graduated from the Division of History and Geography of
National Nanjing Higher Normal School (later renamed
National Central University and
Nanjing University), where he studied from scholars such as
Liu Yizheng,
Zhu Kezhen and
Liu Boming. After graduating, Chang worked for
The Commercial Press as an editor, and later taught at his alma mater, the National Central University. In 1936, he was transferred to
Zhejiang University and taught history and geography, later becoming the university's dean of the Faculty of Arts. In 1943, Chang was invited to give lectures at
Harvard University in the U.S. In 1949, Chang escaped to Taiwan, where he became the
Secretary-General of the Kuomintang Central Committee, and in 1954, he became the Minister of Education. In 1962, Chang founded the Far East University, later renamed the
Chinese Culture University. Chang died in Taipei in 1985. His son is
Chang Jen-Hu, an educator in
Taiwan. ==Works==