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Tu Cheng-sheng
杜正勝
Minister Tu in 2007
22nd Minister of Education of the Republic of China
In office
20 May 20, 2004 – 20 May 20, 2008
Preceded byHuang Jong-tsun
Succeeded byCheng Jei-cheng
Personal details
Born (1944-06-10) June 10, 1944 (age 80)
Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
Nationality Republic of China
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party
Alma materNational University of Tainan
National Taiwan University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionHistorian

Template:Chinese name

Tu Cheng-sheng
Traditional Chinese杜正勝
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDù Zhèngshèng
Wade–GilesTu4 Cheng4-sheng4
IPA[tû ʈʂə̂ŋʂə̂ŋ]

Tu Cheng-sheng (Chinese: 杜正勝; pinyin: Dù Zhèngshèng) is a Taiwanese politician and historian. Tu served as the Minister of Education of the Republic of China during Chen Shui-bian's second term as President.[1]

Educational background and career

Tu Cheng-sheng graduated from the Provincial Tainan Normal University (present-day National University of Tainan) in 1966. He also attended the National Taiwan University in 1970 and majored in history (bachelor's degree 1970, master's degree 1974). He is a specialist in the history of ancient Chinese society, culture and medicine.

He used to be the director of the National Palace Museum and a research center on history and languages of the Academia Sinica, professor of the National Tsing Hua University.

Scientific activity

In articles of 1986, 1987 and 1992 Tu explored semblance between the city-states of the ancients Western civilization and the state formations of early China.[2]

Personality

Tu became notorious for his colorful and abrasive behavior. After being filmed asleep at a 2007 meeting of the Legislative Yuan, he was photographed picking his nose in response to public criticism. Also that year, he grabbed a reporter's microphone and shoved a cameraman into a wall.[1]

Publications

  • Going Through the Ten Critical Years: 1990-2000, 2000, ISBN 957-469-141-1
  • The Birth of Taiwan: Formosa in the 17th Century, 2003, ISBN 957-28159-1-1
  • New Road for Historical Studies, 2004, ISBN 957-14-4027-2
  • Educational Reform in Taiwan: Retrospect and Prospect, 2007, OCLC 173372350

References

  1. ^ a b "Nose-picking lawmaker to shout his last good-bye", Reuters, Apr 24, 2008
  2. ^ Yates, Robin D.S. "The City-State in Ancient China"
Government offices
Preceded by ROC Minister of Education
2004-2008
Succeeded by