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The death of Yu Yingshi|Teacher in Hong Kong and support for Occupy Central Many domestic media reported obituaries and netizens also mourned

2021-08-05T04:41:21.605Z


Taiwan’s Academia Sinica confirmed on Thursday (5th) that the famous historian Yu Yingshi died in the early morning of August 1, 2021 Eastern Time, and was buried next to his parents’ tomb in Princeton. Yu Yingshi has a deep connection with Hong Kong,


Taiwan’s Academia Sinica confirmed on Thursday (5th) that the famous historian Yu Yingshi died in the early morning of August 1, 2021 Eastern Time, and was buried next to his parents’ tomb in Princeton.

Yu Yingshi has a deep connection with Hong Kong. He graduated from New Asia College and taught in a local primary school for two years. He also served as the Dean of New Asia College and the Vice President of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.


Although Yu Yingshi vigorously criticized the CCP system during his lifetime and also supported democratic movements such as Hong Kong’s "Occupy Central" and Taiwan’s Sunflower, many mainland media still widely reported his death. Netizens also mourned his "Mr. Age" and "Superstar" in unison. "Fall", "Go all the way well."


Internal media reports on historical contributions to avoid discussing his political views

After Yu Yingshi's death, many mainland media outlets, including The Paper, The Beijing News, Southern Metropolis Weekly, and Phoenix.com, issued news, causing netizens to mourn in unison.

Even Weibo netizens released photos of Yu Yingshi when he was young, praising "So handsome" and "So handsome when he was young, and very elegant when he was old."

Others praised his contribution in the field of literature and history: "He is one of the few people in Chinese culture who can be called an indomitable person."

Although the internal media reports did not mention Yu Yingshi’s political views, some netizens mentioned in their mourning: “Many consciences and many truths can only be seen and perceived in reality. They are not found in the papers” and “rare ones. Moral intuition", "What other scholars left behind was nothing more than thoughts and concepts, while what Mr. Yu left behind was Taoism", "I just searched for his book in the bookstore and found that it has not been unblocked."

However, some people directly criticized "Famous overseas for being anti-communist and anti-Maoist. It is quite venomous. Should this trip go to hell?" "The reactionaries have not changed, but some insiders fainted and erased the word and gave them all. According to the patriotic overseas Chinese hat, I think they are all his close friends."

Strong ties with Hong Kong, the first graduate of New Asia College

Based on the information from the exhibition hall of the National University of China and the Academia Sinica, Yu Yingshi, who studied under Qian Mu, a master of Chinese studies, was born in Tianjin in 1930, enrolled in New Asia College in 1950, and graduated in 1952, becoming the first graduate of New Asia College.

Yu served as the Dean of the New Asia College at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1973 and concurrently served as the vice president of the university. He returned to teach at Harvard two years later. In 1974, he was elected as an academician of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. In 1978, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by CUHK.

In his "Memoirs of Yu Yingshi" published a few years ago, one of the five chapters in the book is "Hong Kong and New Asia College".

In the book, he introduced himself as a reunion with his family. He came to Hong Kong during the British colonial period from the mainland and enrolled in New Asia College and became a student of the master of Chinese studies Qian Mu. He also described Hong Kong as the freest society under the influence of Eastern and Western thoughts in the last century. .

Works by Yu Yingshi.

(Photo by Lai Jiajun)

Yu Yingshi's two-year postgraduate period in Hong Kong laid the foundation for his future academic career.

At that time, he read many historical works, and also came into contact with anti-communist publications known as the "third power", such as "Democracy Review", "Free China", "Life", "Freedom Front", and "Motherland Weekly."

In his memoirs, he described it as broadening his horizons, revising and deepening his previous understanding of democracy and science.

On July 1, 2013, Yu Yingshi talked about the Hong Kong Occupy Central Movement, saying that another strategy of the CCP in dealing with universal suffrage in Hong Kong is to transform it into a one-party dictatorship in disguise. It is under this extremely unfair situation that Hong Kong has emerged. The big movement of "civil disobedience" and "Occupy Central".

He also supported the fight for universal suffrage of the chief executive. He believed that the core values ​​of human rights, freedom, and dignity of life must be passed through the fair and universal suffrage. Occupying Central is undoubtedly the most important means to win universal suffrage.

On October 10, 2014, it was reported that Yu Yingshi's works were completely banned and removed from the shelves in various parts of China.

However, on October 15, the "Global Times" reported that many bookstore clerks stated that the bookstore had not received a notice of removal.

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Source: hk1

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