Birthdate: January 12, 1869
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Yuhang District, Hangzhou, China
Died: June 14, 1936
Zhang Binglin, also known as Zhang Taiyan, was a prominent Chinese philologist, textual critic, philosopher, and revolutionary. He made significant contributions to Chinese etymology with his work “Wen Shi” and historical phonology studies. Zhang developed a shorthand system based on seal script, which later became the basis for zhuyin. As an activist, he authored numerous political works, leading to imprisonment by the Qing Empire and house arrest under Yuan Shikai.
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