Wuchang Chunghua University

{{Short description|University in China}} thumb | right '''Wuchang Chunghua University''' ({{zh|t=武昌中華大學|p=Wǔchāng Zhōnghuá Dàxué|l=Wuchang University of China}}) was the first private university in China to be independently founded by individuals without help from government or foreigners. It was founded in {{Start date and age|1912|p=y}} by Chen Shi ({{zh|陳時}}) and his father Chen Xuankai ({{zh|陳宣愷}}),<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://www.cqvip.com/qk/81671x/200304/8116233.html |last=董 (Dong) |first=宝良 (Baoliang) |date=2003 |title=民办大学校长的先驱和楷模——著名教育家陈时创办私立中华大学的光辉业迹 (On Chen Shi──the Founder of the Private-owned Zhonghua University) |journal=华中师范大学学报人文社会科学版 (Journal of Central China Normal University - Humanities and Social Sciences) |issue=4|language=zh-cn}}</ref> and migrated to Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War.<ref name="2ndwar">{{Cite journal |title=战时后方私立大学的生活样态及生存逻辑——以私立武昌中华大学为例（1938—1946）(The life style and survival logic of the private universities in the rear during the war: Taking the private Wuchang Zhonghua University as an example (1938-1946)) |last=赵 (Zhao) |first=国壮 (Guozhuang) |last2=周 (Zhou) |first2=挥辉 (Huihui) |journal=湖北社会科学 (Hubei Social Science Journal) |year=2022 |issue=1 |url=https://kns.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?doi=10.13660/j.cnki.42-1112/c.015787 |access-date=2022-08-07 |doi=10.13660/j.cnki.42-1112/c.015787}}</ref> After the Chinese Communist Revolution, Chunghua University was merged with Huachung University and Chung Yuan University to form today's Central China Normal University in {{End date and age|1952|p=y}}. Its old campus was left to Wuchang Wenhua Middle School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=私立武昌中华大学档案全宗介绍-华中师范大学档案馆(校史馆) |url=http://archives.ccnu.edu.cn/info/1256/7013.htm |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=archives.ccnu.edu.cn}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==  * Chen Tanqiu ({{zh|s=陳潭秋|labels=no}}) - founding member of the Chinese Communist Party.<ref name="2ndwar"/> * Guang Weiran ({{zh|s=光未然|labels=no}}) - a Chinese poet and military leader.<ref name="2ndwar"/> * Yun Daiying ({{zh|s=恽代英|labels=no}}) - early leader of the Chinese Communist Party.<ref name="2ndwar"/>

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