{{Short description|Chinese liberal intellectual (born 1952)}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2011}} {{Infobox Chinese |t=朱學勤 |s=朱学勤 |p=Zhū Xuéqín |w='''Chu Hsüeh-ch'in''' }} {{family name hatnote|[[Zhu (surname)|Zhu]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Contemporary Chinese political thought|liberalism}} '''Zhu Xueqin''' (born 1952) is a [[Shanghai]]-based [[China|Chinese]] historian and public [[intellectual]]. He is a major exponent of contemporary [[Chinese liberalism]].
== Background == Born in Shanghai, Zhu was shaped in his eventual outlook by China's [[Cultural Revolution]], when he was sent to rural [[Lankao]] County, [[Henan]] as a [[sent-down youth]] in 1970. In 1972, he was transferred to [[factory]] work.
After earning an [[Master's degree|MA]] in [[history]] in 1985 from [[Shaanxi Normal University]], from 1985 to 1991 Zhu taught in the [[Air Force Politics Institute]]. In 1992, he graduated from [[Fudan University]] with a [[doctorate]] in history. Since 1991, he has been a Professor in the Department of History, Academy of Letters, [[Shanghai University]].
He wrote an article entitled "1998: The Discourse of Liberalism," which spoke of a "resurfacing" of liberal thought and was published in the widely circulated ''[[Southern Weekly]]''.
He has participated in many public activities, such as [[Flyer (pamphlet)|circular letter]] campaigns, in support of [[human rights]], [[freedom of speech]], and political reform.
An interview with him entitled "For a Chinese Liberalism" is published in the book [[One China, Many Paths]].<ref name="For a Chinese Liberalism">{{cite book |last1=Zhu |first1=Xueqin |editor1-first=Chaohua |editor1-last=Wang |editor1-link=Chaohua Wang |title=One China, many paths |year=2005 |orig-date=2003 |publisher=[[Verso Books|Verso]] |location=London |isbn=978-1-85984-537-0 |oclc=57637530 |pages=87–107 |chapter=For a Chinese Liberalism }}</ref>
==Bibliography== *{{cite book |author=Xueqin Zhu |title=道德理想囯的复灭 : 从卢梭到罗伯斯庇尔 = Daode lixiang guo de fumie : conglusuo dao Luobosibier /Dao de li xiang guo de fu mie : cong Lusuo dao Luobosi Bi'er = Daode lixiang guo de fumie : conglusuo dao Luobosibier |trans-title=Downfall of the Moral Republic: from Rousseau to Robespierre |series=Shanghai san lian xue shu wen ku |year=2003 |publisher=Shanghai san lian shu dian |location=Shanghai Shi |language=Chinese |isbn=978-7-5426-1837-5 |oclc=54384481 }} *''Zhongguoyu ouzhou wenhua jiaoliu zhi'' [Annals of Sino-European Cultural Exchange] (中国与欧洲文化交流志) *{{cite book |author=Xueqin Zhu |title=书斋里的革命 / Shu zhai li de ge ming |trans-title=The revolution in the study |year=2006 |publisher=Yunnan ren min chu ban she |location=Kunming |language=Chinese |isbn=978-7-222-04765-5 |oclc=123909210 }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==See also== *[[Gu Zhun]]
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