Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s3.t4: Zhu Kezhen
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Zhu Kezhen
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Zhu Kezhen (March 7, 1890-February 7, 1974) was a Chinese meteorologist, geographer and an educator. He was styled Ou Fang and born in Dongguan Town, Shaoxing County, Zhejiang province (present-day Shangyu County, Zhejiang Province). He used to be academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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In 1908, Zhu Kezhen began to study in Shanghai Fudan Public School. In 1910, he went to the United States and studied at the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois at public expense. In 1913, he obtained the Bachelor's degree in Agronomy. Afterwards, he studied meteorology in the Department of Geography of Harvard University Research Institute and obtained the doctoral degree in 1918. In 1927, he became the dean of the Department of Geosciences of the National Southeast University. In 1928, he served as the head of the Institute of Meteorology of Academia Sinica. He also used to teach at Wuchang Higher Normal School, the National Southeast University and National Central University and took part in the founding of the Geographical Society of China. In April 1936, he became the President of Zhejiang University. In 1948, he was elected as academician of Academia Sinica. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively worked as the Vice President of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Vice President of China Association for Science and Technology, Director General and Honorary Director General of Chinese Meteorological Society and Director General of Geographical Society of China.
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He published an article, Southeast Monsoon and Rainfall in China (Acta Geographica Sinica, Edition 1, 1934), in which he compared the similarities and differences between Indian monsoon and Southeast
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Zhu Kezhen
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Asian monsoon by quoting the historical data about the journey of an eminent monk, Fa Xian in Jin Dynasty to India by sea. He also compared the similarities and differences between Chinese and Indian constellations in *The Time and Place of the Origin of the 28 Lunar Mansions* (Thought and Times, Edition 34, 1944) and pointed out that Chinese and Indian 28 lunar mansions were of the same origin while Chinese 28 lunar mansions were originated from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. In November 1946, he went to Calcutta India and visited Visva-Bharati University and University of Calcutta, and was received by Tan Yunshan and Zhou Dafu et al.
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(*Liu Lei*)