Peking University

Notable Alumni

Faculty

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• Qian Xuantong - linguist
• Gu Hongming - writer
• Cai Yuanpei - university Chancellor
• Chen Duxiu - dean of letters, later co-founder of Communist Party of China
• Lu Xun - writer
• Shen Congwen - famous writer
• Li Dazhao - head librarian, later co-founder of Communist Party of China
• Hu Shih - philosopher and writer
• Lin Yutang - writer
• Fei Xiaotong - famous researcher of sociology and anthropology
• Wang Xiaobo - writer
• He Weifang - judicial reformist

Students

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• Feng Youlan - philosopher
• Mao Dun - writer and journalist
• Xu Zhimo - poet
• Zhang Guotao - early leader in the Communist Party of China
• Zhu Ziqing - poet and writer
• Fan Changjiang - journalist and writer
• Han Suyin - writer
• Li Yanhong - founder of baidu.com
• Wang Zhidong - founder of sina.com
• Michael Halliday - developed systemic functional grammar
• K. Natwar Singh - Indian politician