Shandong University - Notable Faculty and Alumni

Notable Faculty and Alumni

• Feng Yuanjun (1900–1974), writer and scholar of Chinese classical literature and literary history
• Gao Heng (1900–1986), pioneer in the modern interpretation of the I Ching, corresponded with Mao Zedong
• Ji Xianlin (1911–2009), linguist, paleographer, historian, writer
• Jīn Xuěfēi (1956-, pen name Ha Jin), writer, publishes in English, winner of the American National Book Award (1999)
• Lao She (1899–1966), writer, author of the novel "Rickshaw Boy" and the play "Teahouse"
• Li Congjun (1949-), president of Xinhua News Agency (since 2008)
• Liang Shiqiu (1903–1987), writer and translator, translated the complete works of Shakespeare and George Orwell's Animal Farm into Chinese
• Lu Kanru (1903-1978), scholar of classical Chinese literature
• Luo Ronghuan (1902–1963), Marshall of the People's Liberation Army, served as security chief during the Long March
• Mo Yan (1955- ), notable novelist and short story writer, winner of Nobel Prize in Literature 2012
• Peng Shige (1947-), mathematician contributed to stochastic analysis and mathematical finance
• Shen Congwen (1902–1988), writer combining vernacular and classical Chinese writing techniques
• Tong Dizhou (1902–1979), embryologist and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Science
• Wang Ganchang (1907–1998), nuclear physicist (student of Lise Meitner) and one of the principal contributors to the Chinese nuclear deterrent
• Wang Pu (1902–1969), nuclear physicist (also a student of Lise Meitner) and founder of Shandong University's School of Physics
• Wang Tongzhao (王统照, 1897–1957), writer
• Wang Xiaoyun (1966-), mathematician, demonstrated collision attacks against commonly used hash functions
• Wen Yiduo (1899–1946), poet and scholar, author of poetry influenced by Western models, wrote poetry collections Hongzhu (紅燭, "Red Candle") and Sishui (死水, "Dead Water")
• Wu Aiying (1951-), Minister of Justice of China (since 2005)
• Xiang Huaicheng (1939-), economist and former Minister of Finance of China
• Zang Kejia (1905–2004), poet, chief editor of Poetry magazine, co-edited the "Selected Poems of Chairman Mao"
• Zhao Xiao (1967-), economist, argued that China’s economy would benefit from the spread of Christianity
• Zhou Ming-Zhen (1918–1996), paleontologist, worked on early tertiary mammals