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Sung Shee (Chinese:宋晞;pinyin:Sòng Xī;Wade–Giles:Sung Hsi;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Sòng Hi; 6 October 1920 – 22 March 2007) was a Taiwanese historian, geographer, educator and governmental official. Sung was the fourth President of theChinese Culture University.
On 6 October 1920, Sung was born inLishui,Zhejiang Province, China. He studied history andgeography atZhejiang University and obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees there. His master thesis discussed the relationship between merchants and scholar-bureaucrats, government inSong Dynasty. He also obtained a master's degree from the Department of History atColumbia University, with a dissertation onChinese Labour in the Transvaal, 1904–1907 (1957). Sung obtained hisPh.D. from Chinese Culture University in June 1989.[1] Sung also received an honorary doctor's degree from KoreanKonkuk University.
Sung came to Taiwan together withChang Ch'i-yun. He had a long career in governmental offices including the research institute of national defence. He was the director of the Department of History and then Institute of History, Chinese Culture University. He also was the fourth president of Chinese Culture University.
Sung was a famous historian especially in the field of Song Dynasty history.
On 22 March 2007, Sung died inTaipei, Taiwan, from a car accident.
Sung's studies mainly were in Chinese history especially Song Dynasty history. These include:
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