Woo Tsin-hang

Who was Woo Tsin-hang?

Woo Tsin-hang, born Wu Tiao, with the courtesy name Chih-hui, was a Chinese linguist and philosopher who was the chairman of the 1912–13 Commission on the Unification of Pronunciation that created Zhuyin and standardized Guoyu pronunciation.

Woo Tsin-hang was born in Wujin, Jiangsu province, during the Qing Dynasty.

In 1905, before the establishment of the Republic of China, he met Sun Yat-sen in Europe and joined the Tong Meng Hui. He also became the first Academic Scholar of the Humanity Division of the Academia Sinica and a representative in the National Assembly of the Republic of China. He moved to Taiwan and was the teacher of Chiang Ching-kuo. He died in Taipei at the age of 88.

He was also respected for his various styles of calligraphy, which is evident in the design of Zhuyin; all of its symbols have the strokes and essence of calligraphy.

His publications can be found in The Collection of the Works of Mr. Wu Chih-hui.