Ma Xiangbo

Ma Xiangbo
Native name
Ma Liang
Orders
Ordination1870
RankPriest
Personal details
Born(1840-04-07)7 April 1840
Died4 November 1939(1939-11-04) (aged 99)
Lang Son, Tonkin, Indochinese Union
BuriedLang Son 1939-1952, Shanghai 1952
NationalityChinese
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma materCollège Saint-Ignace, Shanghai
Ma Xiangbo
Traditional Chinese馬相伯
Simplified Chinese马相伯
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMǎ Xiàngbó
Wade–GilesMa3 Hsiang4-po2
Ma Xiangbo's statue at Xuhui High School

Ma Xiangbo (traditional Chinese: 馬相伯; simplified Chinese: 马相伯; pinyin: Mǎ Xiàngbó; Wade–Giles: Ma3 Hsiang4-po2; April 7, 1840 – November 4, 1939) was a Chinese former Jesuit priest, scholar and educator in late-Qing and early-Republican China. He was one of the founders of Aurora University, Fu Jen Catholic University and Fudan University.[1][2]

Ma Xiangbo's original given name was Jianchang (建常) but was changed to Liang (). "Xiangbo" was his courtesy name. He also adopted the Catholic name Joseph.

  1. ^ Wiest, Jean-Paul (2010). "Ma Xiangbo: Pioneer of Educational Reform". In Carol Lee Hamrin (ed.). Salt and Light, Volume 2: More Lives of Faith That Shaped Modern China. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pp. 41–60. ISBN 978-1-60608-955-2.
  2. ^ Weist, Jean-Paul (1999). "Ma Xiangbo". In Gerald H. Anderson (ed.). Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp. 443–444. ISBN 978-0-8028-4680-8.