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林茂生博士紀念聖像
(English version)
Lin, Mao-sheng(1887-1947) was a Tainan-born
educator, a publisher of “Min Bao” newspaper
and an Acting Dean of College of Liberal Arts of
National Taiwan University. In 1916, he
graduated from the Imperial University of Tokyo,
Japan and became the first Taiwanese obtained
Bachelor of Arts. In 1927, he studied at Columbia
University. Then, he earned his Doctor of
Philosophy degree in 1929 and became the first
Taiwanese obtained Doctor of Philosophy of
Liberal Arts. An open and free education system
for the people of Taiwan is his lifetime aspiration.
In October 1945, he founded “Min Bao” and
employed activists of Taiwan national and social
movements in the period of Japanese rule. “Min
Bao” documented faithfully and reported
critically on the problems of political, economic,
social and cultural corruption inflicted by
Nationalist government. In doing so, he hoped to
educate people and raise their awareness of the
crux of the problems.
Although he died in March Massacre soon after
228 Incident, his lifetime devotion to education
and his journalistic free spirit of upholding truth
and justice for the people of Taiwan are the spirit
of building up Taiwan nation that people should
follow.
2013-02-28