Fu Dingyi

Fu Dingyi
符定一
Fu Dingyi in 1949
President of Central Research Institute of Culture and History
In office 1951–1958
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Zhang Shizhao
Vice-Minister of Finance of Beiyang Government
In office June 1926 – March 1927
President of Hunan University
In office 1914–1915
Preceded by	Bin Bucheng
Succeeded by	Li Daishen
President of First High School of Changsha
In office March 1912 – December 1912
Preceded by	New title
Succeeded by	Yin Jiqin
Personal details
Born	(1877-12-12)December 12, 1877 Hengshan County, Hunan, Qing Empire
Died	May 3, 1958(1958-05-03) (aged 80) Beijing, People's Republic of China
Alma mater	Peking University

Fu Dingyi (Chinese: 符定一; pinyin: Fú Dìngyī; 12 December 1877 – 3 May 1958) was a Chinese educator and scholar.

He was a member of the 1st and 2nd National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a member of the 1st National People's Congress.

His courtesy name was Yucheng (宇澄) and his art name was Hui'an (悔庵).

Fu was born in Baiguo Town of Hengshan County, Hunan, on December 12, 1877, during the Qing Empire. He attended Hengyang Normal School. He was accepted to Imperial University of Peking (now Peking University) in 1903 and graduated in 1908, where he majored in English.^[1] After the Xinhai Revolution, he returned to Hunan, and served as President of Yuelu Academy and President of Hunan Provincial Education Association. He founded First High School of Changsha in Changsha in 1912, where Mao Zedong was educated.^[2][3] Fu was President of Hunan University from 1914 to 1915. In June 1926, he was appointed Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Finance of Beiyang Government, he resigned in March 1927. Fu went to Yan'an in June 1946 and joined the Communist Party Government. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC), he became the President of Central Research Institute of Culture and History. Fu died of pneumonia on May 3, 1958, in Beijing.