Wu Enyu

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wu.

Wu Enyu (Chinese: 吳恩裕; pinyin: Wú Ēnyù, *1909 †1979) was a Manchu-Chinese philosopher, political scientist and literary critic. For the literacy part he was especially known for his criticism of The Dream of the Red Chamber.

Wu graduated from the Department of Philosophy of Tsinghua University in 1933, and served as editor-in-chief of the philosophical monthly periodical Wenzhe yuekan (Chinese: 文哲月刊; pinyin: Wénzhé yuèkān) and the Sibian (Chinese: 思辯; pinyin: Sībiàn), a literary and philosophical supplement of Chenbao magazine (Chinese: 晨報; pinyin: Chénbào). He then went for a short-term further study to London in 1936.

From 1939 to 1949 after his study, Wu held the position of professor of political sciences at the National Central University in Chongqing, whose successor is now known as Nanjing University. He was at the same time the professor at Peking Universityfrom 1946 to 1952.

From 1978 until his death a year later, he was named research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

References

• Link to one of his books with short biography in Chinese