Liu Wendian (; courtesy name: Shuya Ã¥ÂÂé ; born December 1889; died 15 July 1958) was a Chinese philologist (guoxuejia) and educator.
Liu Wendian was born in Hefei, Anhui, with family origins from Huaining, Anhui. Like Liu Shipei and Zhang Taiyan, he followed Sun Yat-sen and participated in the Second Revolution. On Chen Duxiu's recommendation, he became a professor of Chinese culture at Peking University in 1917. In 1927, he led the founding of Anhui University. Later, he taught at Tsinghua University, the National Southwestern Associated University, and Yunnan University. After the Liberation, he became a national-level professor and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Liu Wendian made significant contributions to the study of several early Chinese texts, especially the Zhuangzi and the Huainanzi (by Liu An Ã¥ÂÂå®Â). His Zhuangzi buzheng åºÂÃ¥ÂÂè¡¥æ£ / èÂÂÃ¥ÂÂè£Âæ£, for example, served as the basis for Burton Watson's translation (The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu, New York and London, 1968).
During his presidency at Anhui University, he once referred to Chiang Kai-shek as a "new warlord" (æ°åÂÂéÂÂ).