The Life of the Characters in Chen Da's Works

Smart and studious since childhood, 13 years old entered Yuhang County High School. He got up early in the morning and walked 15 and 16 miles to get to school, regardless of the cold and heat, which was praised by the dean (principal) Mr. Yao. With his support, he entered Hangfu Middle School in the second year of Xuantong in Qing Dynasty (19 10), and entered the preparatory class of Tsinghua School in Beijing from 19 12 to16. In Tsinghua, clothes don't require luxury and food doesn't require abundance. I study hard. I often help the academic affairs office copy and translate after school to make up for my daily life. 19 16 ~ 1923, sent to study in the United States. 19 18 In June, he obtained a bachelor's degree from Lide College in Pollan, USA, transferred to Columbia University in new york, and obtained a master's degree in the following year, and then continued to study in the graduate school of Columbia University. I have had many contacts with internationally renowned sociologists, such as Frick, Laurie Mai, Siltut, Les Warren and Thompson. /kloc-in the summer of 0/923, he received a doctorate in philosophy from Columbia University. Returned to China in the same year and taught in Tsinghua University for a long time. 1929 after Tsinghua University was changed to Tsinghua University, he was responsible for establishing the Department of Sociology as a professor and head of the department. Editor-in-chief of Journal of Tsinghua, member of Academia Sinica and International Population Society. During War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's period, he moved to Kunming with Tsinghua, and concurrently served as the director of the Department of Sociology of Southwest Associated University and the director of the National Survey Institute of Tsinghua University.

From 1947 to 1949, he successively served as vice president of the World Population Society, member of the International Statistical Society, member of the Pacific Society and head of the Southeast Asia Department. He has been engaged in the education and research of "population" and "labor" all his life, and has published more than one monograph 10 at home and abroad, and more than 30 academic papers with more than 3 million words. Before liberation, there were migrant workers in China, population in modern China, strike investigation in China in recent eight years, labor problems in China, overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia and Fujian-Guangdong society, and ten years of wandering. After liberation, he compiled Living Conditions of Workers in Liberated Areas, History of Workers' Movement in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Period and the War of Liberation, etc. Among them, 1923' s doctoral thesis "The Labor Situation of Immigrants in China" was selected as the published file by the then 88th session of the US House of Representatives. From 65438 to 0925, he visited Japan and Hawaii to attend the first congress of the Pacific Relations Association held in Honolulu. After returning to China, he published the book Population in Modern China, and put forward the theory of survival competition and achievement competition, which had great influence at home and abroad. 193 1 year, through the investigation of Pingxi, Huailai, Song Jiaying and yanggang, it was put forward that each couple should have only one pair of children, and the idea of "equal generation" should be implemented to control the population and practice birth control. And set up a birth control guidance office in Beijing, founded the publication "Population Welfare" to publicize birth control knowledge.

Chen Da insists on seeking truth from facts and pays attention to social investigation. During the 29 years from 1923 to 1952, he presided over and participated in social surveys for 24 times. In China, we investigated the urban and rural conditions in Beijing, the living conditions of workers in Shanghai and the overseas Chinese in Fujian and Guangdong in South China. Among them, the population census in Chenggong and its vicinity in Kunming is the largest, with a total of 1.3 million people participating. The survey scope is about 600,000 people in 3 counties 1 city. Abroad, we investigated the working conditions in Japan and South Korea, the social living conditions in Nanyang and Hawaii, the living conditions of farmers in Kolkata, India, the living conditions of workers in Germany, Switzerland and Italy, and the urban workers and market farmers in the Soviet Union. Insist on letting the facts speak for themselves in the investigation and study, and often warn colleagues and students "to say a word when there is a piece of material;" If you have two materials, you can say two sentences; There are ten materials that can only be said to be nine points, not eleven points. "According to the survey, the full text of" Population in Modern China "was published in the July issue of American Journal of Sociology (1946), and then the album was published, and it was reprinted by Tianjin People's Publishing House 198 1.

After 1952, he successively served as a professor at the Central Institute of Finance and Economics, China Renmin University and the Labor Cadre School of the Central Ministry of Labor. 1975 65438+ 10/0/6 died. Chen Da has been engaged in the research and teaching of population and labor problems in China for a long time, paying attention to actual investigation, and is one of the pioneers of demography in modern China. He is the author of Overseas Chinese-A Special Survey on Working Conditions (English version), Labor Problems and Population Problems in China, Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia and Fujian and Guangdong Society, Overseas Chinese Hometown in South China (English version) and Population Problems in Modern China (English version).

Chen Da has a strong patriotism. For a long time, he put forward the idea of saving the country by practicing birth control, controlling the population and improving the quality of the population. Take a detached attitude towards the political struggle of political parties. Refused to join the Kuomintang. 1945, 1 February1day The tragedy happened in Kunming. The following year, Li Gongpu and Wen Yiduo were killed and were deeply shocked. I often vent my resentment against the Kuomintang in class. 1947, he signed with 13 famous professors from Tsinghua and Peking University, and issued a declaration protesting against the human rights violation by the Kuomintang government. 1948, the Kuomintang took him to Taiwan Province province by plane, but resolutely refused. Together with Zhang Xiruo, Pan Guangdan, Fei Xiaotong and other professors, he stuck to the Tsinghua campus and welcomed the liberation. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as a professor at the Central School of Finance and Economics of Renmin University of China, a member of the Science Planning Commission of the State Council, a professor and vice president of the Central Institute of Labor Cadres, a deputy director of the Protection Department of the Central Ministry of Labor, a member of the Literature and History Information Committee of the China People's Political Consultative Conference, a representative of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress, and a member of the second, third and fourth sessions of the CPPCC. 1952 was hired by the United Nations as a consultant of the Far East Economic Commission. He studied Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought hard, and constantly engaged in the study of population and labor issues. In 1950s, together with Ma Yinchu, he actively put forward suggestions on family planning and population control to the Party and government at the CPPCC meeting. 1957, New Construction published the article "Birth Control, Late Marriage and Population Problems in New China", pointing out: "Since the census of 1953, the population of New China has increased by more than 1000 million every year, so we must seriously solve the problem of people's employment and reduce the birth rate." Rich in insight, but wrongly classified as "Rightists". 1960 revision. After his death, his ashes were stored in Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.