Carsun Chang
Carsun Chang | |
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張嘉森 | |
Carsun Chang as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries | |
| Born | 18 January 1887 |
| Died | 23 February 1969 (aged 82) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
| Political party | China Democratic League China Democratic Socialist Party |
| Relatives | Chang Kia-ngau (brother) Zhang Youyi (sister) Xu Zhimo (brother-in-law) |
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Carsun Chang (Chinese: 張嘉森; pinyin: Zhāng Jiāsēn; 1887–1969), also known as Chang Chun-mai (Chinese: 張君勱; pinyin: Zhang Junmai) or Carson Chang, was a prominent Chinese philosopher, public intellectual and a social democratic politician. He was recognized as "Father of Constitution in Republic of China".
He played an important role in the drafting of the Constitution of the Republic of China in 1946. Chang was influenced by ideas related to Jeffersonian democracy.