Mingde High School

Mingde High School (simplified Chinese: 明德中学; traditional Chinese: 明德中學; pinyin: Míngdé Zhōngxué) is a public coeducational high school in Tianxin District of Changsha, Hunan, China.[1]

Mingde High School
明德中学
Location
Mingde High School
Tianxin District, Changsha, Hunan, China

410004
Coordinates28°07′19″N 112°57′54″E
Information
TypeComprehensive Public High School
Motto坚苦真诚
(Hardship and sincerity)
Established1903 (1903)
Opened1903
FoundersHu Yuantan (胡元倓)
PrincipalXu Lin (徐林)
Grades10 to 12
GenderCoed
Campus size100,000 square metres (1,100,000 sq ft)
Campus typeUrban
AffiliationChangsha Municipal Bureau of Education
Websitewww.mdzx.net

Etymology

The name was formulated based on a sentence from Great Learning, one of the "Four Books" in Confucianism.[2]

History

Mingde High School traces its history back to the former "Mingde School" (明德学堂), founded by educater Hu Yuantan (胡元倓) in 1903, during late Qing dynasty.[3]

In 1932, Chiang Kai-shek inspected the school and took pictures with teachers and students, inscribing four Chinese characters "止于至善".

In February 1938, due to the Second Sino-Japanese War, the school moved to Zeng's Ancestral Temple in Mount Xia (霞岭) at the junction of Hengshan, Xiangxiang and Xiangtan.

In 1941, the school was renamed "Hunan Provincial Mingde Middle School" (湖南省立明德中学).

In November 1944, when the Japanese invaded Hunan, Hu Shaokui (胡少煃), then dean of education at Mingde Middle School, led the teachers and students to move to Lantian County.

On March 16, 1946, the school moved back to Taianli Campus (泰安里校区) in Changsha and was officially reopened.

After the establishment of the Communist State in 1949, the school was renamed Changsha No. 3 Middle School (长沙市第三中学), New Changsha No. 3 Middle School (新长沙市第三中学) and Power Machine No. 57 Middle School (动力机五七中学).

In 1983, the school was renamed "Changsha Mingde High School".

In August 2015, Principal Fan Qiuming (范秋明) was placed under investigation for corruption, bribery and unfair relationships with several women by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the Communist Party's internal disciplinary body.[4][5][6]

Athletics
  • Basketball (men's and women's)[7]

List of principals
PeriodEnglish titleChinese titleTermNotes
Mingde School (Mingde Xuetang)Hu Yuantan胡元倓1903–1941
Mingde School (Mingde Xuexiao)Xie Zhen谢真1919–1947Acting
He Jingwei何经渭1938–1942Acting
Zhou Anhan周安汉1937Acting
Hu Shaokui胡少奎1944–1949Acting
Hunan Provincial Mingde Middle SchoolCao Zanhua曹赞华1950–1951Acting
Hu Mai胡迈1941–1960
Changsha No. 3 Middle SchoolZhou Yuesen周岳森1952–1953Acting
Luo Sande罗三德1954–1958Acting
Yang Da杨达1959–1960Acting
He Fujie何辅喈1960–1961
Zhu Yaoyi朱耀一1961–1969
New Changsha No. 3 Middle SchoolLi Donghai李东海1968–1969
Power Machine No. 57 Middle SchoolHuang Ying黄英1969–1971
Changsha No. 3 Middle SchoolZhang Zhaoli张朝立1972–1979
Liu Yutian刘雨田1979–1983
Changsha Mingde High SchoolLiu Ruiqing刘瑞清1983–1985
Zhang Tiejun章铁军1986–2000
Lai Xuexian赖学显2000–2006
Fan Qiuming范秋明2000–2015
Xu Lin(徐林)2015–present

Notable alumni
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References
  1. 告别"大蓝褂" 长沙明德中学校服"学生造". hunan.voc.com.cn (in Chinese). 2012-09-25.
  2. 明德中学116年：在时代前沿，做最优质的教育. Changsha Evening News (in Chinese). 2019-07-01.
  3. 资料：明德中学系湖南基础教育“五朵金花”之一. sohu (in Chinese). 2015-08-06.
  4. 湖南明德中学校长范秋明花900万办校庆 与多女有不正当关系. guancha.cn (in Chinese). 2015-11-18.
  5. 长沙市明德中学校长范秋明涉嫌严重违纪被调查. hunan.voc.com.cn (in Chinese). 2015-08-05.
  6. Qiao Yilei (2015-10-22). 长沙明德中学原校长范秋明的贪腐路:学校成"私有". changsha.cn (in Chinese).
  7. 长沙市明德中学男篮. cuba.edu.cn (in Chinese). 2019.
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