Stephen Yang

Stephen Yang (traditional Chinese: 楊振華; simplified Chinese: 杨振华; pinyin: Yáng Zhènhuá; Wade–Giles: Yang Chên-hua; 1911–2007), also known as Stephen C. H. Yang,[1] was a Sichuanese surgeon, medical educator, and Quaker peace activist.

Stephen Yang
Stephen Yang in 1942
Born1911 (1911)
Chongqing, Sichuan, Manchu Empire
Died2007 (aged 95–96)
Sichuan, China
NationalityManchu Empire (1911–1912)
Republic of China (1912–1949)
People's Republic of China (since 1949)
Other namesStephen C. H. Yang
Alma materWest China Union University
Occupation(s)Surgeon, medical educator, Quaker peace activist
Employer(s)West China Union University
West China Medical University
Spouse
Ruth Dsang
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(m. 1942)​

Life and career

Stephen Yang was born in 1911 in Chongqing, Sichuan,[2] and raised by parents of the Quaker faith (Religious Society of Friends). In 1922, he lived at the Friends Middle School on the campus of the West China Union University in Chengdu, cofounded by American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, American Methodist Episcopal Mission, Canadian Methodist Mission, and Friends' Foreign Mission Association. After graduating from the Union University in 1938 with a medical degree, he became a teacher at its College of Medicine while continuing his medical training.[3]

Wedding of Stephen Yang and Ruth Dsang

In 1942, Yang married Ruth Dsang, daughter of Lincoln L. G. Dsang, second president of West China Union University. The wedding took place in Chengdu. Dsang converted to Quakerism from Methodism upon marriage.[4] In the late 1940s, the couple traveled to Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia for their residency training, where they spent several days at Pendle Hill Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation with Anna and Howard Brinton, who had visited them in Sichuan in 1944. They also toured hospitals in the United States and Canada.[5]

Yang spent one year (1970–1971) in prison during the Cultural Revolution. In the 1980s, after his "rehabilitation", he attended several international meetings and was involved in the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. After retiring from the West China Medical University, he had continued working as a mentor to English teachers sent by British Quakers to teach at the university.[3]

See also

References
  1. "West China Union University Medical News". Chinese Medical Journal. 66 (4): 227. 1948. ISSN 0366-6999. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  2. "从解剖到解剖——忆华西老人杨振华" [From Anatomy to Anatomy: In Memory of Stephen Yang of West China]. info.scu.edu.cn (in Simplified Chinese). May 20, 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  3. Abbott, Margery Post; Chijioke, Mary Ellen; Dandelion, Pink; Oliver Jr., John William (2012). Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-81086857-1.
  4. Zhang, Liping (2013). "从三个'教徒世家'看基督教对城市家庭的影响" [Understanding Christianity's Influence on Urban Families by Researching on the History of Three Sichuanese Christian Families] (PDF). Journal of Southwest University for Nationalities (Humanities and Social Science) (in Simplified Chinese) (2): 87. ISSN 1004-3926. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  5. Ruth, Shirley (October 1988). "Quaker Voices from the People's Republic of China: An Interview with Stephen Yang and Ruth Dsang". Friends Bulletin. Torrance, CA: Friends Bulletin Publications. p. 24. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

Further reading
  • Wood, Patrick (2000). Time Will Make Things Clear: The Story of Stephen Yang, Chinese Quaker. Reading, England: Sowle Press. ISBN 0952781557.
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