Pan Dakui

Pan Dakui
Chinese: 潘大逵
Vice Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Personal details
Born1902 (1902)
Kaixian, Sichuan, China
DiedJune 26, 1991(1991-06-26) (aged 88–89)
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Alma materTsinghua School; Stanford University; University of Wisconsin
OccupationProfessor, political scientist

Pan Dakui (Chinese: 潘大逵; 1902 – June 26, 1991) was a Chinese political scientist, educator, and political figure, and a leading member of the China Democratic League. He was known for his contributions to constitutional studies and modern political thought in China.[1]

Biography

Pan Dakui was born in 1902 in Kaixian, Sichuan (now Kaizhou District, Chongqing). He graduated from Tsinghua School in 1924 and subsequently went to the United States for further study. He obtained a bachelor's degree in political science from Stanford University and a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. During his time abroad, he also received military training at Norwich University.[2][3]

After returning to China in 1930, Pan held academic positions at several institutions, including Shanghai Law College, Yunnan University, and Chongqing University. He taught courses in political science, history of political thought, constitutional law, and diplomatic history, and became the first dean of the Faculty of Law at Chongqing University in 1945.[4]

Pan was also active in political and intellectual movements. In 1935, he participated in founding the Shanghai Cultural Circles' National Salvation Association and joined the National Salvation Federation the following year.[5] During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was involved in organizing democratic movements in Kunming and became a member of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League. He worked alongside figures such as Wen Yiduo in promoting democratic reform and resistance against Japanese aggression. In 1945, he delivered public speeches opposing civil war and supporting patriotic student movements.[6][7]

After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Pan held various public offices, including Vice Minister of Culture and Education of the Southwest Military and Administrative Committee and Vice Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[8] He also served as a member of multiple sessions of the National People's Congress and held leadership roles within the China Democratic League in Sichuan.[9]

During the Anti-Rightist Campaign in 1957, Pan was wrongly labeled a "rightist" and subjected to political persecution. He was rehabilitated in 1980 and subsequently served as curator of the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Culture and History.[10] In his later years, he continued to contribute to academic and political life as an advisor to the Chinese Political Science Association and the China Law Society.[11]

Pan Dakui was the author of several influential works, including A History of Constitutions in Europe and America, An Outline of Chinese Constitutional History, and the memoir Ninety Years Through Storms.[12]

He died in Chengdu on June 26, 1991, at the age of 90.[13]

References

  1. ^ 抗日战争中的民主人士 (in Chinese). 中央文献出版社. 2005. p. 126. ISBN 978-7-5073-1904-0. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  2. ^ 吴宓 (1998). 吴宓日记 (in Chinese). 生活・讀書・新知三联书店. p. 44. ISBN 978-7-108-01180-0. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  3. ^ 秦国生; 胡治安 (1990). 中国民主党派历史, 政纲, 人物 (in Chinese). 山东人民出版社. p. 343. ISBN 978-7-209-00722-1. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  4. ^ 谢泳 (1999). 逝去的年代: 中国自由知识分子的命运 (in Chinese). 文化藝術出版社. p. 153. ISBN 978-7-5039-1852-0. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  5. ^ 清华大学志 (in Chinese). 清华大学出版社. 2001. p. 541. ISBN 978-7-302-04319-5. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  6. ^ 成都市志: 哲学社会科学志 (in Chinese). 四川出版集团巴蜀書社. 2006. p. 91. ISBN 978-7-80659-861-0. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  7. ^ 中国人名大詞典: 現任黨政軍領導人物卷. Foreign Languages Press. 1989. p. 522. ISBN 978-0-8351-2352-5. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  8. ^ 中国社会科学家辞典: 现代卷 (in Chinese). 甘肃人民出版社. 1986. p. 834. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  9. ^ 辛亥以来人物年里录 (in Chinese). 江苏教育出版社. 1994. p. 1054. ISBN 978-7-5343-2076-7. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  10. ^ 中国人名大词典: 现任党政军领导人物卷 (in Chinese). 上海辞书出版社. 1989. p. 373. ISBN 978-7-5326-0108-0. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  11. ^ 四川省文史硏究館 (1992). 四川省文史硏究館建館四十周年紀念: 1952-1992 (in Chinese). 四川省文史硏究館. p. 31. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  12. ^ 中华法学大辞典: 宪法学卷 (in Chinese). 中国检察出版社. 1995. p. 429. ISBN 978-7-80086-280-9. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
  13. ^ 章詒和 (2015-03-13). 這樣事和誰細講（修訂版） (in Chinese). 時報文化出版. p. 362. ISBN 978-957-13-6213-7. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
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