Chen Shou-yi

Ch'ên Shou-yi (; 1899–1978) was a Chinese-American literary historian and cultural studies scholar. He is known for his contributions to the comparative cultural studies of China and the West. He was a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California from 1941 to 1967.

Early life and education Chen was born in 1899 to a well-known literati family in Panyu, Guangdong, China, and received a traditional Confucian education before college. He completed his undergraduate studies at Canton Christian College in Guangzhou in 1920 and earned his doctorate in comparative literature from the University of Chicago in 1929.

Chen was the chair of the history department at Peking University in Beijing from 1931 to 1937.

Chen took a position at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1937.

Later life and death Chen retired in 1967, but kept going to his office each day to continue his research. He died of illness in 1978.

Chen is credited with helping to develop the Asian studies programs at Pomona and the other Claremont Colleges.