Editing Fu Jen Catholic University (section)

==History==
===Early history===
[[File:Papst_Pius_XI._1JS.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Pope Pius XI]] funded £100,000 to support the founding of the university.]]
[[File:FJU Gate01.jpg|thumb|180px|Fu Jen main entrance since 1963.]]
The institution was originally established in [[Beijing]] in 1925 by the [[Benedictines]] of [[St. Vincent Archabbey]] in [[Latrobe, Pennsylvania]], at the request of the [[Holy See]], with Archabbot [[Aurelius Stehle]] serving as chancellor.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=June 1929 |title=The Ball And The Cross: The Catholic University of Peking |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_the-catholic-world-a-monthly-magazine_1929-06_129_771/page/342/mode/2up?q=Stehle |journal=The Catholic World |volume=129 |issue=771 |pages=344 |quote=The project took definite shape when the General Chapter of Bene- dictines accepted this invitation on August 8, 1923. With the assur- ance of support, both moral and physical, of the other Benedictine Abbeys of America, the leading réle was intrusted to St. Vincent Arch- abbey. From that day the Chan- cellor of the Catholic University of Peking, the Right Rev. Aurelius Stehle, O.S.B., has worked indefati- gably for the spread of the Church in China. To his untiring efforts the University owes it speedy prog- ress and wonderful success. |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Fu Jen, then commonly known as the '''Catholic University of Peking''', was itself a successor to the '''Fu Jen Academy''' ({{zh|t=輔仁社}}), which was created through the efforts of Catholic scholars [[Ma Xiangbo]] and [[Ying Lianzhi]]. The university's first president (1925–1927) was the American missionary [[Barry O'Toole|George Barry O'Toole]], OSB. He was succeeded by [[Chen Yuan (historian)|Chen Yuan]], a Chinese [[Protestant]] and renowned historian, who remained university president until the school's forced closure by the [[Chinese Communist]] government in 1952.

In 1933 the [[Benedictines]] in the United States, in the midst of the [[Great Depression]], were no longer able to sustain Fu Jen's mission. Administration of the university passed to the [[Society of the Divine Word]] in Germany. Its affiliation with Germany, an ally of [[Imperial Japan]], helped protect university personnel from extreme brutality inflicted elsewhere by occupying [[Military history of Japan|Imperial Japanese soldiers]] during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War|Sino-Japanese War]] (1937–1945).

===After World War II===
[[File:FJU Graduate 1947.jpg|left|thumb|Graduates of the Fu Jen Catholic University, 1947.]]
Since the university's operation had not been interrupted by the war, it quickly became one of China's top science programs. Well-known scientists such as [[Chien Shih-Liang]] taught at Fu Jen, and graduates such as [[Lee C. Teng]] and [[Wang Guangmei]] became famous alumni. On December 24, 1945, [[Thomas Tien Ken-sin]], the university chairman, was made a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]]. The following year, the School of Agriculture was added and preparations for the School of Medicine began. Also in the same year, the first Taiwan Alumni Association of Fu Jen was established in [[Dadu District, Taichung|Dadu]], [[Taichung]], Taiwan.<ref>王紹禎，〈輔仁大學校史〉，收入陳明章發行，《學府紀聞──私立輔仁大學》（臺北：南京出版有限公司，1982年8月），頁9。</ref>

After the [[Chinese Communist|Communists]] assumed power in China in 1949, religious organisations, including the [[Catholic Church]], began to be systematically repressed. In 1952 this intensified and the government merged Fu Jen with the [[Beijing Normal University]], [[Peking University]], [[Renmin University]], [[China University of Political Science and Law]], and [[Central University of Finance and Economics]]. Under [[Mao Zedong]]'s arrangement, [[Chen Yuan (historian)|Chen Yuan]], the former president of Fu Jen, was transferred to the Normal University as the new president.

===Cold War era===
Although the [[Taiwan Provincial Government]] promised to donate land near Yuanshan Area in [[Taipei]] in 1948 to serve as the school site for Fu Jen to move to Taiwan, the Roman headquarters of the [[Society of the Divine Word]] soon ordered the suspension of all activities.<ref>王紹禎，〈輔仁大學校史〉，收入陳明章發行，《學府紀聞──私立輔仁大學》（臺北：南京出版有限公司，1982年8月），頁10。</ref> The following year, the university's American representative Rev. Ralph Thyken, S.V.D. came to [[Tokyo]], Japan, to prepare for the establishment of a new [[Nagoya]] Catholic University, which is now [[Nanzan University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/26th-august-1949/8/peking-catholic-university-head-in-tokyo |title=Peking Catholic University Head in Tokyo - from the Catholic Herald A... |website=archive.catholicherald.co.uk |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629113126/http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/26th-august-1949/8/peking-catholic-university-head-in-tokyo |archive-date=29 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Until the [[Holy See]] formally ordered the university's re-establishment in Taiwan, the history of Fu Jen was interrupted for about ten years.

Fu Jen Catholic University was re-established in 1961 in Taiwan, and [[Paul Yu Pin]], the former Ordinary of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nanjing]], was appointed as the new president by [[Pope John XXIII]]. The new school opened under the auspices of the [[Chinese Catholic Bishops Conference|Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference]], the [[Society of Jesus]], and the [[Society of the Divine Word]].{{cn|date=December 2022}}

The new Fu Jen's academics sprouted from [[Western history]], [[medieval philosophy]], [[Christian philosophy|Christian thought]], and [[European languages]]. It is the only comprehensive university in Taiwan that fully integrates Western thought, history, language, religion, and art. Since the 1960s, the university's philosophical tradition has been [[Scholasticism]] and Paul Yu Pin's "Three Kinds of Knowing" (三知論), focusing on the development of a Catholic philosophy that incorporates [[Confucianism]] and opposing the "relativism hegemony".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://politics.ntu.edu.tw/RAEC/act/thesis/thesis16.doc |title=不同的「超越性」與「內在性」：從社會學觀點論牟宗三以及郝大維和安樂哲在中西文化類型學論述上之差異 |access-date=2009-09-21 |archive-date=2018-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143850/http://politics.ntu.edu.tw/RAEC/act/thesis/thesis16.doc |url-status= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rm.rdo.fju.edu.tw/fju-AcdNews/?page_id=2032|title=社會公義與科技發展研究中心|work=輔仁大學|access-date=2012-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810025742/http://rm.rdo.fju.edu.tw/fju-AcdNews/?page_id=2032|archive-date=2012-08-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>

During the thirty years of the [[Cold War]], many Western priests and nuns were sent to teach at the university and imported advanced scholarship into Taiwan. Many professors have been commended for this in recent years, such as Daniel Ross from the United States, Leopoldo Vicente from Spain, Marcina Stawasz from Poland, etc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewslens.com/article/74252|title=才剛成為台灣人！輔大社工創系主任、來台服務半世紀神父羅四維病逝|website=The News Lens 關鍵評論網|date=23 July 2017 |language=zh|access-date=2017-07-23|archive-date=2017-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723055723/https://www.thenewslens.com/article/74252|url-status=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://udn.com/news/story/7324/3147455|title=桃園第一人 輔大副教授宓博多因特殊功勳歸化台灣國籍|website=聯合新聞網|language=zh|access-date=2018-05-17|archive-date=2018-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517124708/https://udn.com/news/story/7324/3147455|url-status=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://udn.com/news/story/7323/3133372|title=波蘭修女來台20年照顧病人 輔大醫院慶祝護師節|website=聯合新聞網|language=zh|access-date=2018-05-09|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509201937/https://udn.com/news/story/7323/3133372|url-status=}}</ref>

===Modern era===
In 1997, the Nobel Prize winner [[14th Dalai Lama]] came to Fu Jen to hold a Dharma promotion conference (lecture) and held talks with Taiwan Governor [[James Soong]] (Taiwan's second most powerful person) in the university president’s office.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH8oIefsEIxsdZQB9sQHD5rLvNAznBRbE 1997年尊者達賴喇嘛在台灣輔仁大学 - YouTube]</ref>

[[File:Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital 2018.jpg|thumb|336x336px|Auxiliary the hospital, North of Fu Jen Campus, and [[Taoyuan Airport MRT]] (2018)]]
Fu Jen has expanded rapidly since the 1990s. The number of students and social influence has long maintained the top five in the country, and the number of colleges has been closely following the [[National Taiwan University]]. So far in the 21st century, the university has since grown to comprise twelve colleges and schools and a hospital. In 2001, Fu Jen has been the first college in Taiwan that actively reduces tuition and fees.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=55288 |title=哈佛在臺灣...能頂尖嗎？ - 大學教育 - 升大學 - udn文教職考 |access-date=2008-10-20 |archive-date=2007-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219060145/http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=55288 |url-status= }}</ref>

[[Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital]] was opened in September 2017. The College of Medicine can be used as a conduit for cooperation between different academic disciplines, and assume a leading role in bringing together the colleges of [[biotechnology]], [[chemistry]], [[physics]], [[engineering]], [[management]], and foreign [[languages]]. The establishment of a completely new curriculum and unique program will include training in hospital management and medical translation, research in [[laser]] technology and biotechnology, integration of Western and Chinese medicine, and [[Robot-assisted surgery|robotic surgery]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://test.hospital.azraelen.net/fjuhospital/en|title=Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital {{!}} Opening Summer 2017|website=test.hospital.azraelen.net|language=en|access-date=2018-11-20}}</ref>