# 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.

## Etymology

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

## History

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

## Athletics

* Basketball (men's and women's)

## List of principals

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

## Notable alumni

* Politicians: Ren Bishi, Huang Xing, Chen Tianhua, Chen Guofu, Shen Liren
* Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS): Ai Guoxiang, Xiao Jimei, Li Xun, Liao Shantao, Xiang Da, Wu Yaozu, Ding Xiaqi, Tang Zhisong, Zhang Xiaoqian, Jin Yuelin, Chen Hansheng
* Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE): Yu Daguang, Liu Jingnan
* Academicians of the Academia Sinica: Jeffrey P. Chang, Liu Yizheng, Tsiang Tingfu