death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name alma_mater
manhattan , new york , u.s. 29 december 2013 pudong , shanghai , china 18 february 1921 c. t. hsia
 chih-tsing `` c. t. '' hsia university of shanghai yale university
c. t. hsia

hsia chih-tsing or c. t. hsia -lrb- february 18 , 1921 -- december 29 , 2013 -rrb- was a renowned chinese literary critic and scholar .
he was born in pudong , shanghai .
hsia graduated from the now-defunct university of shanghai .
in september 1946 , he followed his brother to peking university to accept the position of teaching assistant .
during this time period , he continued to study western literature .
an outstanding thesis on william blake won him a scholarship to attend yale university .
he moved to the united states in 1947 , and was awarded a ph.d. from yale university in 1951 .
prior to joining columbia university in 1961 , he had taught at hsia then went on to teach at the huston-tillotson college , austin , texas , 1956 -- 57 , the state university of new york , potsdam , new york 1957-61 , and the university of pittsburgh 1961-62 .
a few years after starting his teaching career at columbia university , hsia was later promoted as professor of chinese literature , as the successor of chinese translator chi-chen wang -lrb- 1899 － 2001 -rrb- .
he hereafter held this position until his retirement in 1991 , and thereafter a professor emeritus of chinese .
