Background
Chou Yu-chin was born in Huchow, Zhejiang, China, in 1882.
Chou Yu-chin was born in Huchow, Zhejiang, China, in 1882.
Mr. Chou received his early education at home in Chinese classics, Chinese history, and other subjects. In 1901, when he was twenty, he passed the literary examinations for the degree of Hsiu-ts'ai and later passed the examinations for salaried licentiate in 1902. After that year, Chou Yu-chin began his study of the English language and other Western subjects.
He made friends with the Americans in his native city, from whom he learned much in the science and arts as taught in American schools and colleges and taught in the Virginia School, Huchow, (founded by the Southern Methodist Church).
In 1904-1916, during the latter part of that period, Chou Yu-chin held various positions at his native city, such as principal of Liu Yin Commercial School and secretary of the agricultural association. When the School of English of the Commercial Press Correspondence Schools was established in 1916 and he joined The Commercial Press as a member of the English editorial department.
Mr. Chou was appointed editor-in-chief of the English Weekly, a magazine published by Commercial Press since 1918 and a few months later he was appointed concurrently business manager of the Correspondence Schools. During this time he was responsible for the establishment of the School of Mathematics of the Company.
Chou Yu-chin was a professor of English at the College of Arts and Science, Shanghai, in 1926 and also a professor of English at the China Institute at Woosung in 1931. He served on the executive committee of the Huchow Association from 1924 to 1933, and in 1927 was chosen by the Association principal of the Huchow Academy at Shanghai, but resigned in 1932.
On the reopening of the Commercial Press Correspondence Schools and the republishing of the English Weekly in the fall of 1932, after a suspension of half a year as a result of the Japanese invasion of Chapei, Shanghai, he was again appointed business manager and registrar of the schools and editor-in-chief of the periodical.
Mr. Chou was an author and translator of many books.