Huang Kan

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Huang Kan (Chinese: 黃侃) (1886 - 1935), courtesy name: Jigang (季剛), was a Chinese philologist. A native of Hubei, he made the acquaintance of Zhang Binglin in Japan, who shared with him the same passion for revolution and philology. Huang became Zhang's comrade and student. Huang and Zhang were the last great masters in the Chinese philological tradition, and helped lay the foundation of modern Chinese linguistics. Huang was the first to propose a convincing initial systems of Old Chinese. He published very little during his lifetime, but his notebooks, published posthumously, are highly regarded for their philological value.