K. C. Hsiao

K. C. Hsiao
Born	29 December 1897 Taihe County, Jiangxi, Qing Empire
Died	4 November 1981(1981-11-04) (aged 83) Seattle, Washington, US
Alma mater	Cornell University
Scientific career
Fields	Political science Chinese history
Institutions	University of Washington Tsinghua University Sichuan University National Taiwan University
Notable students	David R. Knechtges
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	蕭公權
Simplified Chinese	萧公权
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiāo Gōngquán Wade–Giles Hsiao1 Kung1-ch'üan2 Gan Romanization Hsieu Kung-chüon

K. C. Hsiao (Chinese: 蕭公權; 29 December 1897 – 4 November 1981) was a Chinese historian and political scientist. Hsiao went to the US in 1920 and received a PhD from Cornell University in 1926. He returned to China and taught political science at Yenching University (1930-1932) and Tsinghua University (1932 -1937). In 1937, Japan invaded China and occupied North China. He moved to South China and and taught at Sichuan University and Kwang Hua University. Because of Chinese Civil War, he went to Taiwan in 1949 and taught at National Taiwan University for a short time. Hsiao moved to the US in late 1949 and began teaching at the University of Washington. He was firstly a visiting professor and had been a full professor since 1959. He retired in 1968.

Hsiao wrote a two-volume book named History of Chinese Political Thought (中國政治思想史) in Chinese. American Sinologist Frederick W. Mote translated the first volume and published it through Princeton University Press in 1979. However, the second volume has never been translated into English.