Yin Hai-kuang Memorial House Introduction
The Yin Hai-Kuang Residence is located in Lane 16, Alley 18, Wenzhou Street, and was built in 1945. This area was formerly a dormitory for professors at National Taiwan University during the Japanese colonial period, characterized by lush greenery and a strong atmosphere of literary and academic culture. Mr. Yin Hai-Kuang moved to Taiwan from mainland China in 1949, where he taught at the Department of Philosophy, Taihoku Imperial University (now National Taiwan University), and wrote political articles for "Free China." Upholding the spirit of "better to die than to live in silence," he used his writing to combat censorship of ideas and courageously opposed authoritarianism and criticized current affairs. He is an important figure in the heritage of Chinese liberalism and has had a significant impact on the development of Taiwan's democracy. This building is a single-story Japanese wooden house, with a triangular-shaped lot, connected to other dormitories in the vicinity. The Taipei City Government officially designated this residence as a city historic site in May 2003, preserving important cultural assets of Mr. Yin Hai-Kuang. In recent years, National Taiwan University has opened the Yin Hai-Kuang Residence for off-campus teaching purposes and entrusted the management to the Yin Hai-Kuang Academic Foundation in November 2008.
