According to Baidu Encyclopedia, Kang Shichang is a student of Chen Shengshen. Kang Shichang was born in Chiayi County, Taiwan Province Province, and is a legend in mathematics. He spent most of his student days in America. Kang Shichang received his doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley on 1973. His doctoral thesis was completed under the guidance of Chen Shengshen, and it was a paper on "the canonical form of complete Lie algebras". Kang Shichang has made outstanding achievements in the field of mathematics. He not only has profound academic attainments, but also is very enthusiastic about mathematics education. Kang Shichang is the head of the Department of Mathematics of Tsinghua University in Taiwan Province Province. He founded the Tsinghua University Institute of Mathematics in Taiwan Province Province and the Tsinghua University Institute of Mathematics in Hsinchu. In addition, he also promoted the course of fingering guitar in universities in Taiwan Province Province.