Taipei Private Yan Ping High School
| Taipei Private Yan Ping High School | |
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| 106 275 Ghian-guo South Road Section 1, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1946 |
| School district | Daan District，Taipei City，Taiwan |
| Principal | Lin Zheng Gou |
| Grades | 7th-9th in junior high school, and 10th-12th (1st-3rd) in senior high school |
| Information | 886-2-2707-1478 |
| Website | www.yphs.tp.edu.tw |
Coordinates: 25°2′11.20″N 121°32′22.41″E / 25.0364444°N 121.5395583°E
Taipei Private Yan Ping High School (simplified Chinese: 台北市私立延平高级中学; traditional Chinese: 臺北市私立延平高級中學; pinyin: Táiběi Shì Si Lì Gao Gí Zhong Xúe) is located in the Da-an District of Taipei, Taiwan. It is considered a top school in the country.
Soon after the end of World War II and the Japanese colonial period, Mr. Zhu Zhao-yang (朱昭陽), who was serving in Ōkura-shō, the present Ministry of Finance of Japan, and lawyer Song Chin-ying (宋進英) returned to Taiwan in the hope of improving the standard of education in their homeland.
The two planned to establish a "University" and — on the suggestion of the invited chair, Lin Hsien-tang (林獻堂) — named the institution "Yan Ping", a dedication to the famous general of the Ming Dynasty, Koxinga (鄭成功).
The school opened as a college with only two departments — Economics and Law. The opening ceremony was held on the campus of Kainan Commercial High School on October 10, 1946, and was lit by only one small electric bulb. Mr Zhu addressed the 1100 students under the moonlight, saying:
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