Pedro Salvino Zulen Aymar (October 12, 1889 - January 27, 1925)[1] was a Peruvian philosopher and librarian of Chinese descent, who dedicated the most part of his short life to the fight for decentralised politics and the defense of indigenous rights.

In 1916 he travelled to the United States in order to undertake post-graduate studies in Philosophy at Harvard University, but his ill health (he suffered from tuberculosis) lead to his abandoning the attempt soon after classes began.

[5] He decided to return to Peru and settle in the city of Jauja, Junín Region, with two aims: to improve his health and, most of all, to leave Lima because of the harassment of Dora Mayer, an old Pro-Indigenous Association colleague.

In 1919 he decided to run as a substitute delegate for Jauja province, but was arrested just before the election and sent to the regional capital, Cerro de Pasco, accused of anarchism and instigating rebellion amongst the peasantry.

With his studies completed and having graduated with a BA that same year, he travelled to the United States for the second time in 1920 with the aim of restarting his previous university course at Harvard.