Chu Hsi-tsu (1879-5 July 1944), historian, taught at such universities as Peking (1913-26; 1928-30), Chung-shan (1931-33), and National Central (1934-44). After 1939 he served as executive secretary of the' Kuo-shih kuan [bureau of national history]. Little is known about Chu Hsi-tsu's childhood. His native place was Haiyen, Chekiang. After receiving his early education in the […]

Cheng Yü-hsiu (1891-16 December 1959),  was the first woman lawyer in republican China and the wife of Wei Tao-ming (q.v.), studied law in Paris, practiced in Shanghai, and became president of the second special court in the French concession. In 1928 she became a member of the Legislative Yuan, and from 1931 to 1937 she […]

Chang Shih-chao ( 1 88 1-), journalist, educator, government official, and lawyer, established his claim to prominence in the fields of Chinese letters and political thought primarily as the editor of such journals as the Su-pao, the Tu-li chou-pao [independent weekly], and especially the Chia-yin [tiger] group of publications. A native of Changsha, Hunan, Chang […]

Yang Tu (10 January 1875-17 September 1931), student of Wang K'ai-yün and advocate of constitutional monarchy who became an adviser to Yuan Shih-k'ai. In 1 9 1 5 he organized the Ch'ou-an-hui [society to plan for stability] to implement Yuan's plans for establishing a monarchy. Hsiangt'an, Hunan, was the birthplace of Yang Tu. He lost […]

Hsieh Ch'ih (18 January 1876-16 April 1939), anti-Manchu revolutionary and official in Sun Yat-sen's Canton government, was a member of the first Central Supervisory Committee of the Kuomintang. He became associated with the Western Hills faction of the Kuomintang and participated in the so-called enlarged conference movement of 1930. Born into a merchant family in […]

Wang Cheng-t'ing (25 July 1882-21 May 1961), known as C. T. Wang, minister of foreign affairs and one-time acting premier of the Peking government in the early 1920's. He served as minister of foreign affairs in the National Government in 1928-31. In 1937-38 he was ambassador to the United States. Fenghua, Chekiang, was the birthplace […]

Ch'ien Hsuan-t'ung (12 September 1887-17 January 1939), applied the critical methods of Hu Shih to the study of Chinese classical texts. He taught for many years at Peking University, where he contributed articles to the Hsin ch'ing-nien [new youth] and served as one of its editors. He was also a leader in the movement to […]

Liu Ssu-fu (1884-March 1915), founder and leader of the first anarchist societies to be established in China and publisher of the Minsheng [voice of the people] . Born into a well-to-do family in Hsiangshan, Kwangtung, Liu Ssu-fu received a conventional education in the Chinese classics and became a sheng-yuan at the age of 15 sui. […]

Liu Shih-p'ei m ^ip m T. Shen-shu f^ u H. Tso-an '& M. Liu Shih-p'ei (2 May 1884-20 December 1919), classical scholar and enthusiastic republican revolutionary who, however, spent the last two years of the imperial period in the service of the Manchu authorities. After the 1911 revolution Liu devoted himself to the preservation of […]

Li Shih-tseng 李石曾 Orig. Li Yü-ying 李煜瀛 Li Shih-tseng (1881-), leader of the work-study movement in France who became known as one of the "four elder statesmen of the Kuomintang." Although his native place was Kaoyang, Chihli (Hopei), Li Shih-tseng was born in Peking. He and his elder brother, Li Kun-ying, were the sons of […]