Feng Yü-hsiang 馮御香 (馮玉祥) Orig. Feng Chi-shan 馮基善 T. Huan-chang 煅章 Feng Yü-hsiang (1882-1 September 1948), military leader known as the Christian General, built up a formidable personal army, the Kuominchün, and dominated much of north China until his power was broken in 1930. Although his native place was Chaohsien, Anhwei, Feng Yü-hsiang was born […]
Teng Yen-ta (1895-29 November 1931), director of the general political department of the National Revolutionary Army during the Northern Expedition. Beginning in 1927 he opposed Chiang Kai-shek's leadership, and in 1930 he organized the Provisional Action Committee of the Kuomintang, known as the Third Party. He was executed by the Nationalists as a traitor in […]
Ch'en Pu-lei 陳布雷 Ch'en Pu-lei (26 December 1890 - 13 November 1948) was best known as Chiang Kai-shek's confidential assistant (1935-48), in which position he phrased the policies of the Kuomintang and the National Government. Previously, he had served as the editor of the Shang Pao and of the China Times. In 1939 he became […]
Ts'ao K'un (12 December 1862-17 May 1938), Peiyang general who served as governor of Chihli (Hopei) in 1916 and inspecting commissioner of Chihli, Shantung, and Honan in 1920. With Wu P'ei-fu's support, he headed the Chihli clique in 1920-23. Ts'ao held the presidency at Peking from October 1923 to November 1924. The third son born […]
Ts'ao Ju-lin (1876-4 August 1966), pro-Japanese official at Peking who was one of the principal targets of the May Fourth Incident of 1919. Born at Shanghai, Ts'ao Ju-lin was the son of Ts'ao Yü-ts'ai, a scholar who held the shengyuan degree. The young Ts'ao was given a thorough grounding in the Chinese classics. At the […]
Chang Tso-lin 張作霖 T. Yü-t'ing 雨亭 Chang Tso-lin (1873-June 1928), known as the Old Marshal, military leader who consolidated control of the Northeast. He began as the leader of a local army in Fengtien and rose to rule Manchuria as a virtually autonomous state from 1919 to his death. After 1924, Chang extended his control […]
