Chang Chien (1 July 1853-24 August 1926), industrialist, educator, and conservationist, was a leading social reformer and a scholarentrepreneur. Beginning in 1899 with the Dah Sun Cotton Mill, he established an industrial complex in Nant'ung. His T'ung Hai Land Reclamation Company became a model for others. Chang devoted the last decade of his life to […]

Yang Shou-ching (27 May 1839-9 January 1915), leading bibliophile and bibliographer who was also known for his accomplishments in the fields of epigraphy, calligraphy, historical geography, and printing. Born into a merchant family in Ich'ang, Hupeh, Yang Shou-ching was taught to read byhismother when very young and subsequently had a few years of traditional schooling […]

Ma Liang (7 April 1840-4 November 1939), Jesuit priest, government official, and educator. He was a founder of the Aurora Academy, the Fu-tan Academy, and the Fu-jen School. Aurora and Fu-jen later became universities. Born at Tanyang, Kiangsu, into a family which had embraced Roman Catholicism in the early 1600's, Ma Liang was the second […]