Chu P'ei-te (29 October 1888-17 February 1937), Nationalist military officer. He was commander of the Third Army during the Northern Expedition in 1926-27 and governor of Kiangsi in 1927-29. Later, he served as chief of general staff, director general of military training, and director of the administrative office of the Military Affairs Commission. Yenhsing hsien, […]
Chao Heng-t'i (1880-), Hunanese general and governor of Hunan from 1921-26. As governor he attempted to put into practice the constitutionalist ideas of Liang Ch'i-ch'ao (q.v.). A native of Hengshan, Hunan, Chao Hengt'i was born into a fairly prosperous family. His father, Chao Tzu-ying, was a sheng-yuan and had a local reputation as an accomplished […]
Chang T'ien-yi (1907-) was known in the 1930's for his short stories of the new realist school. After 1949 he edited the Communist literary magazine Jen-min wen-hsueh [people's literature] and wrote stories and plays for children. The younger brother of Chang Mo-chun (q.v.), Chang T'ien-yi was born at Nanking, the fifteenth and youngest child of […]
T'an Chen (1885-18 April 1947), founding member of the conservative Western Hills faction of the Kuomintang. He served the National Government as vice president of the Judicial Yuan (1932-42) and as a member of the Government Council (1943-46). Born into a farming family in T'aoyuan, Hunan, T'an Chen showed such intellectual promise as a boy […]
Sun Fo (20 October 1891-), son of Sun Yat-sen. After holding the presidency of the Legislative Yuan from June 1932 to November 1948, he served as president of the Executive Yuan for four months. He then retired from public life and lived abroad in France and the United States before going to Taiwan. A native […]
Chiang Tso-pin (1884-24 December 1942), a Hupeh military man and Peking government official who became the Chinese minister to Germany and Austria in 1928. From 1931 to 1936 he served as Chinese minister to Japan. Yingch'eng hsien in Hupeh province was the native place of Chiang Tso-pin. He received his early education in the traditional […]
Ho Yao-tsu (1859-16 July 1961), a Hunanese military leader, participated in the May Third Incident at Tsinan (1928) and later served Chiang Kai-shek in such posts as minister to Turkey (1934-36), special envoy to the Soviet Union (1938-40), director of the attendance office (1941-42), and mayor of Chungking. After 1949 he lived in Peking. Ninghsiang, […]
Ho Chung-han (5 January 1900-), directed poUtical training in the Nationalist armies (1931-38) and headed the labor bureau of the ministry of social affairs (1942-47). In Taiwan, he served as minister of communications (195054) and chairman of the Kuomintang's Central Planning Committee (1962-). Yochow (Yoyang), Hunan, was the birthplace of Ho Chung-han. After receiving his […]
Hu Han-min 胡漢民 Orig. Hu Yen-kuan 胡衍鸛 Alt. Hu Yen-hung 胡衍鴻 T. Chan-t'ang 展堂 H. Pu-k'uei shih-chu 不匱室主 Hu Han-min (9 December 1879-12 May 1936), revolutionary leader and close associate of Sun Yat-sen, was the first republican governor of Kwangtung. In 1924 he became the topranking member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang […]
Ch'u Min-i (1884-23 August 1946), a close associate of Wang Ching-wei, served under Wang as secretary general of the Executive Yuan (1932-35) and as minister of foreign affairs in Wang's Japanese-sponsored government. He was executed as a "national traitor" in 1946. A native of Wuhsing, Chekiang, Ch'u Min-i was born into a scholar-official family. He […]
