Liu Ya-tzu (May 1887-June 1958), the last outstanding poet of the traditional school. He also was known as a scholar and as the founder of the Xan-she (Southern Society). Born in the Wuchiang district of Soochow, Liu Ya-tzu came from a land-holding literary family whose property provided means to educate several generations of its male […]
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 […]
Liu Fu (1891-14 July 1934), teacher, linguist, and man of letters. A devoted student of Chinese language and literature, he was an early advocate of the pai-hua [vernacular] movement. His writings proved that he was a master of the new literary style as well as an able theorist. Born in Chiangyin, Kiangsu, Liu Fu came […]
Lin Shu (8 November 1852-9 October 1924), the first major Chinese translator of Western fiction and one of the last important prose writers in the Chinese classical style. He also was known for his outspoken opposition to the new literary movements of the May Fourth period. Minhsien, Fukien, was the birthplace of Lin Shu. He […]
Liang Shu-ming (9 September 1893-), attempted a new formulation of Confucianism while teaching at Peking University in 1917-24. From 1927 to 1937 he was a leader in the rural reconstruction movement. Thereafter, he was active in "third force" politics and helped to form the coalition that became the China Democratic League. Although he lived in […]
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 […]
Li Lieh-chün 李烈鈞 Orig. Li Lieh-hsun 李烈訓 T. Hsieh-ho 協和 H. Hsia-huang 俠黃 Li Lieh-chün (1882-1946), T'ung-meng-hui military man who commanded troops at Kiukiang, Anking, and Wuchang during the 1911 revolution. As military governor of Kiangsi, he led the Kuomintang's so-called second revolution of 1913. He joined with Ts'ai O and T'ang Chi-yao in leading […]
Chiang Meng-lin (1886-18 June 1964), known as Chiang Monlin, educator. He served as dean (1919) and acting chancellor (1923-27) of Peking University and as minister of education in the National Government (1928-30). He then returned to Peking as chancellor of the university (1931-45). From 1948 to 1964 he was chairman of the Joint Commission on […]
Fu Ssu-nien T. Meng-chen Fu Ssu-nien (26 March 1896-20 December 1950), was a leader in the May Fourth Movement who became a historian and an administrator of historical scholarship. He organized the Academia Sinica's institute of history and philology and served as its director for more than 20 years. He acted as director of the […]
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 […]
