Yeh Te-hui (1864-11 April 1927), prominent Hunanese classical scholar and political conservative. He was executed by the Chinese Communists in 1927. The eldest son of Yeh Chün-lan, who achieved the rank of expectant magistrate in Chihli (Hopei), Yeh Te-hui received a classical education. After obtaining his sheng-yuan degree, however, he deserted scholarship for several years […]

Miao Ch'üan-sun (1844-22 December 1919), the foremost Chinese bibliographic scholar of his day and the founder of several excellent libraries. Chiangyin, Kiangsu, was the birthplace of Miao Ch'üan-sun. He was a sixth-generation descendent of Miao Sui (d. 1716), whose rule as magistrate of Tinghai, Chekiang, from 1695 until his death was so benevolent that the […]