Chang Shih-chao ( 1 88 1-), journalist, educator, government official, and lawyer, established his claim to prominence in the fields of Chinese letters and political thought primarily as the editor of such journals as the Su-pao, the Tu-li chou-pao [independent weekly], and especially the Chia-yin [tiger] group of publications. A native of Changsha, Hunan, Chang […]
Tseng Ch'i (5 August 1892-7 May 1951), leader of the Young China party. Although Tseng Ch'i was born in Lungch'ang, Szechwan, he spent his childhood in Kwangsi, where his father, Tseng Yu-san, served as a minor government official. He was orphaned while still a boy, whereupon he and his elder brother, Tseng Chao-yü, returned to […]
Chan Ta-pei 詹大悲 T. Chih-ts'un 質存 Chan Ta-pei (1888-1927) was a prominent anti-Manchu revolutionary in Hupeh, a constant supporter of Sun Yat-sen, an equally constant foe of Yuan Shih-k'ai, and a Kuomintang official. In 1927 he was associated with the left wing of the Kuomintang at Wuhan. He was executed as a Communist partisan. A […]
Chan T'ien-yu 詹天佑 T. Chüan-ch'eng 眷誠 West. Tien Yow Jeme Chan T'ien-yu (26 April 1861-24 April 1919), pioneer railroad builder, educated in America, was known as Tien Yow Jeme. He was early noted as chief engineer and administrator of the Peking-Kalgan rail line. He later became director general of the Canton-Hankow-Szechwan railway system. A native […]
Chang Ping-lin 章炳麟 Orig. Chang Hsueh-ch'eng 章學乘 Chang Chiang 章絳 T. Mei-shu 枚叔 H. T'ai-yen 太炎 Tao-han 菿漢 Chang Ping-lin (25 December 1868-14 June 1936), scholar and anti-Manchu revolutionary, was an editor of the noted newspaper Su-pao and of the T'ung-meng-hui's Min-pao [people's journal] and a leader of the Kuang-fu-hui [restoration society]. A prominent classical […]
Chang Tung-sun (1886-), philosopher and political independent, known for his interpretation and teaching of Western philosophy in China. He was an advocate of the constitutionalist theories of Liang Ch'i-ch'ao, and became chief editor of the China Times and a leading figure in the science-philosophy debates of 1923. In 1951 he came under Communist censure and […]
Chang Erh-t'ien (17 March 1874-15 February 1945), traditional scholar and university professor, was noted for his historical studies, including his contributions to the Ch'ing-shih kao, the provisional history of the Ch'ing dynasty published in 1928, and his studies of Mongol history. A native of Ch'ient'ang, Chekiang, Chang Erh-t'ien came from a prominent family which had […]
Chang Chi 張繼 T. P'u-ch'uan 溥泉 Chang Chi (31 August 1882-1 5 December 1947), political figure, an anti-Manchu revolutionary and editor of the Min-pao who became an elder statesman of the Kuomintang and one of the few northern Chinese to achieve prominence in that party. He was a leading member of the right-wing Western Hills […]
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 […]
Yeh Kung-cho (1881-), government official who specialized in railway administration. He was a protege of Liang Shih-i (q.v.) and a prominent member of the so-called communications clique. In 1921 he founded Chiao-t'ung University, which became one of China's leading engineering schools. A native of Panyü, Kwangtung, Yeh Kungcho was born into a well-to-do family with […]
