Wang Hu

Wang Hu

Wang Hu (1864-1933), also known as tie Hu, was a famous patriot and Democrat in the Republic of China. He is from Ding County, Hebei Province. Guangxu Jinshi.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he was a magistrate. He once participated in the organization of the national defense army. After the founding of the Republic of China, he successively served as the director of Hunan civil affairs, the Minister of Su Zheng Department, Jing Zhaoyin, the governor of Jiangsu Province, and the governor of Shandong Province. Later, he followed Feng Yuxiang to participate in the northern expedition.

After 1926, he served as vice chairman of the Yellow River Water Conservancy Commission and professor of the Department of Chinese culture of Furen University. He died in Peking on April 26, 1933.

Officials first

He was born in 1864 in a scholarly family in nanzhihe village, Dingzhou City. Wang Hu was fascinated by reading when he was young. He was a scholar in the examination at the age of 21 and a candidate in the examination at the age of 23. In 1894, he went to Beijing on foot to take an exam. He won the imperial examination and was awarded the title of Imperial Academy scholar. In 1895, Wang Hu was released as the magistrate of Qingfu County in Sichuan Province. Wang Hu worked in Qingfu for five years. He lived a simple life. He ate rough cloth and did not eat meat and wine. He quelled the banditry, deposed the corrupt officials, appointed talents and solved the difficulties of the people. He went to the countryside on foot, went deep into the people, settled disputes on the spot, handled government affairs, and was highly loved by the people of Qingfu. In 1902, at the request of Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Sichuan, Wang Hu came to Sichuan again, helped Cen to pacify the banditry, and recruited thousands of homeless poor children to provide food and clothing, teach skills, and set up a poor children's factory. Because of his outstanding achievements, Wang Hu moved to be the chief envoy the next year. In April 1907, Wang Hu was falsely accused of suppressing bandits in the south of Guangdong and was dismissed from his native land. He had been an official for many years and had no savings. After returning to his hometown, he made a living by farming. In the face of the declining national situation, he was always worried about the country and the people. Since then, Wang Hu has been employed as a local official for many times, because of his achievements in 1910, he was awarded the title of military preparation in Yilan, Jilin Province. Yilan area is located in the border area with a vast land and few people. Wang Hu sent people to recruit 100000 immigrants from Hebei and Shandong. He personally led the immigrants to pioneer farming. One year's struggle has made Yilan area take on a new look. It has made an important contribution to the development and construction of the northeast frontier. In the winter of the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Zhang Taiyan, the democratic revolutionist, as the frontier envoy of the three eastern provinces, called Wang Hu "the first official".

Honest and upright officials first

For many years, the resident official is famous for his honesty. His motto is "extremely honest, just a little good; a little corruption is a great evil." After the founding of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai took the post of president. He always wanted to borrow Wang Hu's reputation of honesty for his use, so he invited Wang Hu to Beijing. Yuan's autocracy was growing day by day, and his ambition to restore the monarchy was also revealed. In November 1915, Wang Hu tactfully escaped from Yuan's control and went to Yunnan to plot against yuan with Cai E, Li Liejun, Tang Jiyao, etc., organized the national defense army, and launched a campaign against yuan. In the second year after Yuan Shikai's death, Zhang Xun, the governor of Jiangsu Province, led braided soldiers to support the restoration of emperor Puyi. Filled with righteous indignation, Wang Hu denounced Zhang Xun face to face as "risking the world's great injustice, contrary to reason". In June 1921, Wang Hu was appointed governor of Jiangsu Province. He resolutely investigated and dealt with the vice director of the provincial police department and his accomplices who were involved in the corruption and restrained the atmosphere of official corruption in Jiangsu Province. In August 1923, Wang Hu resigned as governor of the province and returned to his native place to make a living in agriculture. In the winter of that year, Feng Yuxiang of the northwest army asked Wang Hu to help him. In September 1926, Feng led the Ministry of Wuyuan to take the oath in response to the northern expedition. After that, Wang Hu went with Feng Yuxiang to the great cause of the Northern Expedition revolution and fought in Shaanxi, Gansu and Henan. General Feng Yuxiang called him "the most honest and upright official in China". Feng Yuxiang visited him in his early years. Later, he was listed as one of the five sages by building the five sages temple in Mount Tai. He was good at traditional Chinese culture and was familiar with classics and history. He collected many books all his life. He was good at nothing but books. Later, he established Tieshan Library in Dingxian County with 966 precious books he collected. It's easy to read Laozi. If there are different versions of Laozi, we should try our best to collect them. In 1917, he visited Guangzhou and bought the song edition of Huainan Zi Zuan Tu Hu Zhu, which was once the old collection of lunming. As an old friend with lunming, one day, we talked about this matter. If we take a close look at it, we can see that it is the treasure of lunming. During his tenure in Jiangsu Province, Lun Mingji had friends who visited him to "celebrate with the guests and host, and stay in the YaZhai". "The official's income was paid to the bookshop, so that he had no money to go to the funeral after his death.

Activity chronology

He entered Lianchi Academy in Baoding in his early years. He was elected in 1888. In 1894, Zhong Jinshi was granted the title of Imperial Academy scholar, and later served as governor of Qingfu County, Sichuan Province. During his five-year term in office, he deposed the traitors, reduced the bad rules, and was diligent in listening to them. In 1900, it was transferred to Guanxian county. In 1907, he visited Japan and founded Baoding agricultural school after returning to China. Since then, he has served as the general office of Sichuan battalion Affairs Office, the magistrate of Liuzhou, Guangxi, the general office of Qinlian military preparation Road, Guangdong, the general office of three eastern provincial patrol police bureaus, and the General Commander of Yilan military preparation Road, Jilin. In 1913, he returned to Zhili and became the magistrate of Xiong county. In 1915, he served as Su Zheng envoy of Hunan Province. In 1916, he was appointed to the office of the president. In the spring of 1919, he served as the Commissioner of Gansu Province. In August 1920, he was appointed as Jing Zhaoyin. In December, he was transferred to governor of Jiangsu Province. In 1923, Feng Yuxiang hired him to give lectures on culture. From then on, they became intimate friends. In 1925, he was the supervisor of Baotou Nanjing railway. In 1927, he was the chairman of Henan Shaanxi examination committee. In 1928, he served as chairman of the Relief Committee and vice chairman of the Yellow River Water Conservancy Committee. In 1932, he was employed as a professor of Beijing Furen University. In 1933, Feng Yuxiang set up an anti Japanese Alliance Army in Zhangjiakou. He immediately went to the front and said to Feng, "although I can't go to the front line, I'm only in front of the team. It's also an encouragement to fight against Japanese soldiers." He died in Peiping on April 25, 1933. When the five sages temple was built in Mount Tai, it was listed as one of the five sages. Feng Yuxiang once established Tieshan Library in Dingxian Normal University as a memorial.

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