Changde First Middle School (), or First High School of Changde, is a high school located in Changde,

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. The school was founded in 1902 by

Xiong Xiling Xiong Xiling, or Hsiung Hsi-ling (); 1870–1937) was a Chinese philanthropist and politician, who served as premier of the Republic of China from July 1913 to February 1914. Biography Born in Fenghuang, Xiangxi prefecture of Hunan, China, Xiong ...

, who was the first Finance Minister of

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. It has been a prominent high school in

since its establishment, especially reputable for cultivation of revolutionaries and politicians during the turbulent years of 20th century.

History

In 1902,

, a

-born industrialist and reformer, founded the Western Normal College (西路師範講習所) to provide modern education for local youths in Northwestern

. It was transformed to a provincial

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in the era of

, and renamed to Changde First Middle School after the communist takeover. The school campus used to be the manor of Zhu Yizhen ( :zh:朱翊鉁), a prince in Ming Dynasty.

Notable Educators

(熊希齡) - Founder of the school * Shen Kejia (沈克家) - Former Headmaster and teacher of English. He held a degree in English from

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and was fluent in several foreign languages * Yu Jiaxi ( :zh:余嘉錫) - Former teacher of Chinese, Academician at

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Notable alumni

Sung Chiao-jen Song Jiaoren (, ; Given name at birth: Liàn 鍊; Courtesy name: Dùnchū 鈍初) (5 April 1882 – 22 March 1913) was a Chinese republican revolutionary, political leader and a founder of the Kuomintang (KMT). Song Jiaoren led the KMT to elec ...

(宋教仁) - Republican revolutionary, founder and first president of Kuomintang * Jiang Yiwu ( :zh:蔣翊武) - Republican revolutionary, Commander-in-Chief of Xinhai Revolution *

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(覃振) - Republican revolutionary, former vice president of

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, Nationalist Government (Republic of China) *

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(翦伯贊) - Historian, former vice president of

* Lin Boqu (林伯渠) - Communist revolutionary, former vice chairman of

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(粟裕) - Communist revolutionary, former commander of

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* Teng Daiyuan (滕代遠) - Communist revolutionary, former commander of

* Li Zhuchen ( :zh:李燭塵) - Chemist, former vice president of

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* Xin Shuzhi ( :zh:辛樹幟) - Agriculturalist, former president of Lanzhou University *

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(吴碧霞) - Professor of the China Conservatory of Music {{coord missing, Hunan Schools in China