Li Daishen (; 28 September 1891 – 15 November 1959) was a Chinese educator and military officer.
Names
His
courtesy name was Boqin (), and his
art name was Caichi ().
Biography
Li was born in Daqiao Town of
Hengshan County,
Hunan, on September 28, 1891. His father, Li Yinqiu (), was a local official. In 1906, he went to study at Hongwen Academy with his father, in Japan. In 1908, he returned to China after graduation.
During the
Wuchang Uprising, he was an ordnance officer at the
Tongmenghui army. In the autumn of 1912, he went to study in Japan again, where he was educated at the
University of Tokyo, he earned his
Bachelor of Engineering in 1919, by age 29. He became the chief engineer of Guangdong Arsenal in 1920. One year later, he was appointed chief engineer of Hunan Iron Factory. He received his
Doctor of Metallurgy from
Harvard University in 1923. He was
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in February 1926, and held that office until July 1926.
In 1927, he served as Director of the Political Department of the 40th Army of the
National Revolutionary Army
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. At the same year, he was an engineer of Shanghai Arsenal. In 1928, he was promoted to the rank of
Major General. And he was awarded
Order of the Cloud and Banner in 1935, at the age of 45. In 1937, during the
Second Sino-Japanese War, he was made a
Lieutenant General. On August 28, 1945, he attended the
Chongqing negotiation
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and visited the Communist leader
Mao Zedong. In 1946, he was appointed the Deputy Head of the Chinese Mission to Japan, and one year later, the Chinese Representative to Japan. After the founding of the
Communist state, he moved to Japan.
Li died of
heart disease
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in
Kaohsiung
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,
Taiwan, on November 15, 1959.
Work
* ''Modern Weapons'' ()
* ''After the Revolution in Russia'' ()
* ''Metallic Materials'' ()
* ''Manufacture of Weapons'' ()
* ''National Defense and Industry'' ()
* ''Calculation of Weapons'' ()
* ''The Structure and Theory of Weapons'' ()
* ''Yingminglu'' ()
* ''Basis of the Construction of National Defense'' ()
* ''The Present Situation of Hainan Island'' ()
* ''Atomic Weapons'' ()
Personal life
Li married Gan Kui ().
References
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1891 births
People from Hengshan County
1959 deaths
University of Tokyo alumni
Harvard University alumni
Presidents of Hunan University
Republic of China Army generals