Wei Sijiong (, 1873-1922Minden, p
128
"In den Anfangsjahren der Republik, die sie in offenbar recht kärglichen Verhältnissen in Shanghai verbrachte, lernte sie einen Beamten in gehobener Position namens Wei Sijiong 魏斯炅 (1873-1922) kennen. Wei hatte zu Beginn des Jahrhunderts in Japan ein Studium der Volkswirtschaft abgeschlossen und hatte sich später politisch für die Revolution von 1911 engagiert. Er stammte aus Jiangxi und bekleidete zur Zeit seiner Bekanntschaft mit Sai einen Posten als Leiter der Finanzbehörde dieser Provinz."), courtesy name (''zi'') Fuou ()Minden, p
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"²⁹³ SJHBS, S.50f (D II, S.64). - Die biographischen Informationen zu Wei Sijiong (''zi'' Fuou) 魏斯炅 (阜歐) such lt. SJHYS, S. 75–77: "Sai Jinhua zhi zuihou zhangfu Wei Fuou" 赛金花之最后丈夫魏阜欧 (!) - N.B.: Weis Name oft fälschlich "Si''ling''" 斯灵" was a former head of the

Jiangxi Province Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north into hi ...

Bureau of Civil Affairs,Wan, p
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and a member of the National Assembly of the

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.Zhang, Wenxian, p
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His name is often falsely stated to be ''Siling'' (). Wei, from Jiangxi, studied economics in

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during the beginning of the 20th century, and he was involved in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution. When he met Sai Jinhua, he was the head of Jiangxi Province's tax authority. On 20 June 1918 he and

Sai Jinhua Sai Jinhua (; "Prettier Than Golden Flower"; Chang, Jung. ''Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China'' (eBook). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2013. eBook . p. 118. "Her minister to Berlin, Hung Jun, was quite the opposite of Guo ...

married in Shanghai. Sai Jinhua adopted a hao (an art name, ), Weizhao Lingfei, a combination of her family name with that of her husband, in order to illustrate her devotion to him. The couple moved to Beijing. Wei Sijiong died shortly after Sai Jinhua's mother's 1922 death, and his family refused to allow Sai Jinhua to share his property.

References

* Minden, Stephan von. ''Die merkwürdige Geschichte der Sai Jinhua.: Historisch-philologische Untersuchung zur Entstehung und Verbreitung einer Legende aus der Zeit des Boxeraufstandes.'' (''Volume 70 of Münchener ostasiatische Studien'', ) Franz Steiner Verlag, 1994. , 9783515066150. * Wan, Xianchu. Translation: Poon Shuk Wah. "Sai Jinhua." In: Lee, Lily Xiao Hong and A. D. Stefanowska (editors of entire work). Ho, Clara Wing-chung (The Qing Period Editor). ''Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women'' () ''The Qing Period, 1844-1911''.

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, January 1, 1998. , 9780765618276. * Zhang, Wenxian. "Sai Jinhua." In: Ditmore, Melissa Hope (editor). ''Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, Volume 2''. Greenwood Publishing Group, January 1, 2006. , 9780313329708.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wei, Sijiong 1873 births 1922 deaths Politicians from Fuzhou, Jiangxi Republic of China politicians from Jiangxi