Yang Du (; 15 January 1875 – 17 September 1931) was a

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Names

His

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was Yang Chengzan (). His style name was Xizi () and his

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s was Hugong (), Huchan (), Huchanshi (), Hutoutuo (), and Shihu ().

Biography

Yang was born into a family of farming background in the village of Shitang (), in the town of Jiangyu (),

Xiangtan Xiangtan () is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal Peng Dehuai, ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

province. His grandfather, Yang Litang (), was a soldier of the

Xiang Army 150px, Zeng Guofan, the leader of the Xiang Army The Xiang Army or Hunan Army () was a standing army organized by Zeng Guofan from existing regional and village militia forces called '' tuanlian'' to contain the Taiping Rebellion in Qing China ...

. His father, Yang Yisheng (), was a farmer. Yang was the elder of three children. His father died of illness when he was 10 years old, Yang was raised by his uncle, Yang Ruisheng (). Yang studied under Wang Kaiyun (). His classmates such as: Xia Shoutian (), Yang Rui (), Liu Guangdi (), Liu Kuiyi (), and

Qi Baishi Qi Baishi (1 January 1864 – 16 September 1957) was a Chinese painter, noted for the whimsical, often playful style of his works. Born to a peasant family from Xiangtan, Hunan, Qi taught himself to paint, sparked by the Manual of the Musta ...

(). In 1902, Yang went to

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, studying in Hongwen Academy (). In 1904, Yang studied

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

Hosei University is a private university based in Tokyo, Japan. The university originated in a school of law, Tōkyō Hōgakusha (, i.e. Tokyo association of law), established in 1880, and the following year renamed Tōkyō Hōgakkō (, i.e. Tokyo school of law ...

. In 1911, Yang served as the Director of the National Bureau of Statistics. In 1914, Yang became a senator in the senate. When Yuan Shikai died, Yang became a buddhist. In 1922, Yang joined the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

. In 1929, Yang joined the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

. In September 1931, Yang died of illness in Shanghai.

Personal life

Yang had two sons with Huang Hua () and six with Xu Canleng () (three sons and three daughters). With Huang Hua: * Dr. Yang Gongshu (), chemist, he was a graduate student in

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at the

Berlin University Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

. * Dr. Yang Gongzhao (), geographer, he was a graduate student in

geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ear ...

at the Berlin University. With Xu Canleng: * Yang Yunhui (), dramatist. * Yang Yunbi () * Yang Gongsu () * Yang Gongmin () * Yang Yunjie () * Yang Gongwu ()

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Du 1875 births Republic of China politicians from Hunan Politicians from Xiangtan Hosei University alumni 1931 deaths Qing dynasty politicians from Hunan Chinese monarchists Chinese expatriates in Japan