founder of Amoy University

founder of Amoy University

Chen Jiageng (October 21, 1874 to August 12, 1961) was a member of Jimei society in Tongan County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province (now Jimei District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province). Patriotic overseas Chinese leaders, entrepreneurs, educators, philanthropists and social activists.

In 1913, Tan Jiageng returned to his hometown Jimei and founded Jimei primary school, Jimei Middle School, Jimei University and Xiamen University. Teachers and students of Xiamen University and Jimei learning village are respectfully called "school master".

In 1949, at the invitation of Chairman Mao Zedong, he returned to China to attend the preparatory meeting of the CPPCC. He once served as vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and chairman of the all China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese. In his later years, Tan Kah Kee asked someone to record the "complete picture of Taiwan Province" in Aoyuan, and he never forgot the reunification of the country.

On August 12, 1961, Tan Kah Kee died in Beijing.

Throughout his life, Tan Kah Kee made immortal contributions to the revolution of 1911, national education, the war of resistance against Japan, the war of liberation and the construction of new China. Mao Zedong once praised it as "the banner of overseas Chinese and the glory of the nation.".

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Life of the characters

Early experience

On October 21, 1874, Chen Jiageng was born in Jimei society, Tongan County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province (now Jimei District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province), formerly known as Chen Jiageng.

In 1882, Tan Kah Kee went to school in nanxuan private school and studied four books, five classics, Gangjian yizhilu and so on.

In 1891, Tan Kah Kee went to Singapore to make a living and served in Shun'an rice shop, which his father ran.

In 1893, Tan Kah Kee returned to China and married the Zhang family, persuading his mother and wife to take out the 2000 silver dollars saved by his father for their marriage and family. In 1894, he founded a private school called tizhai school.

In 1895, Tan Kah Kee went to Singapore for the second time.

In 1898, Tan Kah Kee returned home to his mother's death.

In 1899, Tan Kah Kee and his wife Zhang went to Singapore for the third time.

In 1900, Tan Kah Kee returned to China to bury his mother.

In 1903, Tan Kah Kee went to Singapore for the fourth time.

Make a fortune in Nanyang

In 1904, Tan Kah Kee raised more than 7000 yuan (LAK) to set up a pineapple Cannery, known as "new Lichuan"; soon after, he took over a Japanese new company which operated a pineapple cannery. Later, he founded Huangshan pear garden and Qianhe rice shop in Singapore.

In 1905, a cannery of Richun pear was set up.

In 1906, Fushan Huangli garden began to operate rubber planting industry. In the same year, Tan Kah Kee and others jointly set up Hengmei cooked rice factory (the factory was wholly owned by Chen Kah Kee in 1908).

In 1910, Tan Kah Kee founded qiantai Huangli factory in Thailand. He was elected as assistant director of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and Prime Minister of Daonan school. He raised more than 50000 yuan for school buildings from overseas Chinese in Fujian. He joined the Chinese Revolutionary League in the same year.

In 1911, after the victory of the revolution of 1911 and the restoration of Fujian Province, Tan Kah Kee was promoted as the chairman of Fujian security donation Committee, raising more than 200000 yuan to support Fujian finance, and another 50000 yuan to help Sun Yat Sen.

In 1912, Tan Kah Kee returned home with his family to organize Jimei school. Datong cannery in Xiamen.

In 1915, on the one hand, some Huangli canneries were transformed into rubber factories, on the other hand, they began to operate the shipping industry, rented four ships, and concurrently engaged in the trade of white iron.

In 1916, a 3000 ton ship was purchased and named "Dongfeng".

In 1917, Tan Kah Kee purchased a ship of 3750 tons, named "qiantai". He sent his younger brother Jing Xian back to establish Jimei Middle School and Jimei normal school.

In 1918, Jimei normal school and middle school officially opened. Tan Kah Kee initiated the preparation of Singapore Nanyang overseas Chinese middle school.

In 1919, Singapore Nanyang overseas Chinese middle school officially opened. Tan Kah Kee returned home to set up Xiamen University, organized Tongan County Education Association, and gave annual subsidies to primary schools in all townships.

In 1920, Jimei school added women's normal school and business school, and Tan Kah Kee founded Jimei aquatic navigation school.

In February 1921, Tan Jiageng organized Jimei schools, and the head school was called Jimei school. He pledged 4 million national currency to establish Xiamen University.

In 1923, Tan Kah Kee was elected Prime Minister of Singapore Jardine Hom club and founded Nanyang Business Daily in Singapore. The Guangdong army and the Fujian army were stationed in Jimei and Gaoqi, Xiamen Island respectively, facing each other across the sea and shooting each other. Li Wenhua, a Jimei student, was shot and killed on the way to Xiamen by boat. Tan Kah Kee and Lin Yishun jointly sent a telegram from Singapore, demanding to ensure the peace of Jimei school. The warlords from the north and South agreed to conclude a convention on Jimei peace learning village, especially approving "recognizing Jimei as China's permanent peace learning village". Thus came the name of Jimei learning village.

In 1924, Nanyang Business Daily was founded in Singapore.

In 1926, Tan Kah Kee expanded Nanyang overseas Chinese middle school and founded Jimei agriculture and forestry school. Faced with adversity, the price of rubber fell sharply and the business loss was huge. The construction of Xiamen University and Jimei school was forced to stop partly, but the funds were still maintained.

In 1928, after the Jinan massacre, Tan Kah Kee served as the chairman of "Shandong disaster relief association" and actively raised funds to relieve refugees.

Support the Anti Japanese War

On August 15, 1937, Tan Kah Kee initiated the establishment of the "Malaya Singapore overseas Chinese Conference Committee for the relief of the motherland's wounded soldiers and refugees", and served as the chairman, donating 10 million Singapore dollars to support the motherland's Anti Japanese war.

In October 1938, patriotic groups of overseas Chinese from all over Nanyang held a general meeting in Singapore to set up the Nanyang overseas Chinese Relief Association for refugees in the motherland (Nanyang overseas Chinese Association), and elected Tan Kah Kee as the chairman of the association. He called Wang Jingwei to oppose his proposal for peace talks with Japan.

In March 1940, Tan Kah Kee organized a delegation of overseas Chinese from Nanyang to visit China and set out to return home. Tan Kah Kee arrived in Chongqing first. On May 31, Tan Kah Kee arrived in Yan'an.

In 1941, Tan Kah Kee was elected as the second chairman of the South overseas Chinese Association. Organize Nanyang overseas Chinese Association. Founded Nanyang overseas Chinese normal school. In December, the Pacific War broke out, leading the organization of Singapore overseas Chinese Anti enemy Association.

At the beginning of 1942, when the Japanese army invaded the south, the Singapore government took no resistance and began to suppress the retreat. After giving an account of his official duties, Tan Kah Kee failed to inform his family. On February 3, he left Singapore by boat with Chen Guijian, Liu Yushui and Chen Yongyi, intending to seek refuge in Indonesia temporarily. When the Japanese army learned that Tan Kah Kee had taken refuge in Indonesia, they offered a large reward for his arrest, which led to his several times moving to hiding. Tan Kah Kee moved to Thoreau and changed his surname to Li Wenxue. The name of Guo Wenlin, who lived in Java for five years, was registered in the household register. Tan Kah Kee had two episodes of toothache due to the hot climate in Thoreau and moved to Malang on August 4.

In August 1943, he began to write the Memoirs of Nanqiao. Tan Kah Kee lived in Benzhen road until February 1944. Because he was next to the Japanese military sanatorium, he moved to the "Huishi garden" about 3 kilometers away from Bazhu.

In April 1944, the Memoirs of Nanqiao was out of manuscript. He lived here until June 1945, and then moved to bandan village. On August 12, Japan surrendered unconditionally. On October 6, Tan Jiageng flew back to Singapore from bar city and directly arrived at Jardine's club to work. On November 18, all walks of life in Chongqing held the "Tan Kah Kee safety celebration conference". Chairman Mao Zedong specially sent a banner with the eight characters of "banner of overseas Chinese, national glory".

In 1946, Tan Kah Kee founded Singapore's Nanqiao daily.

In 1947, Tan Kah Kee held a meeting of overseas Chinese in Singapore to oppose the Dutch colonial army's massacre of overseas Chinese in JUGANG, Indonesia, and decided to impose economic sanctions on the Netherlands. In the same year, Tan Kah Kee set up Jiyou bank in Hong Kong to provide funds for Jimei schools.

In May 1949, at the invitation of Mao Zedong, Tan Kah Kee returned to China to attend the preparatory meeting of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. In September, he attended the first plenary session of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, and Tan Kah Kee was elected as a standing member. On October 1, he attended the founding ceremony of the Central People's Government of the people's Republic of China and was elected a member of the Central People's government and the overseas Chinese Affairs Committee. On October 2, he attended and delivered a speech at the China Conference for safeguarding world peace.

Spend your old age in peace

In 1950, Tan Kah Kee returned to his hometown Jimei village and took charge of the construction of Jimei and Xiamen University. On October 15, a check of 500000 yuan was issued from Jiyou bank as a donation of cold clothes to the volunteers fighting against the United States.

In September 1954, Tan Kah Kee attended the first session of the first National People's Congress and was elected a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

In 1955, he inspected the northeast, North China, northwest, southwest and other places.

In 1956, he was elected president of the all China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese.

In 1959, Tan Kah Kee was elected vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference. In the same year, he founded Xiamen Overseas Chinese Museum. After radiotherapy, the right eye was blind.

On August 12, 1961, Tan Kah Kee died in Beijing, and his body was buried in Jimei Aoyuan.

Main impact

Set up industry

In 1904, Tan Kah Kee raised more than 7000 yuan to set up a pineapple Cannery, known as "new Lichuan", and later took over Nissin company. In three months, the two factories made a total profit of 40000 yuan. In 1925, it had 15000 acres of rubber plantation, becoming one of the largest rubber cultivators among overseas Chinese, and known as one of the four pioneers of Singapore Malaysia rubber king. After that, a rubber products factory was set up to produce rubber shoes, tires and daily necessities.

More than 100 distribution stores have been set up in domestic cities, Nanyang and other big ports around the world. Also operating rice factory, wood factory

Chinese PinYin : Chen Jia Geng