a socio-economic historian

a socio-economic historian

Tao Xisheng (1899-1988) was a member of the Standing Committee of the Wang puppet Central Committee and Minister of the Central Propaganda Department. Later, he fled to Hong Kong with Gao Zongwu, exposing the contents of Wang RI's treason pact.

After the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, he went to Chongqing, served as the Secretary of Chiang Kai Shek's aide, drafted the destiny of China, served as the chief writer of the central daily, and became an authoritative theorist of the Kuomintang. After that, he successively served as vice minister of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, national policy adviser of the presidential palace, chairman of the Design Committee of the Kuomintang, director of the fourth group of the party Department of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, general lecture of the revolutionary practice research institute, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, chairman of the central daily, member of the central appraisal committee, etc.

Character experience

Tao Xisheng, a 9-year-old poet, was sent to Kaifeng Ludian middle school (the predecessor of Henan Provincial No.1 Middle School) by his father who was a magistrate in Henan Province. He continued to study in Wuchang English hall. In 1922, Tao graduated from Peking University and became a teacher of Anhui provincial law school. In 1924, he taught law and Political Science in Shanghai University, Shanghai University of law and politics, Soochow University, etc. At the beginning of 1927, Tao Xisheng was employed as the instructor of the Wuhan Branch of the central military and political school to take part in the work of the Northern Expedition revolutionary army.

At the age of 9, he was sent to Kaifeng Ludian middle school as the father of the county magistrate in Henan Province and continued to study in Wuchang English school. In 1922, Tao graduated from Peking University and became a teacher of Anhui provincial law school. In 1924, he taught law and Political Science in Shanghai University, Shanghai University of law and politics, Soochow University, etc. At the beginning of 1927, Tao Xisheng was employed as the instructor of the Wuhan Branch of the central military and political school to take part in the work of the revolutionary army during the northern expedition. From then on, he replaced the original name of "Tao huizeng" with the alias of "Tao Xisheng" and lived all his life. After 1929, he taught in Shanghai Fudan University, labor University, Jinan University, China public school, Shanghai law school, Lida School Park and Central University, and founded new life book company with Zhou Fohai and fan zhongyun.

In January 1931, Tao Xisheng was employed as a professor of Central University to teach the history of Chinese political thought and Chinese legal thought. In addition to being a professor, he is still writing, and the book "a collection of Chinese social phenomena" is the representative work of this time. After the summer vacation of the same year, Tao returned to his alma mater to teach Chinese political and ideological history and Chinese social history. In the summer vacation of the same year, he was employed as a professor of Peking University and took part-time courses in Tsinghua, Yanjing, Beijing Normal University, Chaoyang and other universities. In January 1935, Tao Xisheng, together with 10 professors including Wang Xinming, he Bingsong, SA MengWu, fan zhongyun, Wu Yonggan, sun Hanbing and Huang Wenshan, published the declaration of China based cultural construction in Shanghai, Volume 1, issue 4 of cultural construction. It claims that the Chinese nation has lost its basis for existence under the impact of foreign culture. Therefore, "to make China rise in the field of culture, to make China's politics, society and ideology have Chinese characteristics, we must engage in China based cultural construction.".

In 1936, Tao Xisheng wrote a preface to the social outline of the Tang Dynasty written by Huang Xianfan. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese war in 1937, Tao Jiabi became a politician and founded the "Arts and Culture Research Association" with Zhou Fohai in Wuhan. He hoped that the sage could analyze international issues and comment on the position and policy of the national revolution and the Anti Japanese war. In July 1938, he served as a member of the first National Political Council and left Hanoi with Wang Jingwei at the end of the same year. In August 1939, he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of Wang puppet and Minister of the Central Propaganda Department. In January 1940, he fled to Hong Kong with Gao Zongwu and disclosed the contents of Wang RI's "secret agreement". Xuan and Lian Shisheng established an international news agency in Hong Kong and published the weekly of international issues. After the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, he went to Chongqing, served as the Secretary of Chiang Kai Shek's aide, drafted the destiny of China, and was the chief writer of the central daily, becoming an authoritative theorist of the Kuomintang. In 1947, he also served as vice minister of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, and was elected as a member of the Legislative Yuan. After going to Taiwan in 1949, he served successively as the national policy adviser of the presidential palace, chairman of the Design Committee of the Kuomintang, chairman of the fourth group of the Central Party Department of the Kuomintang, general lecture of the revolutionary practice research institute, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, chairman of the central daily, and member of the Central Committee appraisal committee. He died in Taipei on June 27, 1988.

Character events

In January 1940, Gao Zongwu and Tao Xisheng awoke at a critical juncture in Chinese history and resolutely broke away from Wang Jingwei group. They announced to the world the outline of the adjustment of Japan's relations with Singapore, a traitorous treaty secretly signed between Wang Jingwei group and the Japanese government, which exposed the plot of Japanese imperialism to induce surrender and dealt a heavy blow to Wang Jingwei's traitorous counter current It is an important event in the history of Chinese Anti Japanese war. Although I have read some words about the incident in the past, most of them are just a small piece of writing, and I don't know much about the whole story and detailed process of the incident. Recently, I read the book "the whole story of the gaotao incident" written by Tao Hengsheng, the son of Tao Xisheng. The historical materials are full, accurate and credible, and the narration is not covered up. I not only have a detailed understanding of the incident itself, but also have a deeper understanding of the mental process of Gao and Tao, especially Tao Xisheng, which enlightens me a lot.

Don't be taboo for relatives and venerable people

In the book, the author does not want to be taboo for his relatives and venerable. He does not hide the fact that Gao and Tao were once on the boat of Wang Jingwei who defected to the enemy and fell into the trap set by the Japanese invaders. At the same time, he clearly denies that Tao Xisheng went to Shanghai as a spy of the Chongqing government.

Before the Anti Japanese War, Tao Xisheng was a professor at Peking University and head of the Political Department of law school. After the July 7 Incident, he was invited to Lushan to attend the "Guling tea party" convened by Chiang Kai Shek. Later, he joined the fifth group of the chairman's Chamberlain room and was elected a national senator. From then on, he abandoned his studies and entered the political arena. At the beginning of the Anti Japanese War, Tao Xisheng was worried and pessimistic about the future of the war. He took part in the "low-key club", followed Wang Jingwei's so-called "peace movement", and made a lot of efforts. In particular, on December 19, 1938, Tao Xisheng followed Wang Jingwei from Kunming to Hanoi airport in Annan (now Vietnam). He made a big mistake and went further and further on the wrong road. In Hanoi, Wang Jingwei issued a "flashy telegram" in response to the third statement of Japanese Prime Minister Jinwei, which aroused the indignation of the people of the whole country and overseas Chinese. Chongqing authorities then expelled Wang Jingwei from the Kuomintang party and dismissed him from all his duties. Later, they sent an assassin to sneak into Wang Jingwei's house in Hanoi to assassinate him. As a result, Zeng Zhongming was killed by mistake. Later, Tao Xisheng wrote an editorial for Nanhua daily in Hong Kong entitled "questioning Chongqing's rulers for the Hanoi riot incident", claiming that "since the Anti Japanese War, Mr. Wang has been pursuing the preservation of the country's lifeline, the continuation of the national vitality, and the continuous consideration of safeguarding the national strength." therefore, today, when there is no more war, the Lord and the innocent "continue to fight To defend Wang Jingwei's capitulation. Later, although Tao Xisheng began to be aware of the Japanese government's policy of persuading the Japanese government to surrender, and did not agree with Wang Jingwei's practice of organizing a "new government" to make peace with Japan, because of his long-term friendship with Wang (as early as 1927, when he was a political instructor in Wuhan Branch of the Central Military Academy, he was close to Wang Jingwei and became one of the scholars with Wang color. Later, he was presided over by Zhou Fuhai During the "Arts and Culture Research Association" organized by Wang Jingwei, he often met with Wang Jingwei (a close friend). In anxiety and hesitation, he still went to Shanghai from Hong Kong to participate in the Wang RI negotiation. At this time, he was deeply involved in Wang Ni's betrayal of his country to the enemy. If he took another step forward, he would become a sinner of the nation through the ages.

Know where to go wrong and know what to do

Although Gao Zongwu and Tao Xisheng suffered losses in the big festival, they were different from Zhou Fohai and Chen Gongbo. As Tao Xisheng himself said, "it's like drinking poison wine. I took a sip and half of it died. I found it was poisonous wine and stopped drinking it. Wang took a sip, found it was poison wine, and drank it During the negotiation between Shanghai and the Japanese, Gao Zongwu and Tao Xisheng gradually realized that the so-called "seeking peace" would become a fact of surrender, and Japan's wolf ambition was exposed, with the ultimate goal of slaughtering and destroying China. They saw eight documents, such as the outline of the adjustment of Japan's new relations with China, the basic principles on the adjustment of Japan's new relations with China, the specific principles on the adjustment of Japan's new relations with China, and the secret understandings, which were put forward by the Japanese side. The conditions they put forward were very harsh, and their requirements for invading China far exceeded those previously put forward by the Japanese side: the area Japan wanted was from Heilongjiang to the sea South Island, including mining industry, meteorology, rivers and territorial waters; from southeast to northwest, all China's rights and interests, including sovereignty, territory, harbors, rivers, mineral resources, banks, transportation, military and police, weapons Japan should hold or control them without omission. If such a treaty of treason is signed, it will surely become a sinner of the Chinese nation through the ages. In a word, Tao Jingwei should not sign out of Shanghai or stay in seclusion for peace talks. However, Wang Jingwei was completely under the control of the Japanese side and tried his best to accommodate the Japanese side. He was determined to be a traitor and wanted to become the head of the "new government" supported by Japan. Gao and Tao can't speak to Wang Jingwei any more, and they are totally powerless to persuade him. If they continue to follow Wang Jingwei, they will be doomed. Depressed and despairing, Tao Xisheng thought of death to seek relief, but he was not willing to die like this. At that time, every letter he wrote to his family in Hong Kong contained a lot of painful words, such as 1

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