Tong Erhe

Tong Erhe

Tang Erhe (1878-1940), born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, was a famous politician in the period of the Republic of China. In his early years, he studied as a teacher in Hangzhou Fu middle school. In 1902, he helped his teacher establish the new world newspaper in Shanghai. He studied in Japan and graduated from Kanazawa Medical College (now Kanazawa University), during which he was promoted as the temporary speaker of the anti Russian volunteer team. Youde also received a doctor's degree from Berlin University. After returning to China, he served as a two-level normal school doctor and President of Beijing Medical College. After 1922, he successively served as the chief of education, interior and finance. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese war in 1937, he defected to Japan and became a traitor. He served as chairman of the puppet Political Consultative Committee, member of the Standing Committee of the North China Government Affairs Committee and supervisor of the General Administration of education. He died of lung cancer in Beiping on November 8, 1940.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Tang Erhe, born in 1878, studied in Japan in 1903 and studied military in Chengcheng school. In 1903, more than 500 Chinese students gathered at the Jinhui Museum in Tokyo. After denouncing the Russian aggression, they decided to set up the anti Russian volunteer team. Tang Erhe was promoted to be the temporary captain of the anti Russian volunteer team. He and Niu Yongjian returned to China and invited Yuan Shikai, the Minister of Beiyang, to come back to China. In 1904, he was a music teacher of Zhejiang University. In 1907, he studied in Japan again, changed to medicine and studied in Kanazawa Medical School. Later, he studied in Berlin University, Germany, and obtained a doctor's degree. He returned to China in 1910 and served as provost and school doctor of Zhejiang University. He was also elected to the Zhejiang Council for consultation. In the same year, he founded Zhejiang hospital and served as vice president and physician. After the Wuchang Uprising in 1911, he went to Wuchang on behalf of Zhejiang Province to attend the meeting of representatives of provincial governors. On December 14, he was elected as the provisional speaker at the plenary meeting of Nanjing. In 1912, founded in the Republic of China, he served as the Civil Affairs Department of the governor of Zhejiang Province. In October of the same year, entrusted by the government, Beijing Medical College (the predecessor of Beijing Medical University) was established in Beijing. From October 1912 to December 1915, and from August 1916 to April 1922, he served as the president of the school twice. In 1915, he founded the Medical Association of the Republic of China as president. In 1917, he was elected vice president at the second meeting of the Chinese Medical Association. In 1920, he was sent to Europe to study medicine. When he returned to Beijing in early 1922, he resigned as president and devoted himself to medical research. In July 1922, he served as the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of education. In September, Wang Chonghui, the chief minister of education, served as the prime minister. The "good government" was established, and Wang Chonghui asked him to be the chief minister of education. In October 1926, he served as the director general of the Ministry of interior, and the next year he was changed to the director general of the Ministry of Finance and the director of the salt administration. in March 1929, he went to Japan to study again, and later received a doctor's degree from Imperial University of Japan. After 1930, he served successively as the counsellor of the office of the commander of the northeast frontier army and a member of the Northeast administrative committee. Before and after the September 18th Incident in 1931, he represented Zhang Xueliang to dredge up with the Japanese government and the public to ease the contradiction between Japan and Zhang Xueliang. In 1933, he was a member of the administrative committee of the executive yuan of the Kuomintang government in Peking. He participated in the negotiations with Japan and signed the Tanggu agreement.

Become a traitor

In 1935, he was appointed as a member of the puppet Jicha administrative committee by Japan. When the Lugouqiao incident happened in 1937, Tang Erhe was in Japan and rushed back to Peiping. In October 1937, Japan supported the traitors to build a unified puppet regime in North China, with Wang Kemin, Dong Kang, Tang Erhe, Zhu Shen, Wang Yitang and Qi Xieyuan as members of the puppet "government preparatory office". On December 14, the North China puppet organization and the puppet "Jidong anti Communist autonomous government" merged, and the puppet "Provisional Government of the Republic of China" was established in Beiping. The responsible cabinet set up three committees of administration, deliberation and justice, which were in charge of executive, legislative and judicial powers. Wang Kemin is the chairman of the Executive Committee, Tang Erhe is the chairman of the Council, Dong Kang is the chairman of the judiciary, and Wang Kemin, Wang Xiangtang, Jiang Chaozong, Qi Xieyuan and Zhu Shen are members of the provisional government. It has six departments: Wang Kemin, chief executive of the Ministry of administration, Qi Xieyuan, chief executive of the Ministry of public security, Tang Erhe, chief executive of the Ministry of education, Wang Yitang, chief executive of the Ministry of relief, Wang Yintai, chief executive of the Ministry of industry, and Zhu Shen, chief executive of the Ministry of justice. In March 1940, Wang Jingwei's puppet government was established in Nanjing. The puppet "provisional government" in Beiping was renamed the North China Administrative Committee. Tang Erhe was appointed as the standing member of the North China Administrative Committee and the director of the General Administration of education. At that time, he was bedridden with lung cancer, and the Department was represented by the puppet Department of education, long zongao. On November 8 of the same year, he died of lung cancer in Beiping.

personal works

In May 1922, Cai Yuanpei, Wang Chonghui, Luo Wengan, Tang Erhe, Li Dazhao, Liang Shuming, Tao Zhixing, Ding Wenjiang, Gao Yihan, Tao Mengru, Wang boqiu, Hu Shi and other 16 people published our political opinions in endeavor weekly, aiming at "good government". He was engaged in translation in June 1927. His translations include histology, essence of biology, psychiatry, Eastern Province scraping bibliography, Manchurian Railway diplomacy, etc.

Chinese PinYin : Tang Er He