Chen Qitian

Chen Qitian

Chen Qitian (1893-1984), male, was once chairman of the Chinese Youth Party. He was also known as Yi, Guoquan and chunsen, and his pen names were Yilin and Mingzhi. He is a famous educator and political activist. Famous alumni of Nanjing University.

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Chen Qitian

(1893-1984), male, also known as Yi, Guoquan, chunsen, pseudonym Yilin, Mingzhi. Educational sociologist and political activist. He is from Huangpi, Hubei Province. He studied in primary school and middle school attached to Wuchang agricultural college. He was admitted to Wuchang Zhonghua University in 1912. After graduating in 1915, he worked as a Chinese teacher in Minxin School of Hankou, middle school attached to China University and Hunan first division. In 1921, he was admitted to Nanjing Normal University (renamed Nanjing University in 1949). He participated in the youth China Association, accepted the theory of nationalism, and advocated "nationalism education" with Yu Jiaju, Li Huang and other human resources, which made it an influential educational trend at that time. After graduation in 1924, he served as the chief editor of the Chinese education circle of Shanghai Zhonghua Book Company. He co founded the weekly Xingshi with Zeng Qi and others, organized the National Education Association, recognized that "education is a national sovereignty, a national cause, a national tool and a national system", called on and launched the movement to recover the right to education, and resisted the spread of Marxism Leninism in educational practice. He joined the Youth Party of China in 1925 and served as a member of the Central Committee and director of the Training Department of the party the following year. He carried out anti Communist propaganda by writing articles and making speeches everywhere. He was a professor of Sichuan University in 1928. He was the president of Shanghai Zhixing college in 1929. In 1930, he was elected chairman of the review committee of the youth party. During the Anti Japanese War, he served as a member of the National Political Council. In March 1941, he joined the China Democratic Political League (later renamed as the China Democratic League) and was once an executive member of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League. In 1945, he was elected member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Youth Party and Secretary General of the central executive committee. On the eve of the Political Consultative Conference, he was expelled by the NLD. He attended the National Congress in 1946. In April 1947, he became Minister of economy of Nanjing National Government.

In May 1948, he was appointed as a member of the government affairs committee and Minister of industry and commerce. He went to Taiwan in April 1949 and founded the new China Review in 1950, advocating "anti communism and national restoration". He was the first executive member of the "anti aggression alliance", the administrative member of the "southeast military and political office", the national policy adviser of the leader's office of the Taiwan authorities, and the vice chairman of the design and Research Commission for the restoration of the mainland. He also serves as executive member of the "Chinese culture renaissance movement" Committee and executive director of the Chinese mainland disaster relief association. In the summer of 1969, he was elected chairman of the Chinese Youth Party. In 1980, he served as a standing member of the constitutional research committee. He died in August 1984. His works include history of Chinese education in recent 30 years, commentary on Zhang Juzheng, commentary on Shang Yang, introduction to Chinese Legalists, interpretation of Han Feizi, history of modern Chinese education, introduction to Chinese political philosophy, theory of democratic constitutionalism, Memoirs of Jiyuan, etc.

Chronology of people

In 1910, he entered the middle school affiliated to Hubei Agricultural College.

In 1911, the revolution of 1911 broke out and joined the new army. In 1912, he entered Wuchang Zhonghua university to study politics and economics. After graduation, he stayed in the university to teach in the middle school department. Later, he taught in Wenhua University and Changsha Hunan provincial first normal school.

In 1919, he was admitted to Nanjing Normal University and studied in education. In 1921, National Nanjing Normal University was changed into National Southeast University (National Central University in 1928, Nanjing University in mainland China in 1949 and resumed in Taiwan in 1962).

He received his bachelor's degree in education in 1924. In the autumn of 1919, he joined the young Chinese society.

In 1924, after graduation, he took up the post of Shanghai Zhonghua Book Company, editor in chief of the Chinese educational circles, advocated "nationalist education", and participated in the movement of "reclaiming educational sovereignty".

In 1924, with Zeng Qi, Li Huang, Zuo Shunsheng, Yu Jiaju and others, Xingshi weekly was founded to publicize nationalism.

In 1925, he joined the Chinese Youth Party and was elected member of the Central Committee and Minister of training department.

In 1926, he was elected executive member of the Central Committee of the Youth Party and director of the training department.

In 1929, he went to Chengdu University to teach Chinese educational history, sociology and sociology of education.

In 1929, he was the president of Shanghai Zhixing college.

In 1930, he was elected chairman of the central Procuratorial Committee of the youth party.

In 1930, he founded the "shovel Communist" semi monthly magazine and organized the "anti Communist and save the people association".

In 1931, Manchuria incident broke out and Minsheng weekly was founded to publicize the Anti Japanese war against Japan.

In 1937, when the Sino Japanese war broke out, he served as a member of all previous national political conferences in Chongqing.

In 1941, he joined the China Democratic Political League (later renamed China Democratic League) and served as the executive member of the Central Committee.

In 1945, he was elected member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Youth Party and Secretary General of the central executive committee.

In 1947, he was Minister of the Ministry of economy of the Republic of China.

In 1948, he was Minister of the Ministry of industry and Commerce of the executive yuan of the national government.

In 1949, I came to Taiwan.

In 1950, he founded the new China Review to promote "anti Communist and national restoration".

In 1969, he was elected chairman of the Chinese Youth Party.

Later, he served as the state policy adviser to the Taiwan leadership office and vice chairman of the Chinese mainland design and Research Committee. He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Chinese Renaissance movement, executive director of the disaster relief society of China, and a standing committee member of the constitutional seminar committee.

Character experience

Minister of economy (May 19, 1947 - May 31, 1948)

Member of the Executive Yuan (19 may 1947-22 December 1948)

Member of the Executive Yuan (31 may 1948-22 December 1948)

Minister of Commerce and industry (31 May 1948 - 22 December 1948)

President of Shanghai Zhixing College (1929 -)

Member of the National Political Council (1938-1947)

Member of the national government (18 April 1947-19 may 1947)

Deputies to the first National Congress (1948-august 10, 1984)

Member of the administrative committee of the southeast chief executive's Office (September 1949 -)

Secretary General of the Chinese Youth Party (January 1950 - January 1950)

Chairman of China Youth Party (Acting) (January 1950-1969)

National policy adviser to the office of the leader of the Taiwan authorities (1950-8 July 1984)

General Council of the National Palace Museum (1950)

Chairman of the Youth Party of China (1969-august 10, 1984)

Shanghai Zhonghua Book Company (1924-1927)

Deputy to the national assembly (1946-1947)

Vice chairman of the design and Research Commission for the restoration of the mainland (March 9, 1971 - August 10, 1984)

Character works

On new social philosophy

On democratic constitutionalism and introduction to Chinese Political Philosophy

History of nationalist movement

Introduction to Chinese Legalists

On Zhuangzi

Han Feizi's proofreading

Research on the art of war

Commentary on Zhang Juzheng

Commentary on Shang Yang

History of modern Chinese Education

Sociology and education

Memoirs of Jiyuan

Character evaluation

In the propaganda of nationalism, Chen Qitian is a late comer, but his propaganda is the most theoretical and systematic. It can be said that Chen Qitian is one of the most diligent advocates of nationalism education. As a zealous nationalist, Chen Qitian systematically propagated the educational philosophy of nationalism. Chen Qitian believes that the educational purpose of nationalism is to condense the national consciousness, carry forward Chinese culture and promote the independence and unity of the country. Chen Qitian also said that the purpose of national education is, first, to cultivate citizens, second, to cultivate patriotic citizens, and third, to cultivate patriotic citizens with the state as the premise. Obviously, patriotism is the central content of Chen Qitian's educational thought. Chen Qitian not only personally wrote a large number of articles to publicize the educational ideas of nationalism, but also invited dozens of people from all walks of life to write special articles and published two issues of educational monographs of nationalism by using the magazine "Chinese educational circles" edited by Chen Qitian.

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