Li Zongren
Warlord, general, and acting president of the Republic of China.
He joined the Tongmenghui in 1910 but had little understanding of Sun Yat-sen's reform goals at that time.[1] At the age of 78, Li Zongren passed away in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution due to duodenal cancer, with the year of death being 1969.[2]
Quick Facts
- Office
- President of the Republic of China
- Took office
- 21 January 1949
- Left office
- 20 November 1949
- Premier
- He Yingqin; Yan Xishan
- Vice president
- Himself
- Predecessor
- Chiang Kai-shek
- Successor
- Mao Zedong
- Yan Xishan (acting)
- Chiang Kai-shek
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
After Lu's defeat, Li built a personal military force of professional soldiers.[1] Sun Yat-sen recognized Li and his allies as the rulers of Guangxi the next month.[3] Li became a commanding general in the Northern Expedition and was appointed commander of the 4th Army Group.[3] After the Communists captured Nanjing in April 1949, Li refused to accompany the central government to Guangdong and retired to Guangxi.[4]
Li remained in exile until 20 July 1965, when he returned to Communist-held China with Zhou Enlai's support.[2] Li Peiying, Li Zongren's father, worked as a schoolmaster in their village.[1] Li Zongren's schooling was irregular, and following this he signed up for a military school run by the province.[1]
What the cited sources add
Bonavia provides the detail that Li enrolled in a provincial military school after a patchy education.[1] Bonavia states that Li joined the Tongmenghui in 1910.[1] Bonavia's work is the source for the information that Li Zongren was born into a Han household with five sons and three daughters, where he was the second eldest.[1] The fact that Li Zongren's father was a village schoolmaster is attributed to Bonavia.[1]
According to Bonavia, Li Zongren finished his education at the Guilin Military Cadre Training School and was appointed a platoon commander in 1916.[5] Bonavia states that Lin Hu was the immediate superior of Li Zongren.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Li Zongren" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bonavia 119-120 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Li Zongren" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bonavia 126 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Li Zongren" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bonavia 120 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Li Zongren" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gillin Warlord 289 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Li Zongren" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bonavia 119 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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