Office1: | Vice Minister of Education |
Term Start1: | 1911 |
Term End1: | 1912 |
Successor1: | Liu Tingchen |
Monarch1: | Xuantong Emperor |
Primeminister1: | Yuan Shikai |
Office2: | Director of the National Bureau of Statistics |
Term Start2: | 1911 |
Term End2: | 1912 |
Monarch2: | Xuantong Emperor |
Primeminister2: | Yuan Shikai |
Yang Du | |
Native Name: | 楊度 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Birth Name: | Yang Chengzan (Chinese: 楊承瓉) |
Birth Date: | 15 January 1875 |
Birth Place: | Xiangtan, Hunan, China |
Death Place: | Shanghai, China |
Party: | Kuomintang (1922–1929) Chinese Communist Party (1929–1931) |
Spouse: | Huang Hua (Chinese: 黃華) Xu Canleng (Chinese: 徐粲楞) |
Children: | 8 |
Alma Mater: | Hongwen Academy Hosei University |
Yang Du (; 15 January 1875 - 17 September 1931) was a Chinese politician.[1]
His birth name was Yang Chengzan . His style name was Xizi and his art names was Hugong, Huchan, Huchanshi, Hutoutuo, and Shihu .
Yang was born into a family of farming background in the village of Shitang, in the town of Jiangyu, Xiangtan in Hunan province.[2] His grandfather, Yang Litang, was a soldier of the Xiang Army. His father, Yang Yisheng, was a farmer. Yang was the elder of three children. His father died of illness when he was 10 years old, Yang was raised by his uncle, Yang Ruisheng .
Yang studied under Wang Kaiyun . His classmates such as: Xia Shoutian, Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi, Liu Kuiyi, and Qi Baishi .
In 1902, Yang went to Japan, studying in Hongwen Academy . In 1904, Yang studied politics in Hosei University.
In 1911, Yang served as the Director of the National Bureau of Statistics.[3] In 1914, Yang became a senator in the senate. When Yuan Shikai died, Yang became a buddhist.
In 1922, Yang joined the Kuomintang in Shanghai. In 1929, Yang joined the Chinese Communist Party.[4] [5]
In September 1931, Yang died of illness in Shanghai.
Yang had two sons with Huang Hua and six with Xu Canleng (three sons and three daughters).
With Huang Hua:
With Xu Canleng: