Yi Peiji Explained

Office1:Director of National Palace Museum
Term Start1:5 March 1929
Term End1:17 November 1930
Predecessor1:New title
Successor1:Ma Heng
Office2:Minister of Agricultural and Mineral
Term Start2:18 October 1928
Term End2:17 November 1930
Predecessor2:New title
Successor2:H. H. Kung
Office3:Minister of Education
Term Start3:31 December 1925
Term End3:14 March 1926
Predecessor3:Zhang Shizhao
Successor3:Ma Junwu
Office4:President of Hunan First Normal University
Term Start4:June 1920
Term End4:January 1924
Predecessor4:Qin Hanhuan
Successor4:Li Jimin
Yi Peiji
Native Name:易培基
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:28 February 1880
Birth Place:Changsha, Hunan, Qing Empire
Death Place:Shanghai, Republic of China
Party:Kuomintang
Occupation:Politician, scholar, educator
Alma Mater:Wuhan University

Yi Peiji (; 28 February 1880 – September 1937) was a Chinese politician, scholar, and educator.

Life and career

Yi was born in Changsha, Hunan, on February 28, 1880. He graduated from Hubei Fangyan College (now Wuhan University), then he went to Japan to study under Zhang Taiyan.

After the establishment of Republic of China, he became a secretary of Li Yuanhong. Then he taught at Changsha Normal College and Hunan First Normal University, his students included Mao Zedong, Cai Hesen, Xiao Zisheng, Xiao San, He Shuheng, Li Weihan, and Li Lisan.[1]

He held the three responsibilities of president of Hunan Provincial Library, secretary-general of Hunan government, and president of Hunan First Normal University from June 1920 to November 1920. Then he served as president of Beijing Women's Normal University (now Beijing Normal University). He was Minister of Education in December 1925, and held that office until March 1926. In 1927 he became president of National Labor University, a position he held until September 1930. He served as minister of Agricultural and Mineral between October 1928 to November 1930. In March 1929, he was appointed director of National Palace Museum, he remained in that position until November 1930, when he was appointed president of National Beiping Normal College (now Beijing Normal University).[2]

He died of illness in Shanghai in September 1937.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: http://shrb.qlwb.com.cn/shrb/content/20120808/ArticelA30002JQ.htm . zh:易培基:毛泽东老师的曲折人生 . qlwb.com.cn . 2012-08-08 . zh .
  2. News: http://history.sina.com.cn/bk/jgcqs/2014-02-28/150183854.shtml . zh:易培基 莫辩清白的风雨人生 . sina . 2014-02-28 . zh.
  3. News: http://www.hn.xinhuanet.com/2014-03/13/c_119752030.htm . https://web.archive.org/web/20150419082636/http://www.hn.xinhuanet.com/2014-03/13/c_119752030.htm . dead . April 19, 2015 . zh:易培基与中国植树节 . Xinhua News . 2014-03-13 . zh .