Legal official who modernised courts and prisons, premier under Duan Qirui in 1925–1926
Born in 1872 to a landowning family in Jiande, Anhui, he began in the Qing Board of Punishments and in 1910 inspected Western judicial and prison systems and attended the International Prison Congress in Washington. In 1912 he became chief justice and then minister of justice, establishing the system of lawyers, and took part in founding the Kuomintang. After Yuan Shikai's death he joined Duan Qirui's Anhui clique and in 1916 was minister of the interior and of communications. When the premiership was restored in December 1925 he took it, resigning two months later. Under the Nationalists he led relief work as chairman of the relief commission, handled the first negotiations of the Sino-Japanese War as ambassador to Japan from 1936 to 1938, and chaired the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission from 1947. He moved to Taiwan in 1950 and died in Taipei in 1964.
Also known as: Hsu Shih-ying · Hsü Shih-ying
Activities and affiliations
-
1912–1913
Beiyang government and warlordsMinister of Justice
Law and justice -
1912–1913
Government and administration
-
1916–1917
Beiyang government and warlordsMinister of the Interior and of Communications
Government and administration -
1925–1926
Beiyang government and warlordsPremierHeads of state, government and party of ChinaMain
Political and party leadership -
1928–1936
Republic of China state institutionsChairman of the Relief Commission
Government and administration -
1936–1938
Republic of China state institutionsAmbassador to Japan
Diplomacy and international organization -
1947–1948
Republic of China state institutionsChairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission
Government and administration
Career Timeline
- 1897Entered the Board of Punishments as a senior licentiate
- 1908Chief of the Fengtian high court
- 1910Inspected Western judicial and prison systems; attended the International Prison Congress in Washington
- 1912.05Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- 1912–1913Minister of Justice
- 1914.05–1916.04Civil governor of Fujian
- 1916.06–1917.05Minister of the Interior, then of Communications
- 1921.09–1923Governor of Anhui
- 1925.12.26–1926.03.04Premier
- 1928.10Chairman of the Nationalist Relief Commission
- 1936.02–1938.01Ambassador to Japan
- 1947.04–1948.12Chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission
- 1950Moved to Taiwan; senior adviser to the president