He Jian
He Jian | |
|---|---|
何鍵 | |
 He Jian | |
| National Policy Advisor | |
| In office 1950–1956 | |
| President | Chiang Kai-shek |
| Interior Minister of the Republic of China | |
| In office November 1937 – May 1939 | |
| Preceded by | Chiang Tso-pin (蔣作賓) |
| Succeeded by | Chou Chung-yueh (周鐘岳) |
| Governor of Hunan | |
| In office March 1929 – November 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Lu Diping |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Zhizhong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 10, 1887 General |
| Battles/wars | Northern Expedition Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War |
He Jian (
Names
His courtesy name was Yunqiao (雲樵) and his art name was Rongyuan (容園).
Biography
Education
He Jian was born into a family of farming background in
Northern Expedition
In March 1918, Zhang Jingyao attacked Hunan, He Jian threw down his arms and fled the field. He returned to his hometown and rebuilt an guerrilla forces. In May, Cheng Qian, the commander-in-chief of Xiang Army, commissioned him as commander of Liuyang-Liling guerrilla forces. In 1919, Tang Shengzhi incorporated his army and he became a brigade commander. He joined the Kuomintang and took part in the Northern Expedition. After Wuhan was captured he was promoted to army commander of the 35th Army.[1]
Encirclement and suppression
In April 1927 he fought against Zhang Zuolin's army in Hebei. At the same time, Communist revolutionaries Guo Liang, Liu Zhixun (purged by Xia Xi and executed), and Xia Xi in alliance with Kuomintang leftist pressed ahead with rural land reform in Hunan, this incident lead to intensification of the contradictions between Communist Party and Kuomintang. On May 21, 1927, the Mari Incident broke out, He Jian began to crack down the Communists.
In November 1928, the
In 1929, he was appointed governor of Hunan province. That same year, his subordinates arrested and then executed Wu Ruolan, wife of Communist military leader Zhu De.
In 1930, the Communist Party sent troops to attack Changsha, He Jian's car was destroyed in the war, in reprisal, he participated in the "encirclement and suppression" led by Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqia in Jiangxi.[1] On November 14, his subordinates executed Yang Kaihui (Mao Zedong's wife) in Changsha.[1]
In 1933, the Nationalist government commissioned him as commander-in-chief of West Route Army.
Second Sino-Japanese War
He was Interior Minister in 1937 and chairman of Military Committee in 1939.
Chinese Civil War
After the Second Sino-Japanese War, he resigned from his post because of illness. He recuperated at Heng Mountain, in Hengyang.[2]
He Jian relocated to British Hong Kong in the Spring of 1949 and one year later he settled down in Taipei, Taiwan.[1] He served as national policy advisor to the President Chiang Kai-shek until his death.[1]
On April 25, 1956, He Jian died of
Personal life
He had a daughter, He Lian, who was married to
References
- ^ Xinhua. 2007-12-27.
- ^ 湖南王何鍵挖掉毛澤東祖墳. 2015-07-03.
External links
- Li Jingzhi (1981). 民國人物傳 [Biography of Republic of China Characters] (in Chinese). ISBN 9787101023947.
- Xu Youchun (2007). 民國人物大辭典 [Dictionary of Republic of China Figures] (in Chinese). ISBN 978-7-202-03014-1.
- Liu Guoming (2005). 中國國民黨百年人物全書 [A Century of the Kuomintang Figures] (in Chinese). ISBN 7-80214-039-0.
- Liu Shoulin (1995). 民國職官年表 [Republic of China Official Chronology] (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company. ISBN 7-101-01320-1.
