Xu Shiying

Xu Shiying
Xu Shiying
許世英
Premier of the Republic of China
	In office; 26 December 1925 – 4 March 1926
President	Duan Qirui
Preceded by	Huang Fu (acting)
Succeeded by	Jia Deyao
Minister of Interior of the Republic of China
	In office; 30 June 1916 – 12 July 1916
Premier	Duan Xirui
Preceded by	Wang Yitang
Succeeded by	Sun Hung-yi
Minister of Justice of the Republic of China
	In office; 29 November 1922 – 4 January 1923
Premier	Wang Daxie; Wang Zhengting
Preceded by	Xu Qian
Succeeded by	Wang Zhengting
	In office; 26 July 1912 – 4 September 1913
Premier	Lu Zhengxiang; Zhao Bingjun; Duan Qirui (acting); Xiong Xiling
Preceded by	Wang Chonghui
Succeeded by	Wang Shitong (acting); Liang Qichao
Personal details
Born	10 September 1873; Guichi District, Qing dynasty
Died	13 October 1964 (aged 91); Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang

Xu Shiying (Chinese: 許世英; 10 September 1873 – 13 October 1964, also romanized as Hsu Shih-ing) was a Chinese Kuomintang politician who served as Premier of the Republic of China from 26 December 1925 to 4 March 1926. He is known as a staunch believer in the rule of law and Western-style legal tenets.^[1] Xu contributed to the modernization of the judicial system in China and for initiating prison reform during the presidency of Yuan Shikai.^[2]

Biography

Xu was born on 10 September 1873, in Guichi, in the eastern Anhui province. He began his career at the Law Compilation Bureau, in the Board of Justice in 1897.^[2] After a year, he was appointed to the Board of Punishments. By the age of 25, he was made a Senior Licentiate of the Qing dynasty.

Xu followed his mentor, Shen Jiaben to Taiwan during the Qing government in exile. In 1900, they went back to China where Xu was tasked to head an Outer Beijing city police supervision of infrastructure projects.^[3]

In 1908, he was promoted as the associate chief of the high court of justice in the province of Fengtian. Two years later, he was part of the delegation sent to inspect the judicial systems in Europe. He also led the first formal Qing delegation that attended the Eighth International Prison Congress in Washington, D.C.^[3] As part of the government's drive to build a modern judicial system, he was appointed Minister of Justice in 1912.^[2]

Among Xu's career highlights include his appointment as minister of the interior in 1916; and his appointment, in 1924, to chief secretary of Marshal Duan Qirui, who was head of the Provisional Government of China.^[4] Xu was later the Chinese ambassador to Japan, and the chairman of a Chinese delegation for peace negotiations with KMT China.^[5]

Xu died in Taipei, Taiwan.

References

^ Li, Xiaobing; Fang, Qiang (2013). Modern Chinese Legal Reform: New Perspectives. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-8131-4120-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dikötter, Frank (2002). Crime, Punishment and the Prison in Mode. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. p. 64. ISBN 962-209-565-8.
^ ^a ^b Kiely, Jan (2014). The Compelling Ideal: Thought Reform and the Prison in China, 1901-1956. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-300-18594-2.
^ "Hsu Shih-ying (Xu Shiying) 許世英 | The China Story". www.thechinastory.org. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^ Kataoka, Tetsuya (1 January 1974). Resistance and Revolution in China: The Communists and the Second United Front. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520025530.

External links

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[1] Li, Xiaobing; Fang, Qiang (2013). Modern Chinese Legal Reform: New Perspectives. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-8131-4120-6.

[:0-2] Dikötter, Frank (2002). Crime, Punishment and the Prison in Mode. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. p. 64. ISBN 962-209-565-8.

[:1-3] Kiely, Jan (2014). The Compelling Ideal: Thought Reform and the Prison in China, 1901-1956. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-300-18594-2.

[4] "Hsu Shih-ying (Xu Shiying) 許世英 | The China Story". www.thechinastory.org. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

[5] Kataoka, Tetsuya (1 January 1974). Resistance and Revolution in China: The Communists and the Second United Front. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520025530.

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Republic of China (Beiyang) 1912–1928	Ma Tingliang 1913 Zhong Lu 1913–1916 Liu Chongjie 1916 Zhang Zongxiang 1916–1919 Liu Jingren 1919–1920 Hu Weide 1920–1922 Shi Luben 1922–1923 Zhang Yuanjie 1925–1926
Republic of China (Nationalist) 1928–1938	Jiang Zuobin 1931–1936 Xu Shiying 1936–1938
Republic of China (Collaborationist) 1940–1945	Chu Minyi 1940–1941 Xu Liang 1941–1943 Cai Pei 1943–1945 Lian Yu 1945
Republic of China on Taiwan 1952–1972	Hollington Tong 1952–1956 Shen Jinding 1956–1959 Chang Li-sheng 1959–1963 Wei Tao-ming 1964–1966 Cheng Zhimai 1966–1969 Peng Mengji 1969–1972
People's Republic of China 1973–present	Chen Chu 1973–76 Fu Hao 1977–82 Song Zhiguang 1982–85 Zhang Shu 1985–83 Yang Zhenya 1988–93 Xu Dunxin 1993–98 Chen Jian 1998–2001 Wu Dawei 2001–04 Wang Yi 2004–07 Cui Tiankai 2007–09 Cheng Yonghua 2010–19 Kong Xuanyou 2019–2023 Wu Jianghao 2023-present

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