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Title: Zeng Qi papers
Date (inclusive): 1907-1955
Collection Number: 2010C27
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Chinese
Physical Description:
14 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize box, 1 oversize folder
(8.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, party programs and proceedings, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs relating
to political conditions in China, the Young China Party, and Chinese relations with the United States.
Creator:
Zeng, Qi, 1892-1951
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box FH7 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2010.
[Identification of item], Zeng Qi papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Zeng Qi (1892-1951) was a distinguished political leader, government official, journalist, and poet. Founder and head of
the Young China Party, Zeng Qi was one of the leading figures of modern China's "third-force" democratic movements. During
times of national peril, Zeng Qi addressed the Chinese people, saying that nationalism was the only way to save the country
from subjugation and that democracy was the key to China's survival and development.
Zeng Qi's political career began shortly after his graduation from Sichuan Law School in Chengdu. He later studied in Japan
at Chuo University (1916) and in France, where he became involved with various nationalistic movements. In 1923, Zeng Qi
served as a special correspondent from Paris to
Xin Wen Bao, a daily newspaper based in Shanghai. He also worked with Zhou Enlai to organize the Association of Chinese Clubs in France,
which campaigned against foreign control of Chinese railways. It was in France where Zeng Qi, along with Li Huang, Chen Qitiang,
and Zuo Shunsheng, founded the anti-communist, anti-fascist Young China Party.
As a journalist, Zeng Qi wrote many articles for the
Chengdu Shang Bao (
Chengdu Commercial Gazette) and the
Sichuan Gong Bao (
Sichuan Impartial Journal). He also founded and edited several daily newspapers and periodicals, including the
Min Guo Xin Bao (
New Republic) and
Xing Shi Zhou Kan (
Awakened Lion).
Although once opposed to Chiang Kai-shek, in 1937 Zeng Qi joined forces with the Generalissimo in the campaign against Japan.
After Japan's surrender, Zeng Qi was the leading delegate of the Young China Party to the Political Consultative Conference
at Chongqing. In the winter of 1946, he became a representative to the National Assembly of Constitution Making and was selected
as a member of the presidium. On behalf of the Young China Party, he signed, together with the Kuomintang and the China Democratic
Socialist League (led by Zhang Junmai aka Carson Chang,) the Common Political Program and consequently became a state councilor
in the Nationalist government after it was reorganized in April 1947.
After Chiang was inaugurated as president of the Chinese Republic, Zeng Qi was appointed his supreme adviser. During the
Truman administration, in 1948, Zeng Qi came to the United States to study its constitutional government and worked fervently
to garner U.S. support against the Chinese Communists. Zeng Qi died in 1951 in Washington, D.C.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Zeng Qi papers contain materials covering the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and the Chinese Civil War (1946-1950),
as well as records of the Young China Party (
Young China Party File); manuscripts (
Speeches and Writing); newspaper clippings (
Clippings File); published matter; and correspondence between Zeng Qi, leading figures in the Young China Party, and other notable military
and political officials of the Nationalist government, including Chiang Kai-shek, Li Zongren, Chen Cheng, Chen Bulei, Yan
Xishan, Bai Chongxi, and Fu Zuoyi (
Correspondence).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949
China -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- China
China -- Politics and government -- 1912-1949
Zhongguo qing nian dang