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Title: Xie Chi papers
Date (inclusive): 1913-1929
Collection Number: 2007C47
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Chinese
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 Linear Feet)
Creator:
Xie, Chi, 1876-1939
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2007.
[Identification of item], Xie Chi papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Chinese politician.
| 1876 | Born, in Sichuan Province, China |
| 1900 | Studied under Zhou Shaohuai |
| Entered the Jingwei Academy at Yibin, Sichuan | |
| 1902 | Followed Zhou to Chengdu |
| Graduated from the Jingwei Academy | |
| 1903 | Became a superintendent of school construction for the Sichuan office of education |
| Appointed as a physical education instructor in a police academy | |
| 1907 | Plotted a revolutionary takeover of the city on Oct. 2 but the plan failed |
| Appointed as the superintendent of trade by the Sichuan government | |
| 1909 | Sent to Fengxiang, Shanxi to work as shepherds and engaged in anti-Manchu activities |
| Returned to Shanghai to serve as provost at new Shu Shuang Gong Suo | |
| Joined Tongmenghui in Chongqing | |
| 1911 | Elected director of the general affairs bureau of the new military government in Chongqing |
| Chongqing declared its independence on Nov. 22 | |
| Plotted to take over Chongqing | |
| 1912 | Appointed as the vice director of the general affairs of the military government of Sichuan |
| 1913 | Fled to Japan to assist Sun Yat-sen in organizing Kuomintang |
| Arrested on May 17 but escaped indictment | |
| Plotted to assassinate Yuan Shikai but the plot was discovered by Yuan's agents | |
| Elected to the Senate | |
| 1918-1919 | Elected to the director of the department of party affairs |
| Served Sun Yat-sen in the Canton government as vice minister of justice | |
| 1919-1921 | Served as vice minister of interior |
| 1921-1922 | Served as secretary general of the presidential office |
| 1924 | Elected one of the five members of the Central Supervisory Committee by the First National Congress of the recognized Kuomintang |
| 1926 | Expelled by the leftist faction of the Kuomintang and joined the Western Hills faction |
| 1927-1929 | Named to the special committee by the Western Hills faction Withdrawn from the government and retired to Shanghai |
| 1930 | Left for Tianjin to seek safety after the conference was dissolved |
| Elected to the standing committee of the enlarged conference which serves as the decision-making organ of the Kuomintang in opposition to the party apparatus functioning in Nanjing | |
| 1931 | Went to Shanghai after the peace meeting between the Nanjing and Canton leaders had been successfully concluded |
| Listed by the Canton leaders as a member of their government council | |
| 1937 | Returned to his native Sichuan from Shanghai |
| 1939 | Died on April 16 |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers include diaries, correspondence, telegrams, and photographs related to political leaders of China in the early
part of the twentieth century.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
China -- History -- 1912-1928