Characters experience of Ouyang Geng

Ouyang Geng (1858 ~ 194 1 year) was born in Daling Village, Zhangjiabian, Zhongshan. Eleven years of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1872), Ouyang Geng 14 years old. He is a child studying in America at the expense of the Qing government. On July 9th, he went to the United States as the first batch via Shanghai, and studied at Xihaiwen Primary School, New Haven Middle School and Yale University in Manhattan, new york. Ouyang Geng and Zhan Tianyou completed the course of 16 in 9 years, and 188 1 returned home after graduation. His cousin Ou Yangming was the consul general of the Qing court in San Francisco. He used to be the magistrate of Zhili Prefecture, Beijing, and was named Senior Minister and Chief Secretary of Hualing. When Ou Yangming was consul general in San Francisco, he did a lot of work to protect overseas Chinese and Chinese workers. Ou Yangming appreciated Ouyang Geng's talent very much, so he recruited him as an intern in the Consulate General of San Francisco. Later, he took over as Consul General and worked for more than 20 years. Ouyang Geng inherited the tradition of Ou Yangming and did a lot of work to protect overseas Chinese. In the mid-1980s, there were articles about Ouyang Geng's deeds of protecting overseas Chinese in the textbooks of primary and secondary schools in Taiwan Province Province. Later, Ouyang Geng succeeded Qing Consul in Vancouver, Special Envoy in Mexico and the first Consul General in Panama. After the founding of the Republic of China, Ouyang Geng was appointed Consul General in the Netherlands Java (now Indonesia), First Secretary in the British Embassy, First Minister in Chile and Special Envoy in Bolivia, and won the second-class Golden Harvest.

1906, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 occurred in San Francisco, causing landslides in the north and south and burning down San Francisco Chinatown. Locke Town, where overseas Chinese gathered in Xiangshan (now Zhongshan), was destroyed. Dr. Jian Lilian, Mrs. Ouyang Geng, rescued many overseas Chinese orphans in the fire, but she was later overwhelmed by the pillar of fire, seriously injured and disfigured. Her eldest daughter, Xi Shu, was killed in the earthquake. Ouyang Geng also helped countless overseas Chinese and orphans at that time. His ribs were broken, his feet were crushed, his left brain was burned extensively, and his hair didn't grow. According to historical records, looking down from the mountain at this time, the fire in San Francisco will not go out for several days. 1906 is the most terrible earthquake year, with earthquakes of magnitude 7 and 8 in Alaska, San Francisco, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile and New Guinea. Later, Ouyang Geng published History of Earthquakes in Tongjingwei, Earthquake Prevention, Reconstruction of Zhonghua Street in Jinshan, and Migration History of Xiangshan in Dakeng, and secured a loan to San Francisco Bank, enabling overseas Chinese in Xiangshan to rebuild Dakeng Rock Town (the gathering place of Xiangshan expatriates in the United States in the late Ming Dynasty). Dr. Jian Lilian volunteered to treat the affected overseas Chinese, and died of old injuries three years later at the age of 37. The Qing court named Ouyang Geng as a senior minister doctor, and gave him three titles: great-grandfather Ouyang Lianying, grandfather Shan Peigong and father Jingyong Gong were all doctors. Uncle Ouyang received a patent for literature, inheriting the hometown of daling village in Zhangjiabian, Xiangshan.

Ouyang Geng thanked Ou Yangming for his kindness and sponsored his youngest son Ouyang Riru (word Ganqiu) to study at American Finance Institute and Yale University until he got a doctorate in economics. At that time, if Ouyang Ri was qualified to stay in the United States to engage in economic research, many relatives and friends hoped that he would stay in the United States to work, but he said: I am from China, and I am determined to return to the motherland and contribute to the construction of the motherland. After returning to China, he served as the general manager of Guangdong Guanyin modest bureau, the financial controller of Shanghai Yong 'an Company and Xinxin Company, and the chief auditor of Jinpu Railway.

Ouyang Geng also sponsored his younger brother Ouyang Qi (Zhi Ting) to study at Harvard University until graduation. He is a classmate of theodore roosevelt's presidential department. When he was in office, he returned boxer indemnity to President Roosevelt and founded the Tsinghua School, which was a collective contribution. Therefore, when Ouyang Geng was injured and lost his wife in the San Francisco earthquake, he recommended Ouyang Qi as the successor of Consul General of San Francisco. In the Republic of China, he was recommended to succeed the Consul General of China in Java and won the third prize of Jiahe. He died on 1930.

Ouyang Geng also chose his nephew Ouyang Gankun (no. Kun) was stationed in Java as deputy consul and won the fifth prize of Jiahe.