Introduction of Ouyang Geng's role

Ouyang Geng (1858 ~ 194 1), male, from Zhaoting, Shao Bo, was born in Xiangshan, Guangdong Province (now daling village, Torch Development Zone, Zhongshan City), one of the earliest young children to study in the United States, and was an early diplomat of China in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.

Chinese name: Ouyang Geng

Alias: Zhao Ting,No. Shao Bo.

Nationality: Late Qing Dynasty and Early Republic of China

Ethnic group: Han nationality

Birthplace: Xiangshan, Guangdong (now daling village, Torch Development Zone, Zhongshan City)

Date of birth: 1858

Date of death: 194 1 year.

Occupation: official

Graduate School: Yale University

Main achievements: China's early diplomats abroad.

Representative works: History of Earthquakes at the Same Latitude, Fire Prevention in Earthquake Disasters, Reconstruction of Zhonghua Street in Jinshan, and Migration History of Xiangshan in Dakeng.

Gender: male

Character experience

Ouyang Geng (1858 ~ 194 1 year), male, from Daling Village, Zhangjiabian, Zhongshan City. 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.

family status

In the third year of the Republic of China (19 14), Ouyang Geng continued to marry Chen Jinmei, Chen Changming's eldest daughter, and had five children. They are honest and rigorous, generous to the people and well educated.

The eldest son, Ke Hong, graduated from the Physics Department of Fu Jen Catholic University and the Radio Department of the University of Nevada, and joined the Chennault Flying Tigers as a staff sergeant, fighting in Myanmar and Kunming. 1979 died at the age of 64.

The second son, Ke Liang, graduated from Soochow University with a master's degree from takushoku university Institute, and later worked as a professor in takushoku university and Chunqiu College. He is the author of Oracle Bone Inscriptions's The Story of Miracle (a Chinese-Japanese translation). He has returned to China for many times to participate in the Oracle Bone Inscriptions History Research Association of Yinxu in Anyang, Henan Province, with deep attainments and high prestige. 1992 died in Japan in May at the age of 74.

The third son, Ke Xiang, graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University and was ordered by his brother to transport radio equipment for the Eighth Route Army in the mountainous area of Miao Feng. On his way home, he met the Japanese army in Heilongtan and was killed. He is one of the eight martyrs of Fu Jen Catholic University, only 26 years old.

Zisi Keqiang, graduated from the Physics Department of Fu Jen Catholic University, and worked as an engineer in the Technical Information Office of the Metallurgical Department. After 1980, his family moved to Japan and worked as a lecturer at takushoku university Bagan Campus and Sakura Merrill University.

Wu Zixu graduated from the Department of Chemistry of Fu Jen Catholic University and Taiwan Province Industrial Laboratory (equivalent to a master's degree). He used to be an engineer in Kaohsiung Agrochemical Plant of Taiwan Sugar Company, a Sino-German technician in Taipei, the general agent of Bayer Pharmaceutical Factory in Taiwan Province Province, and the general manager of Jianying Chemical Company.

Anecdotes of characters

During Ouyang Geng's tenure as Consul General of San Francisco (there was no distinction between diplomats and consuls at that time), the US government was discussing the boxer indemnity issue at 190 1. Ouyang Geng's younger brother Ouyang Qi and President theodore roosevelt are classmates of Harvard University. Therefore, Ouyang Geng played an active role in direct contact with President Roosevelt. For the sake of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, President Roosevelt intends to return the compensation, but he is worried that the money will not reach the National Government. In order to revitalize China's cultural and educational undertakings, Ouyang Geng negotiated with President Roosevelt and designated boxer indemnity as the Education Fund and the China Student Fund. Later, Tsinghua School was established with this money.

1895, Mr. Sun Wen was registered in the American slave Lu Lu under the name of Sun Yixian. Mr Sun Wen and Mr Ouyang Geng are good neighbors of the same generation and have known each other since childhood. Therefore, Mr. Sun Wen wrote to Ouyang Geng, then Consul General in San Francisco, asking him to give a guarantee. Ouyang Geng not only vouched for him, but also introduced his cousin Liao as his assistant, and later became his right-hand man. Later, the Qing court began to investigate why Ouyang Geng guaranteed Sun Wen to enter the United States. Ouyang Geng told the court: "I didn't know Sun Yixian was Sun Wen." The case dragged on for a long time.

1902, the Qing court sent an imperial envoy Liang Cheng to handle the case. Liang Cheng is the son of Ouyang Geng. After several consultations, they finally reached an agreement: it was said that Sun Yixian's entry into the United States was handled by Hong Men and had nothing to do with Ouyang Geng; In exchange, it was Liang Cheng who took back boxer indemnity and set up Tsinghua University. In this way, there was no relationship between Liang Cheng and Ouyang Geng in the Qing court, and he also contributed to the establishment of Tsinghua School. Ouyang Geng accomplished nothing but nothing.

Personality assessment

Ouyang Geng is honest and open-minded. It has been 39 years since/kloc-0 was admitted to the United States as a young student in 872, and Xuan Tong abdicated in191. From 19 1 1 to 1927, I worked as a diplomat in the Republic of China 16 years, which is 55 years. When Ouyang Geng fell ill in Xiangmin's French hospital in the eastern suburb of Beijing, Guo Zejing, secretary-general of the presidential palace, wrote a draft of Ouyang Geng's obituary and reported it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. MYC ROFILM was shot by the University of Tokyo, Japan. Ouyang Geng's diplomatic career has won the love and praise of overseas Chinese and colleagues, leaving precious spiritual wealth for the motherland and future generations.