Liang Huanyi, Hu Mai, Liu Liwei, Li Jinxi, Liang Huankui,50 Fang Biao, Xue Dake,
Zhu Jianfan, Zhang Shizhao, Li Mu, Liao Mingjin, Chen Runlin, Cai Yuanpei, Chen
Jie,51 Zhang Jiguang, Chen Hengke,52 Fan Yuanlian,53 Li Tang,54 Fan Zhihuan,
Tao Liigong,55 Yang Du,56 Fan Rui, Xiang Ruizhi, Hu Yuantan,57 Zhou Dalie, Luo
Chao, Wang Zhiqun, Mao Zedong, Xiong Congxu


Contributions to the memorial fund can be sent to:
Mr. Li Tang (Hunanese), 16 Daziying, Jiajia Lane, Xuanwai, or c/o Mr. Hu Yanyuan,
3 Shenpizi Lane, 18-1/2 Xikouzhong, Xuannei


Petition to Mr. Jin (January 28, 1920)


The Honorable Premier Jin:58
50 The reference is to Yang Changji’s widow, his son, Yang Kaizhi, and his daughter (and Mao’s
future wife), Yang Kaihui.
51 Liang Huankui was a Hunanese mining industrialist and educator. In 1893, while teaching at the
Zhengwen Academy in Changsha, he became influenced by the reform movement. In 1905 he established
a commercial school in Changsha to train students in new technology and science. Later, he formed
(with Yang Du) the Huachang Antimony Refining Company which held a monopoly on production of
pure antimony in Hunan.
52 Chen Jie (1878–1933), zi Qingcun or Cansan, better known as Chen Jiongming, was a native of
Guangdong, who graduated from the Guangdong College of Law and Government in 1908. In 1909, he
moved to Shanghai, joined the Tongmenghui, and participated in the revolutionary movement. He was
active in various anti-Yuan campaigns, and later became known in the field of education. In 1919 he
started the newspaper Minsheng hao (Voice of the People) in Zhangzhou; he was considered at that
time as very progressive.
53 Chen Hengke (1876–1923), zi Shizeng, hao Huaitang, was a respected traditional Chinese painter
who had received his education in Japan and taught both in Jiangsu and in Hunan.
54 Fan Yuanlian (1876–1927), zi Jingsheng, a native of Hunan, was a graduate of the School of
Current Affairs who later studied in Japan. He was an intellectual and fellow revolutionary of Cai
Yuanpei, head of Qinghua University in Beijing for a time, and minister of education and internal affairs
in the Beijing government from 1917. Fan was very active in the movement to oust Zhang Jingyao at
this time. In 1922 he was appointed head of Beijing Normal University.
55 Li Tang (1884—), zi Dang, was born in Hunan. He graduated from the University of Berlin in
finance and served as professor at Beijing University from 1914 to 1923.
56 Tao Menghe (1887–1960), zi Liigong, was from Tianjin. He graduated in sociology from the
University of London, was editor of the Commercial Press for a time, and a contributor to New Youth.
In 1922 he was one of the founders of the influential liberal magazine Nuli zhoubao (Endeavour Weekly),
edited by Hu Shi. He was a professor at Beijing University from 1914 to 1927, and acting dean in Cai
Yuanpei’s absence.
57 Yang Du (1875–1931), zi Xizi, a Hunanese, was an early advocate of constitutional monarchy
for China. He was Yuan Shikai’s representative during the 1911 revolution, and in 1915 he was the
principal architect of Yuan’s attempt to restore the monarchy. After Yuan’s death, he underwent a
period of eclipse, but in his last years, he became active in leftist causes.
58 Hu Yuantan (1872–1940), zi Zijing, hao Nai’an, was born in Hunan. Hu was a well-known educator
imbued with Confucian precepts who had been influenced by Fukuzawa Yukichi while a student in Japan.
In 1903 he returned to Changsha and founded the Mingde Schools, comprising initially a normal school