Huangfu

Japanese: 黄郛 - こうふ

1880‐1936
Chinese soldier and politician. Born in Zhejiang Province. In 1905, he studied at the Shinbu School in Tokyo and joined the China Mengonghui. After returning to China in 1910 (the second year of the Xuantong era), he translated Sakurai Tadaharu's account of his experiences at the Battle of Port Arthur, Nikudan (The Human Bullet). He participated in the Xinhai Revolution and became sworn brothers with Chen Qimei and Chiang Kai-shek. After the failure of the second revolution, he went into exile in Japan. After the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1924, he became acting Prime Minister, Mayor of Shanghai Special Municipality in 1927, and Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1928. From May 1933 to June 1935, he served as chairman of the Executive Yuan's Committee for the Reorganization of Government Affairs in Beiping, playing a buffer role between Japan and China. [Fujii Shozo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1880‐1936
中国の軍人，政治家。浙江省出身。1905年東京振武学校に留学し，中国同盟会に加盟。10年(宣統2)帰国後，桜井忠温の旅順攻防の体験記《肉弾》を翻訳。辛亥革命に参加し陳其美，蔣介石と義兄弟となった。第二革命失敗後日本に亡命。24年第2次奉直戦争後，国務総理代理となり，27年上海特別市市長，28年外交部長。33年5月から35年6月まで行政院駐北平政務整理委員会委員長として日中間の緩衝的役割を果たした。【藤井昇三】

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