From Capable Officals Of The Late Qing Dynasty To Anti-Japanese Model

Han Guojun was born in1857in Hian, Tai County, Jiangsu Province. He lived through four failures in metropolitan examination though he obtained a Xiucai title in1877and a Juren title in1879.Luckily for him, in1889, he won the first prize in Datiao, as a result of which he was appointed firstly a County Magistrate, and then he was appointed officials of different levels, during which he traveled from south to north in China. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he was the Magistrate of Jilin Province. After Xinhai Revolution, he was in succession appointed the Ministry of Jiangsu Civil Affairs, the commissioner of Anhui and then the governor of Jiangsu and as warlord for some time for the Northern Warlord government. During his retirement at home in early1925, he devoted himself to reading and compiling books, maintaining water conservancy projects, running industries and helping deal with local politics affairs. During the period of Nanjing National Government, he was continually appointed member of the Jiangsu Draconian Taxation Supervision Committee, Government Bonds Supervision Committee, the National Water Resources Committee, Provincial Banning-opium Committee and so on. Wandering between Haian and Nanjing, attending meetings and putting forward useful suggestions occupied most of his time. Despite the dispute between the New Fourth Army and Handeqing’s stubborn army, Hanguojun tried his best to resolve it and supported KMT-CPC Cooperation firmly after the breakout of Anti-Japanese War. Therefore, his struggle made a great contribution to the success of the establishing of the Anti-Japanese Base for the New Fourth Army. As an opponent to the Jingwei Wang’s Illegal Puppet Regime, he refused to be appointed as the governor of Jiangsu. Consequently, he was placed under house arrest and thus was filled with anger and worriers, which led to his death on January23,1942. Chenyi regarded him as a model for the National Resistance and so he matched those great officials in the Song and Ming Dysnasty.From a capable official of the late Qing Dynasty to a high-rank government official of the Northern Warlord government, from a local famous figure during the time of Nanjing National Government to the National Resistance model, Guojun Han experienced two totally different historical periods-the old-democratic revolution and the new democratic revolution. Throughout his life, he was indeed a legendary historical figure. This thesis consists of5chapters, which respectively analyses and comments on different periods of Han Guojun’s whole life.The first chapter reviews the early years of Han’s life. Based on the background of the age and regional culture, it expounds Han’s family, his experience of attending imperial examination and his working as a counselor, which laid a solid foundation for his later development. The second chapter investigates Han Guojun’s progress of being an official in the late Qing period. Han carved out his career as a magistrate of a county. As an official, Han travelled from north to south. Wherever he administrated, he always made local people happy and satisfied. Whichever position he held, he was always able to do some wonderful things. All the provincial highest administrators gave him praise and honor, which showed his instinct of being the king’s loyal minister and responsible for his job. The third chapter is an analysis of Han Guojun’s performances as an high official in the period of BeiYang Government. From what he did when he assumed the office of Minzhenzhang in Jiangsu, Xunanshi in Anhui and governor of Jiangsu, we find that Han was literati without the bravery or tactics of an army officer. Although he was studious concerning government issues and worked all for people, at the historical stage of warlord monopolizing power, he had to resign to leave the political stage, which was a sorrowful regret for him.The fourth chapter reviews his main deeds after Han Guojun retired. He was fond of irrigation works, set up enterprises and paid special attention to the local education, which shows his people-oriented spirit:caring for people’s sufferings and working for people’s welfare again. The fifth Chapter gives an account of Han’s deeds that he dealt with the frictions between the Kuomintang and CPC, supported the New Fourth Army in the fight against Japanese imperial Army, and sacrificed himself for our country. Then it analyses his patriotism. In addition, the epilogue of the paper analyses Han’s political thoughts, including its substance, characteristics, and how they came into being.In the light of the Marxist Historical View and on the basis of the Historical Empirical Method, this paper is a systemic study of Guojun Han, from the angles of history, sociology, culture and politics. Placed in the background of the Chinese modern history, it offers a comprehensive review of his life experience and the changing of his thoughts, which emphasizes both the continuity and integrity of the changing of his thoughts and the close reading of any single relevant text. Most probably, this paper can also reflect some characteristics of the politics, economy, military, culture and thought of the modern China.