Fu Bingchang

Fu Bingchang’s family were Cantonese Chinese whose ancestors had been well-established in the city of Foshan for over 300 years. Fu started his education in Foshan at a small local primary school with additional tutoring in classical Chinese under the supervision of two well-known Guangdong scholars, Fu Chia-chih, and Lu Hsiangfu. At the age of ten, Fu’s uncle sponsored Fu to move away from his parents in Foshan and study at the prestigious St. Stephen’s Boy’s School in Hong Kong. The aim of the school’s founders in 1903 had been to open a Christian school that would offer an opportunity for Chinese boys to acquire an education similar to that provided by well-known English public schools.

At school, Fu was introduced to his future wife, Kitty Ho. She was the daughter of Sir Kai Ho Kai (1859-1914), the famous Hong Kong physician, who had been Sun Yat-sen’s teacher and mentor. They married soon after Fu’s graduation from the University of Hong Kong as a civil engineer, and in so doing Fu had joined a prestigious Hong Kong family with important connections in business and the revolutionary cause that would enable him to pursue a highly successful political career.

Fu’s career highlights can be listed: Railway engineer for Wu Tingfang (c.1916-18). Attaché to the delegation of the Canton Constitutional Government to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Secretary to Sun Yat-sen 1918-24. Governor of Hainan Island 1919-22. Superintendent of Customs and Commissioner for Foreign Affairs at Canton 1922-26. Secretary of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and later Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government 1927. Director of Customs Administration 1927. Accompanied Dr. Wu Chaoshu to America 1927-28. On his return to China in 1928 he became a member of the Foreign Relations Committee of the National Government, a member of the Legislative Yuan and chairman of its Foreign Relations Committee. A principal drafter of the Chinese Civil Code 1933-36. Member of the Central Executive Committee 1935. In August 1941 Fu was appointed Political Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, of which post he was relieved in December 1942. He was appointed ambassador to the Soviet Union in January 1943 and remained in post in Moscow until April 1949.

Fu predicted the downfall of Chiang’s National Government some weeks before he was to quit Moscow. As part of his enforced retirement he shipped his diaries, photographs and other personal possessions, to France to be stored by an employee, Counsellor Chen Ding, who had served under him in Moscow but had long since retired to St Cloud, a suburb of Paris. That same summer Fu followed the diaries and settled in Sartrouville, near Paris, with his family. But by 1956, it became apparent to Fu that he and Kitty had irreconcilable differences and they could not live together. He decided to return to the Nationalist fold in Taiwan and work for Chiang Kai-shek. The Taiwan diaries follow his life there, as President of the Anti-Corruption Board and Vice President of the Judicial Yuan, until his death in 1965. Fu received a state funeral.

 

A Note on Courtesy Names

Many of Fu Bingchang’s contemporaries that have appeared in the diaries had courtesy names. A courtesy name is a name bestowed upon one at adulthood in addition to that person’s given name. Those with close personal relationships with Fu were often addressed by their courtesy names in the diaries. In other cases, Fu chose to address people by their courtesy names to show respect. The List of Names includes those personalities who have appeared fairly frequently in the diaries. For those personalities who have been addressed by their courtesy names, their courtesy names are also provided in the table. The introductions to the diaries contain only the formal names.

 

List of Names

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Formal Name (Pinyin)	Courtesy Name (Pinyin)	Formal Name (Chinese)	Courtesy Name (Chinese)	Formal Name (Wade-Giles)	English Name
Bai Chongxi	Jiansheng	白崇喜	健生
Cai Qiwen		蔡奇文
Cao Dexuan		曹德宣
Chen Bijun		陳壁君
Chen Bozhuang		陳伯莊/庒
Chen Cangbo		陳滄波
Chen Cheng	Cixiu	陳誠	辭修
Chen Darong		陳大榕
Chen Daichu		陳岱礎
Chen Gongbo		陈公博
Chen Jianru	Jianyu	陳劍如	劍餘
Chen Junpu		陳君樸
Chen Lifu		陳立夫
Chen Xiongfei		陳雄飛
Chen Xueping		陳雪屏
Chen Zhimai		陳之邁
Chen Zhiping		陈质平
Cheng Tianfang		程天放
Dai Chuanxian	Jitao	戴傳賢	季陶
Dai Kuisheng		戴愧生
Deng Chuankai		鄧傳楷
Ding Weici		丁慰慈
Ding Yuzheng		丁于正
Dong Congshan		董從善
Duan Maolan	Guanhai	段茂瀾	观海
Fan Bochao		范伯超
Feng Tongfang		馮彤芳
Feng Zhizheng	Dingzheng	馮執正	丁正
Fu Bingkun		傅秉坤
Fu Dehui		傅德輝
Fu Huiming		傅慧明
Fu Jincheng		傅金城
Fu Jinpei		傅錦培
Fu Jintu		傅錦涂
Fu Jinxuan		傅錦煊
Fu Qihua		傅錡華
Fu Zhongxiong		傅仲熊
Gao Yushu		高玉樹
Gu Fengxiang		谷鳳翔
Gu Ruxun	Jianhou	顧汝勳	建侯
Gu Weijun	Shaochuan	顧維鈞	少川	Koo	Wellington
Gu Zhengding		谷正鼎
Gu Zhenggang		谷正綱
Guo Dequan	Shoujing	郭德權	守經
Guo Taiqi	Baoyuan (Fuchu)	郭泰祺	保元（復出）
Guo Tingyi		郭廷以
Guo Youshou	Zijie	郭有守	子杰
He Chengjun	Xuezhu	何成濬	雪竹
He Yanfang				Ho	Kitty
He Yingqin	Jingzhi	何應欽	敬之
He Zuozhi		何佐治
Hu Jianzhong		胡健中
Hu Qingyu		胡慶育
Hu Qiuyuan		胡秋原
Hu Shi		胡適
Hu Shize		胡世澤		Hoo	Victor
Huang Chaoqin		黃朝琴
Huang Guoshu		黃國書
Huang Jie	Dayun	黃杰	達雲
Huang Junbi		黃君壁
Huang Lu	Jilu	黃陸	季陸
Huang Qirui		黃啓瑞
Huang Shaogu		黃少谷
Huang Tingzhu	Yangshan	黃廷柱	仰山
Huang Zhengming		黃正銘
Jia Jingde		賈景德
Jiang Shao		江杓
Jiang Yiping		江一平
Jiang Yisheng		江易生
Jiang Menglin		蔣夢麟
Jiang Tingfu		蔣廷黻
Jiang Weiguo		蔣緯國
Kong Xiangxi	Yongzhi	孔祥熙	庸之		H.H. Kung
Lan Ni (Yezhen)		藍妮（業珍）			Margery Lan
Lang Jingshan		郎靜山
Lei Fazhang		雷法章
Li Guoding		李國鼎
Li Shizeng		李石曾
Li Sicong		李嗣璁
Li Xuedeng		李學燈
Li Yongxin		李永新
Lian Zhendong		連震東
Liang Hancao		梁寒操
Liang Long		梁龍	雲縱（云從）
Lin Bin	Foxing	林彬	佛性
Lin Boshou/Baishou		林伯壽/柏壽	季丞
Liu Kai		劉鍇
Liu Kaizhong		劉愷鍾
Liu Shaoqi		劉少奇
Liu Shishun	Qinwu	刘師舜	琴五
Liu Tizhi		劉體智
Lou Tongsun	Peilan	樓桐孫	佩蘭
Luo Jialun	Zhixi	羅家倫	志希
Ma Chaojun	Xingqiao	馬超俊	星樵
Ma Runxiang		馬潤祥
Ma Shouhua		馬壽華
Ma Xingye		馬星野
Mei Yiqi		梅貽琦
Mo Dehui		莫德惠
Mou Peiji		繆培基
Ouyang Zhuohui		歐陽灼輝
Pan Gongzhan		潘公展
Peng Chunshi		彭醇士
Peng Dehuai		彭德懷
Qian Tai	Jieping	錢泰	階平
Shen Changhuan		沈昌煥
Shi Shangkuan		史尚寬
Song Xiren		宋錫人
Song Ziwen		宋子文		T.V. Soong
Sun Ke	Zhesheng	孫科	哲生	Sun Fo
Sun Zhiping		孫志平
Sun Zhiqiang		孫志強
Tang Shenggao		唐盛鎬
Tang Wu	Jiping	湯武	季平
Tang Zong		唐縱
Tao Baichuan		陶百川
Tao Xisheng		陶希聖
Tian Kunshan		田崑山
Tian Manshi		田曼詩
Tian Peilin		田培林
Wang Bingjun		王秉鈞
Wang Chonghui	Liangchou	王寵惠	亮疇
Wang Dongyuan		王東原
Wang Shijie		王世傑	雪艇
Wang Shuming		王叔銘
Wang Yunwu		王雲五
Wei Daoming	Bocong	魏道明	伯聰
Wu Chaoshu		伍朝樞
Wu Jingren		伍競仁			King
Wu Tiecheng	Techen	吳鐵城
Wu Tingfang	Zhiyong	伍廷芳	（秩庸）
Wu Xiuquan		伍修權
Wu Youlin		吳幼林
Wu Zhihui		吳稚暉
Wu Zhongxin	Liqing	吴忠信	礼卿
Xia Weishang		夏維上
Xiao Tongzi		蕭同兹
Xie Baoqiao		謝保樵
Xie Guansheng (Shouchang)		謝冠生（壽昌）	冠生
Xie Yingzhou	Xianting	謝瀛洲	仙庭
Xu Guangpu		徐光普
Xu Liangying		許良英
Xu Lu		徐露
Xu Shiying		許世英
Xu Xianle		徐賢樂
Xu Yongchang		徐永昌
Xue Yue	Boling	薛岳	伯陵
Yan Jiagan	Jingbo	嚴家淦	靜波
Yan Zhenxing		閻振興
Yang Guangsheng		杨光泩
Yang Jizeng		楊繼曾
Yang Xikun		楊西崑
Yang Youjiong		楊幼炯
Yang Yunzhu		楊雲竹
Ye Gongchao		葉公超			George Ye
Ye Xiangzhi		葉翔之
Yin Zhongrong		尹仲容
Yu Dawei		俞大維
Yu Jingtang		余井塘
Yu Junji	Qianliu	于俊吉	謙六
Yu Youren		于右任
Yu Jizhong		余紀忠
Yu Hongjun		俞鴻鈞
Yuan Shouqian		袁守謙
Yuan Zijian		袁子健
Zhang Qiyun	Xiaofeng	张其昀	曉峯
Zhang Daofan		張道藩
Zhang Daoxing		張道行
Zhang Fakui	Xianghua	張發奎	向華
Zhang Huichang		張惠長		Zhang Weizhang
Zhang Ji		張繼
Zhang Jingjiang		張靜江
Zhang Junmai		張君勱
Zhang Lisheng		張厲生
Zhang Mojun		張默君
Zhang Qian	Gonghui	張謙	公撝
Zhang Qun		張群
Zhang Zhao	Cunyu	張兆	存煜
Zhang Zhiben	Huaijiu	張知本	怀九
Zhang Zikai		張兹闿
Zhao Hengti		趙恒惕
Zhao Zhihua		趙志華
Zheng Baonan		鄭寶南
Zheng Bin		鄭斌
Zheng Jiemin		鄭介民
Zheng Tianxi	Futing	鄭天錫	茀庭	F.T. Cheng
Zheng Yanfen		鄭彥棻
Zheng Yuxiu		鄭毓秀
Zhou Bailian		周百煉
Zhou Hongqing		周鴻慶
Zhou Junnian		周峻年
Zhou Shukai		周書楷
Zhou Zhirou		周至柔
Zhu Fusong		朱撫松
Zhu Jiahua	Liuxian	朱家驊	騮先
Zhuang Xinzai		莊心在

 
 

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