Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Chiang Kang-hu
Dr. Kiang Kang-hu
江虎虎
(Chiang Kang-hu)
Dr. Kiang Kang-hu was born at Shang-jao Hsien, Kiangsi Province in 1889. When he w a youth he was given a thorough education in Chinese literature and the classics. Dr. Kiang received his modern education first in Japan, then in Belgium and last in America. In the Chang time, after 1900, Dr. Kiang held the following positions: Director of the Pei Yang Translation and Compilation Bureau; senior secretary of the Board of Justice; professor of the Peking Imperial University. After the first revolution which resulted in the establishment of the Republic of China Dr. Kiang organized the Socialist Party and was chosen leader. The party was dissolved by the order of Yuan Shih-kai, in November 1911. In the following year he was proscribed by Yuan Shih-kai who ordered to arrest him. He had to leave China and for several years he was a refugee in America. While in America Dr. Kiang interested himself in educational work. Then he was lecturer in the University of California; and in charge at one time of Oriental Collections, Congressional Library, Washington, D. C. It was from the University of California that he was conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In 1921 Dr. Kiang travelled extensively throughout Soviet Russia. In 1922 after having returned to China, he organized the Southern University at Shanghai and is now its President. In summer 1924 he extended the activity of his University by establishing the Peking Division of the Southern University. The Socialist Party of China was reorganized in June 1924 and Dr. Kiang is still its leader. Dr. Kiang is a well known writer. Among many of his works that have been published are: A series of text books on Chinese Literature (1905); A series of lectures on the World History (1910); "Hung Shui Chi” or “The Flood” (1913;) Chinese and Social Revelation (1913); A series of lectures on Chinese Classics (1920); Travels in New Russia:(1923); The Poems of the Tang Dynasty (1923); Collection of Addresses and Speeches (1923). Dr. Kiang's address is 44, Markham Road, Shanghai, or 2, Fu Yuan Shih Hou-Chieh, Peking.
