Wu (1842- 1922), a native of Guanlaiqiao, Xinhui, Guangdong. 1842 was born in Duane, Malacca, Malaysia. When I was young, I returned to China with my father, and then I went to a private school in Guangzhou. 14 years old went to St. Paul's College in Hong Kong. Two years later, he founded the Chinese and foreign bulletin, which was the first modern day school in China initiated by China people. 186 1 After graduating from junior college, he worked in the Hong Kong government, and successively served as the chief clerk (court translator) and the chief clerk of the Supervision Department. During this period, he also founded Huazi Daily with relatives and friends to advocate innovative speech.
1874 went to Lincoln law school in London, England at his own expense. Three years later, he got a bachelor's degree in law and was admitted as a barrister. After returning to Hong Kong, he was approved to practice law. 1878, as one of the civil service examiners, a justice of the peace, a member of the Legislative Council, and an acting judge of the Government House. Over the years, he has been elected as the vice chairman of Baoliang Bureau to safeguard the interests of Hong Kong residents in China in cases of enacting laws and executing civil penalties.
1882, at the invitation of Li Hongzhang, governor of Zhili, he went to Beijing as Li Fu's staff to assist in westernization and westernization. He also served as the general manager of Kaiping Railway Company and China Railway Company, and founded the first Tang-Xu Railway in China.
1896 served as minister of the United States, Japan and the United States. 1902 was recalled to the country and was awarded the title of four alternate Jingtang. He served as Minister of Commerce, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Punishment and Minister of Law Revision. During his tenure, he has made great achievements in concluding treaties with other countries, reducing taxes and recovering consular jurisdiction. In particular, he and Shen Jiaben revised the current criminal law of the Qing Dynasty, abolished the punishment of torture such as being late for the end of the year, beheading and slaughtering corpses, and prohibited torture, and edited the civil, criminal and procedural laws, laying the foundation for China's new law.
1907 he once again served as the minister of the United States, Mexico, Peru and Cuba. After two years in office, I returned to China to photograph my home in Shanghai and observe the changes in the world.
19110 Wuchang Uprising. He wrote to the Regent of the Qing Dynasty to persuade the Qing emperor to abdicate and advocate the establishment of a democratic regime. 1 1 In June, the Shanghai naval government was established as the foreign minister. In the name of the chairman of China Merchants Bureau of China Shipping Company, he borrowed 422,000 yuan from the bureau to support the military government funds. During the period, we also donated 15000 yuan to expand Boluo College and St. Paul College in Hong Kong. In the winter of that year, the South Province 1 1 was elected as the general representative of the North Peace Talks, and the North represented Tang in the peace talks, forcing Yuan Shikai to accept the ceasefire and the withdrawal of the northern army, and the peace talks were successful. He is regarded as one of the five giants who decided to make peace by themselves.
19 12 On New Year's Day, the Provisional Government of the Republic of China was established in Nanjing. As a justice, he continued to negotiate with the northern representatives, realized the abdication of the Qing Dynasty, established the * * * system, and ended the feudal monarchy rule for more than two thousand years.
After Yuan Shikai stole the country and became president, Wu lived in seclusion in Shanghai and wrote books behind closed doors.
19 13 years, he cared about the education of poor children in his hometown, and founded Fang Ting Yi School in Wugong Temple, You Zhu, Xinhui City, exempting tuition and fees and providing books and stationery for students. During the period of 10, 500 to 600 poor children entered school.
19 16 Yuan Shikai died, Li succeeded the president, and Wu became the foreign minister of Duan's cabinet. After that, there was a "dispute between the government and the court" within the government. In May of the following year, Li removed Duan's official position and appointed Wu as acting prime minister. On June 8, Zhang Xun was ordered to lead an army into Beijing, forcing Li to dissolve the National Assembly. Wu resolutely refused to sign. After leaving Beijing, he went south to protect the law.
19 17 In September, Sun Yat-sen established a military government in Guangzhou, with Wu as foreign minister. The military government was reorganized and elected as one of the seven presidents. 192 1 April, Sun Yat-sen reorganized the government of the Republic of China, and Wu served as Foreign Minister. Sun Yat-sen made his fortune in Guilin and asked Wu to act as the very big president. The following year, he concurrently served as finance minister and governor of Guangdong Province. When Chen Jiongming defected, Wu ventured to see Sun Yat-sen on the Yongfeng ship, and was instructed to strictly observe neutrality through the consulates of various countries in Guangzhou. He died on June 23rd at the age of 8 1. Dr. Sun Yat-sen wrote the Tomb Table of Dr. Wu Zhiyong for him.