Shi Yang

Shi Yang (Chinese: 施洋; pinyin: Shī Yáng; June 13, 1889 - February 15, 1923), born Shi Jichao (Chinese: 施吉超; pinyin: Shī Jíchāo), courtesy name Bogao (Chinese: 伯高; pinyin: Bógāo). Shi Yang was from the small village of Yangjiahe (杨家河村) in Zhushan County, Hubei. He was a lawyer by trade, as well as a member of the Chinese Communist Party, and was one of the early leaders of the Chinese workers' rights movement.

Shi Yang's family were rural farmers and were very poor. In 1907 he was accepted into the Yunyang Government Agricultural School's Silk Production study program, transferring three years later into the Yunyang Agricultural Middle School. Most schools, including Yang's, had closed during and after the chaos of the Xinhai Revolution, and therefore in 1912 Yang decided to return to his home village and establish a school, acting as its headmaster. He also founded an agricultural association, and was asked to serve as its chair. In 1914, Yang was accepted into the Hubei Police School, and in 1915 entered the Hubei School of Jurisprudence (Chinese: 湖北法政学校) to study law. He graduated as the school's valedictorian in 1917, and began practicing law at an office in Wuchang. In 1919, Yang opened his own practice across the Yangtze in Hankou at #5 Leatherwork Alley, Hualou Street (Chinese: 花楼街皮业巷5号) and soon joined the newly created Wuhan Jurisprudence Society and was selected as Vice Chair.

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