Wang Yitang

Wang Yitang 王揖唐
Wang Yitang (Who's Who in China 3rd ed., 1925)
Born	(1877-10-17)17 October 1877 Hefei, Anhui, Qing Empire
Died	10 September 1948(1948-09-10) (aged 70) Beijing, China
Citizenship	Chinese

Wang Yitang (Chinese: 王揖唐; pinyin: Wáng Yītáng; Wade–Giles: Wang I-T'ang; October 17, 1877 – September 10, 1948) was a politician and military leader in the Qing Dynasty and Republic of China. He belonged to Anhui clique and formed the Anfu Club (安福俱樂部). Later he became an important politician in the Provisional Government of the Republic of China and the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China. His former name was Zhiyang (志洋) and his courtesy names were Shenwu (慎吾) and Shengong (什公). Later, his name was changed to Geng (賡) while his courtesy name was changed to Yitang (一堂). He was also known by his art name Yitang (揖唐). He was born in Hefei, Anhui.

A native of Hefei in Anhui Province, Wang Yitang passed the Imperial examination in 1904 and became Jinshi (進士); however, he hoped to study about military. In September, he was sent on a government scholarship to Japan where he attended the Tokyo Shimbu Academy, a military preparatory school. After graduating, he entered the Imperial Japanese Army’s 9th Artillery Regiment based in Kanazawa; however, he found that military life was not to his liking, so he transferred to Hosei University.