Xiang Jingyu
| Xiang Jingyu | |
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| 向警予 | |
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| Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 September 1895 Xupu, Hunan |
| Died | 1 May 1928 (aged 32) |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Communist Party of China |
Xiang Jingyu (Chinese: 向警予; pinyin: Xiàng Jǐngyǔ; Wade–Giles: Hsiang Ching-yü, 4 September 1895 – 1 May 1928), whose old name was Xiang Junxian, was one of the earliest female members of the Communist Party of China (CPC), widely regarded as a pioneer of the women’s movement of China.
Xiang Jingyu was born in Xupu, Hunan province on 4 September 1895. Her father was Xiang Ruiling, a successful businessman, and her mother was Deng Yugui, who died when Xiang Jingyu was young. She has ten siblings. Xiang Jingyu’s one brother, Xiang Xianyue, who had studied in Japan, was a leader of Tong Meng Hui in West Hunan. Xiang Xianyue founded a primary school in Wenchangge in 1903. Xiang Jingyu (then named Xiang Junxian) attended this school because of the influence of his brother and became the first girl who studied in a school in the old China.
Xiang Jingyu went to Changsha in 1911 after the downfall of Qing Dynasty with the Xinhai Revolution. She renamed herself Xiang Jingyu and attended the First Provincial Women’s Normal School of Hunan, but then left this school and attended Zhou Nan Women’s School. In this period, Xiang Jingyu was concerned with state affairs. When the humiliating “Twenty-One Demands” was signed, she and other students made speeches in the streets, hoping to wake the patriotic enthusiasm of Chinese people. After graduating from Zhou Nan Women’s School, Xiang Jingyu went back to her hometown. She thought that education could rescue China, so she founded Xupu Primary School under the support of some local progressives. As the principal of this school, she employed some progressive youths as teachers. What the difference was compared to most other schools was that her school taught new knowledge and new ideas. At the beginning, there was only one class and dozens of students. However, the numbers of students expanded quickly and reached up to 300.
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