Old photograph of a senior Kuomintang official in 1929, when Chiang Kai-shek still had a lot of hair
The photographs selected for this article are from Fu Bingchang's album, taken around 1929, and are moving images of high-level figures in the early days of the National Government in Nanjing. Fu Bingchang was a well-known diplomat of the Nationalist government in Nanjing and a photographer with little success.
Chiang Kai-shek, Wu Chaoshu, Hu Hanmin, and Wang Pethui.
Fu Bingchang took a group photo with the two ladies.
Fu Bingchang, a native of Nanhai, Guangdong Province, entered politics with Wu Tingfang, and in 1919 became the secretary of the Chinese representative office of the Paris Peace Conference, and later engaged in diplomatic work for a long time. In October 1928, he was appointed as a legislator of the first Legislative Yuan of the Nationalist Government and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Legislative Yuan. In February 1929, he was appointed Minister to Belgium.
Chiang Kai-shek at The Hot Springs of Tangshan in Nanjing.
Let's review the historical background behind the photos. After the completion of the first phase of the Northern Expedition, in April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek established the Nationalist Government in Nanjing, and after some bargaining, he realized the merger with the Wuhan Nationalist Government led by Wang Jingwei and reorganized the Nationalist Government in Nanjing.
In the front row, there is Chiang Kai-shek on the left and Hu Hanmin on the right.
In October 1928, Chiang Kai-shek was appointed chairman of the Nationalist Government and commander-in-chief of the army, navy and air force. When these photographs were taken in 1929, the whole country was unified in the situation, and Chiang Kai-shek's "entrepreneurial dream" seemed to be successfully completed.
Portrait of Chiang Kai-shek.
In 1928 and 1929, it should be the time when Chiang Kai-shek was "proud of the spring breeze and horseshoe disease", he married the famous returnee Song Meiling as he wished, and lived a sweet love life; in just four or five years, he grew from the principal of the military academy to the head of state, and his limelight can be described as indistinguishable. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek's hairline was obviously receding, but there was still a lot of hair.
Wang Jingwei was giving a speech.
Wang Jingwei has always been at odds with Chiang Kai-shek, and once fought against Chiang Kai-shek in the establishment of the Nationalist Government in Wuhan. After the "Ninghan River", he went abroad and returned to China in 1929, mainly presiding over the party affairs of the Kuomintang. In 1931, he broke up with Chiang Kai-shek again and went south to Guangzhou to establish a National Government, denying the legitimacy of the National Government in Nanjing.
Song Ziwen, Chen Youren and others were having a picnic.
Soong Ziwen was Chiang Kai-shek's eldest brother-in-law and provided financial support for the growth of Chiang Kai-shek's power. Chen Youren was not as famous as Song Ziwen, but he was also a well-known diplomat, serving as Sun Yat-sen's foreign affairs adviser and English secretary in his early years, and later as foreign minister of the Nationalist government for a long time.
Sun Ke, lying in a chair reading.
Sun Ke was the eldest son of Sun Yat-sen, who was at odds with Chiang Kai-shek and was relatively close to Wang Jingwei before the War of Resistance. In October 1928, he became Minister of Railways and Vice President of the Examination Institute. He advocated promoting the kuomintang's innovation in a gradual way and promoting the development of China's modernization.
Hu Hanmin rode in a carriage.
Hu Hanmin was a Kuomintang theoretician who worked with Chiang Kai-shek to clean up the Communist Party. In 1928, he became the legislator of the National Government, and his power grew, so he was placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek in 1931. In his later years, he flaunted the three major political ideas of resisting Japan, suppressing communism, and opposing Chiang Kai-shek.
On the anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's last century, Tan Yanmin planted trees to pay tribute.
Tan Yanmin was the son of Tan Zhonglin, the governor of Liangguang in the late Qing Dynasty, a famous politician and calligrapher during the Republic of China period, and a veteran figure of the Kuomintang. In February 1928, he was appointed Chairman of the National Government in Nanjing, and in October he was transferred to the Executive Yuan.
Hairdressed on the right.
Yu Youren was also a veteran figure of the Kuomintang, serving as the head of the audit and the chief of supervision of the National Government, and he was also a famous newspaperman, calligrapher, and educator.