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Zhao Fan (赵藩), courtesy name Jie'an, in his later years called himself "Old Man ShiChan" (石禅老人), was born in Xianghu Village, Jianchuan County, Yunnan. He was a famous politician, scholar, poet and calligrapher in modern Chinese history. Participating in the Xinhai Revolution and the Defending the Country and the Law Protection Movement, successively serving as a member of the House of Representatives and minister of transportation in the Southern Military Government, Zhao Fan wrote a lot in his lifetime, especially poetry. The famous "Attacking Heart Alliance" of The Wuhou Ancestral Hall in Chengdu was written by him. Now Kunming Grand View Building "the world's first long union" for its handwriting. In his later years, he devoted himself to cultural undertakings and compiled books such as "Yunnan Series".

Yang Zengxin (6 March 1864 – 7 July 1928) was a Chinese politician and warlord in Xinjiang. He successively served as the governor of Tianshui County, Gansu, The Governor of Hezhou, and the General Office of the Army Academy, with outstanding political achievements. Repeatedly repelled The Outer Mongol armies, preserved the Altai (present-day Altay region), made Xinjiang less seriously invaded during his reign, and maintained peace on the frontier.
Zhang Kairu (1869-1935), also known as Zaolin and Sulin, was a member of the Qiao family in Yunnan Province, an elder of the Xinhai Revolution and a famous general who defended the country. In 1905, he joined the Chinese League Association, and in 1911, he revolted in Kunming, leading the students of the Wutang To open the city gate to meet the rebel army. In 1917, he was appointed Chief of the War Department of the Military Government of the Republic of China and Commander of the Fifth Army of the Jingguo Army. In May 1918, he was dismissed by Tang Jiyao. In 1920, he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Protector of the Law Dian Army, but was attacked and disarmed by Chen Jiongming. In 1921, Sun Yat-sen was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the Yunnan Northern Expeditionary Army, and in April 1923, he was appointed chief of staff of the base camp, chief of staff of the base camp, and senior adviser to the Yunnan Provincial Government.
Yang Zhenhong (1874-1909), a native of Kunming, Yunnan Province, was a modern Chinese democratic revolutionary. In 1905, he joined the Chinese League. In 1906, he returned to China and served as the pipe belt of the Tengyue Patrol Battalion in Yunnan. In the summer of 1907, due to the failure to plan an armed uprising, his identity was exposed, that is, he fled to Japan through Burma and established the Yunnan Independent Association. In 1908, when the Estuary Uprising occurred, he returned to China to respond, and when he arrived in Hong Kong, he knew that the uprising had failed. Yangon, who then moved to Burma, founded the Kwong Wah Daily to promote the revolution. In the winter of the same year, the Guangxu Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi died one after another, and after hearing the letter, he returned to Yunnan and launched an uprising, but failed due to leaking secrets, and died in anger.
Li Gengen (June 6, 1879 – July 5, 1965), born in Tengyue, Yunnan (present-day Jiubao Township, Lianghe, Yunnan), also spelled Xuesheng, also known as Yangxi and Yinquan. Modern celebrities, elders and generals of the Chinese Kuomintang, patriots. He participated in leading the Yunnan Uprising, participated in the "Second Revolution", anti-Yuan Shikai's activities to claim the emperor, and the struggle to protect the law, built heroic tombs, advocated the construction of the "Tengchong National Martyrs Cemetery", and made significant contributions to the "Chongjiu Uprising" in Kunming, the establishment of the Yunnan Military Governor's Office, the settlement of the Problem of Western Yunnan, and the governance of border ethnic areas.
Lü Zhiyi (1881-1940), a native of Simao, Yunnan, was a famous politician and revolutionary during the Republic of China period. In his early years, he studied in Japan, participated in the founding of the Chinese League Association, and participated in the Huanghuagang Uprising. After the success of the Xinhai Revolution, he successively served as a senator of the Yunnan Governor's Office, vice minister of justice of the Nanjing Provisional Government, and senator of the Senate. Later, he participated in the Second Revolution and the Patriotic War. After 1920, he successively served as vice minister of justice and vice minister of the Ministry of the Interior of the Guangzhou Military Government, legislator of the National Government, vice minister of the Ministry of the Interior, and legislator of the National Government.
Zhang Wente (1881–February 17, 1957), courtesy name Chongren, was a native of Tengchong, Yunnan. In 1936, he was invited by Lu Daoyuan to serve as the secretary of the Fifth Brigade of the Yunnan Army, and the fifth brigade was reorganized into the provincial anti-Japanese brigade, and succeeded him as the secretary of the provincial government and the private secretary of Long Yun. In 1939, he was appointed as the governor of Changning County, and in 1940 he resigned due to illness and went home to recuperate. In the summer of 1942, the Japanese army was close to the iron hoof, and the military and political officials in the city were frightened and abandoned the city and fled, so that the border city fell into the hands of the enemy without a fight. At this time, Zhang Wende was already over the age of huajia, and he was appointed as the governor of Tengchong County, who was no longer a county in the county, and desperately threw himself into the arduous journey of defending his family and defending the country, and set up a wartime county government and a front base area for the anti-Japanese resistance in northwest Tengxi in the Jietou and Qushi areas.
Tang Jiyao (14 August 1883 – 23 May 1927), also known as Rongchang (荣昌), courtesy name Rongchang, was a native of Chengguan County, Huize County, Yunnan. Founder and leader of the Dian Army, leader of the Dian warlords. Tang Jiyao participated in the Chongjiu Uprising and the Kunming Uprising. In the Patriotic War, he jointly declared the independence of Yunnan with Cai Yi. During the Dharma Protection Movement, he was promoted to be one of the presidents of the Protector of the French Army, and served as the commander-in-chief of the Yasukuni Coalition Army in the eight provinces of Yunnan, Qian, E, Shaanxi, Xiang, and Fujian. In the second year of the Republic of China (1913), Tang Jiyao began to govern in Yunnan, and during the nearly 14-year reign, Tang Jiyao did a number of major things to benefit the people and revitalize Yunnan, which played a great role in promoting the modernization of Yunnan. In the later period of his reign, from subordinates to people, tang jiyao was a controversial figure in modern Chinese history.
Yu Enyang (1884-1918), a native of Mojiang, Yunnan, was a lieutenant general in the Republic of China Army and a general in the Dian Army. When the Wuchang Uprising broke out in 1911, on August 25, a secret meeting was held with the members of the Chinese League Association, Yu Enyang, Tang Jiyao, Liu Cunhou, Yin Chengxian, Shen Wangdu, Zhang Zizhen, Huang Yucheng, etc., to plan and respond to the Wuchang Uprising. He was assassinated in Guizhou on February 18, 1918 at the age of 34. He was posthumously awarded the title of General of the Army the following year. Sun Yat-sen inscribed the words "should be a male ghost" for his tomb.
Long Yun (1884-1962), zi zhizhou, original name Dengyun, Yi, Yi name Naji Usa. A native of Yanshan Township, Zhaoyang District, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. During the mainland period of the Republic of China, he was a senior general of the Kuomintang Dian Army, a second-class general of the National Revolutionary Army, the chairman of the National Government of Yunnan Province, and the president of the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall. Long Yun has been in charge of Yunnan for 17 years. During this period, he worked hard to innovate, supported the democracy movement, and persisted in resisting Japan, so that Yunnan's political, economic and cultural construction has made major progress, and he is known as the "fortress of democracy".
Huang Yuying (1885-1912), Zihe, a native of Huize, Yunnan. After Sun Yat-sen established the Chinese League in Japan in 1905, Huang Yuying immediately joined and went to Nanyang and then to Yunnan to engage in revolutionary activities. After the Wuchang Uprising in Xinhai, the members of the Yunnan League actively prepared to respond, and Huang Yuying not only participated in the decision-making of the Xinhai Kunming Chongjiu Uprising, but also fired the first shot of the Xinhai Kunming Uprising, which made great contributions to the success of the Xinhai Revolution in Yunnan. Unfortunately, Huang Yuying led his troops from Sichuan to Guizhou and was killed in an attack at the age of 27.
Tang Huaiyuan (1886-1941.5.12), also known as Fochuan, was born in Maliyuan Village, Cuifeng Township, Jiangchuan County, Yunnan Province. Graduated from Yunnan Daowutang, he was a general in the Army, a famous general in the Yunnan Army, and the commander of the Third Army of the National Revolutionary Army. In 1941, the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain was besieged by the Japanese and could not escape, committed suicide in Xia County, Shanxi, and was martyred heroically, and was one of the most senior generals of the Kuomintang army who died in the War of Resistance Against Japan.
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