In March 1902, Lu Xun and five students who graduated from the Nanjing Mining Road Academy went to Japan to study together, including five official students, namely Lu Xun, Zhang Banghua, Gu Lang, Wu Chongxue, and Liu Naibi, and Chen Hengke.
Signatures by Lu Xun and five Japanese students at the Pulpit Hall
Zhang Banghua was an old classmate of Lu Xun, both of whom were classmates at the Nanjing Mine Road Academy and the Japanese Hongwen Academy, and later taught at the Tokyo Higher Normal School in Japan, and after returning to China, they served with Lu Xun in the Ministry of Education. He died in 1957 and was an old friend of Lu Xun's life.
Gu Lang, a native of Nanjing, co-authored the Mineral History of China with Lu Xun, graduated from Tokyo Imperial University, and served as provost of the Tianjin Zhili Higher Industrial School after returning to China.
Gu Lang statue
Lu Xun and Gu Lang co-authored "China Mineral History"
Wu Chongxue, a graduate of Tokyo Higher Normal School, served as the head of the Ministry of Education, the director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department, and the director of the Jiangxi Provincial Education Department after returning to China.
Liu Naibi, a native of Chao County, Anhui Province, studied with Lu Xun at the Hongwen College, first studying teacher training and then politics.
Chen Hengke, a native of Jiangxi. His grandfather, Chen Baozhen, was the governor of Hunan, and his father, Chen Sanli, was one of the famous "Four Princes of the Late Qing Dynasty". Because he was the nephew of Yu Mingzhen, the general office of the Mining Road Academy, and Yu was the person who organized the study in Japan, Chen Hengke went to Japan to study at his own expense as a "copywriter". In addition, his younger brother Chen Yinke also went to Japan with the boat.
Portrait of Chen Hengke