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中誠2014年秋季拍賣「現代與當代藝術」
CHIANG KAISHEK (1887-1975)
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Born in Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang, China. He is known as Chiang Chieh-shih. Chiang was a Chinese military and political leader who led the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) for five decades and was head of state of the Chinese Nationalist government between 1928 and 1949. At the age of 18 he went to military training college in Japan. He returned to China in 1911 to take part in the uprising that overthrew the Qing Dynasty and established a Chinese republic. Chiang became a member of the Chinese Nationalist Party, founded by Sun Yat-sen. Chiang is a Chinese political leader best remembered for being China's national leader during the brutal Japan-China war that began in 1937. He led the Guomindang army before becoming the Republic of China's leader in 1928. His government fled to Taiwan in 1949, but he continued to serve as president from 1950 until his death in 1975. Chiang was the son of a salt merchant and grew up in the densely populated province of Zhejiang. He received a traditional Chinese schooling which centered around Confucianism, a religious system based on the Chinese philosopher Confucius.