Dong Yanping
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Dong Yanping (1896 – November 5, 1976) was a political and military figure of Taiwan. His original name was Zhifang, and his courtesy name was Peiqing. He was a native of Horqin Right Front Banner in Inner Mongolia (now part of Taonan City, Jilin Province).[1]
Biography
[edit]In the spring of 1918, Dong Yanping went to Japan to study. In 1921, he earned a bachelor's degree in law from Meiji University. After returning to the Republic of China, he enrolled at the Northeast Military Academyand graduated in 1925. In the winter of 1927, he went back to Japan to study at the Army War College and graduated in 1930. Upon returning to China, he was appointed Military Secretary at the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Northeast Frontier Defense Army.[2]
In November 1931, he became Chief of Staff at the Tianjin Martial Law Command and later served as Chief of Staff of the 105th Division. In the autumn of 1935, he was promoted to Major General and commanded the 1st Brigade of the 105th Division. In 1937, he was appointed Deputy Commander of the 49th Army. Following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he participated in the Battle of Cangzhouand the Battle of Shanghai. He later held positions as Director of the Military Training Inspection Office and Head of the Military Training Department, before being transferred to serve as Chief of Staff of the 11th Group Army Headquarters.In August 1945, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Northeast Headquarters of the Military Affairs Commission and concurrently served as Head of the Chinese Military Mission to the Soviet Union. In the winter of 1946, he served as a delegate to the National Constituent Assembly. In the winter of 1947, he was elected as a delegate to the National Assembly. In February 1948, he became Chairman of the Andong Provincial Government and, in May of the same year, a member of the Political Affairs Committee of the Northeast Headquarters.[2]
As the Kuomintang (KMT) suffered defeats during the Chinese Civil War, Dong Yanping fled to Taiwan, where he retained his position as a National Assembly delegate. He later served as Director of the Northeast Research Institute under the Academia Sinica. He also held posts as Deputy Secretary-General of the KMT Central Policy Committee and as an advisor on party affairs. Dong Yanping passed away in Taipei on November 5, 1976, at the age of 80.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "军团网-WW2备忘录 —— 董彦平" [CorpsNet – WW2 Memoirs: Dong Yanping]. juntuanwang.com. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ^ a b c "刘锦堂:晚清末期第1名将，收复新疆的头号功臣，可惜甲午前病逝_左宗棠_南疆_军队" [Liu Jintang: The foremost general of the late Qing dynasty and the top contributor to the reconquest of Xinjiang, who unfortunately passed away before the First Sino-Japanese War.]. www.sohu.com. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
References
[edit]- Xu Youchun (2007). 《民国人物传（修订增补版）》 [Biographical Dictionary of Republican Figures, Revised and Expanded Edition]. Hebei People's Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-202-03014-1.
- Liu Guoming (2005). 《国民党百年人物志》 [A Centennial Biographical Encyclopedia of the Kuomintang]. Tuanjie Publishing House. ISBN 7-80214-039-0.
- Liu Shoulin (1995). 《民国官员年表》 [Chronological Table of Republican Officials]. Zhonghua Book Company. ISBN 7-101-01320-1.