Gao Xu
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| Traditional Chinese | 高旭 | ||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Gāo Xù |
| Wade–Giles | Kao Hsü / Kao Hsu |
Gao Xu (Chinese: 高旭; pinyin: Gāo Xù; Wade–Giles: Kao Hsü/Kao Hsu; 1877－1925), was a Chinese poet, writer, revolutionary, political activist. Gao is one of the three founders of the South Society which was the largest organization of literature and poetry during the late Qing Dynasty China and the early period of the Republic of China. Gao is also one of the founding members of Tongmenghui led by Sun Yat-sen.
Born in Zhangyan Village (), Jinshan, Jiangsu Province (currently Jinshan District, Shanghai) to a local prominent family, Gao's courtesy name () was Tainmei (天梅). He also used some other courtesy names like Huiyun (慧雲) and Dunjian (鈍劍), and was called Jiangong (劍公) by his close friends. In modern literature, Gao was commonly recorded as Gao Tianmei (高天梅, Pinyin: Gāo Tiān Méi, Wade–Giles: Kao T`ien-Mei / Kao Tien-Mei).
Beginning in 1898, Gao had been heavily influenced by the philosophies of Liang Qichao and Kang Youwei. Gao rendered his full support to Hundred Days' Reform by writing and publishing articles in various magazines. He co-founded the Juemin Society (覺民社), an influential revolutionary and literature organization, together with his uncle Gao Xie () and younger brother Gao Zeng () in 1903 in his hometown Jinshan.
Gao went to study politics and law in Hosei University, Japan in 1904, and became a member of Tongmenghui in Tokyo. He was one of the first members of Tongmenghui. Gao led Tongmenghui's branch in Jiangsu and was the provincial Director-general (主盟人). Gao returned to Shanghai in 1906 where he founded Jianxing Gongxue (健行公學), a private school in Songjiang (now Songjiang District, Shanghai). Gao soon had to dissociate his school because of the high pressure from the government. Gao also founded a women's school – Qinming Women's School (欽明女校) in Liuxi (留溪).
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