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Yen Hsi-shan's Relations With The Other Three Sides (1935-1945)

Posted on:2010-04-17Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C H LiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360275468859Subject:China's modern history
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Yen Hsi-shan (1883 - 1960), is an important and complex figure in the history of Republic of China , and also is a unique one, Who governed Shanxi for 38 years (1911 - 1949). Became the only regional power group during the whole ROC. His complex, self-struggle history and ideology will become a long-term study for people.Based on the information currently collected, the study of Yen Hsi-shan were from a certain level such as political, economic, military, culture, education, employment, ideology. So far, there is no attempt to deal with the whole process while taking all relations among the four parties as a system.This thesis consists of an introduction and another three chapters. The first chapter talks about Yen Hsi-shan's plan to lay down strategy on relations with Chiang Kai-shek, Communist Party and Japanese. It demonstrates the inevitability of the Japanese invasion of China and the complexity of their relations from the perspectives of its background and reasons so as to foreshadow the following parts. The second chapter gets down to the subject, which is elaborated as follows: Yen Hsi-shan's relations with the other three sides before the Anti-Japanese War (1935-1937) , his relations with the other three sides after the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1939) , his relations with them after Xijin Incident (1939-1945). From these three aspects mentioned above, Yen Hsi-shan's unique political strategy of "dancing on the three eggs" is clear to us , that is, his objection to Japanese and unification with them, his support to Chiang Kai-shek and rejection to Chiang Kai-shek, his unification with Communist Party and opposition to Communist Party. He tactfully made use of this principle of philosophy till the triumph of Anti-Japanese War in order to hold a position. The third chapter makes an objective evaluation of his strategy. In order to survive, he adjusted his relationship with Chiang Kai-shek, Communist Party from time to time. During such a special historical period, this has positive meanings and great impact.
Keywords/Search Tags:Yen Hsi-shan, "Centrality and commonality" philosophy, "Dancing on the three eggs"
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