Called a wicked traitor of Han.

On 3 March 1944,a plane flew from Tianjin landed on the Kakamigahara Airport in Gifu prefecture.
The seriously diseased man getting aboard on the plane was Wang Zhao-Ming most loved by Sun Yat-sen and transcribed faithfully Sun's will as Sun's successor.
Wang Zhao-Ming was brought directly by a car to the Medical Department of Nagoya Imperial University.
He had sought the way of conciliation of the war between Japan and China but after the World War U he would be called a wicked traitor of Han who had collaborated with Japan.



On January 1,1912,Sun Yat-sen declared the establishment of Republic of China. It is Wang Zhao-Ming at age 29 that composed of the Declaration.
Wang Zhao-Ming commonly known as Wang Jingwei was born in Guangzhou,China.
In 1903,Wang entered Housei University in Tokyo,and studied in Japan as a student officially dispatched by China.
Wang Zhao-Ming was born at the same province,Gunagzhou,as Sun Yat-sen.When Sun Yat-sen came to Japan and organized the League of Revolution,Wang Zhao-Ming was engaged in the edifying a journal "Minpou" (Nation's news).
In 1910 he tried to assassinate the imperial regent,and was caught and sentenced to death.
But he was released the following year, after the republican revolution succedeed.
In the 1920s he served as a major official in the National Party. After Sun's death, and Wang Zah-Ming and Chiang Kai Shek vied for the leadership of National Patty but he was defeated.
After the Manchurian Incident, Wang Zhao-Ming took office in prime minister and foreign minister as a assistant of Ching Kai-shek,but his foreign policy toward Japan was severely criticized.
While Chiang Kai-shek led the Northern Expedition against China's warlords and established the right-wing government of National Party in Nanjing,Wang Zhao-Ming was appointed the head of the left-wing government of National Party in Wuhan in 1927,consistently criticizing the government of Ching Kai-shek.
Around the time of the outbreak of the war with Japan, Wang Zhao-Ming was inaugurated a vice president of National Party and sought the way of peaceful conciliation between Japan and China. Wang Zah-Ming behaved based on the philosophy "Seek the way of peace on the one hand and Battle on the other hand ".
　 He thought it was indispensable to battle in arms in the background of his peace negotiations.
So,Wang Zah-Ming was involved in the negotiations for peace while Ching Kai-shek resisted in arms against Japan.
The situation of the war got worse, the government of Ching Kai-shek retreated to Chongqing and because of confrontation with Ching Kai-shek, left Chongquing for Hanoi.
Later,Wang Zah-Ming organized his own Nationalist government supported by Japan in Nanjing.
Before long,as the war between Japan and China expanded to the World War Second,resulted in the the situation that while Ching Kai-shek stood on the side of the triumphed countries,Wang Zah-Ming seeking the way of peace with Japan stood on the side of the defeated countries.
After the World War U,Wang Zah-Ming was called wicked traitor of Han who had collaborated with the defeated Japan. 　

Wan Zao-Ming's Days in Japan


Housei University
 Wang Zah-Ming rent a lodging house in Kanda,and went to Housei University.
He learned on new studies such as constitution, state, low, and economy. These studies were completely different from Confucianism which he had learned in a study of his home village.
The study of freedom and human-right-movement was added to his study,and his vision of the world drastically revolved in the direction of revolution.
When his term of studying expired, he was obliged to become a servant of Qing dynasty but he had already lost his will to do so.
On Sunday,he frequently went to Ueno Koen Park and lingered by himself under the statue of Saigou Takamori,a famous leader of Meiji Restration.

The symbol of Qing dinasty,Imperial Palace in Beijing
 Sun Yat-sen shook hands with t Huang Xing to form a Chinese Revolutionary League.
The Chinese Revolutionary League set office in Ushigome and begun to publish a Journal "Minpou".A certain woman visited the publishing office.This woman was Chen Bijun,a daughter of Chinese Merchant coming from Penang.
Her father came from the same province,Guangdong,as Sun Yat- sen and had supported the revolutionary movement of Sun Yat-sen.
Many Chinese Merchants in the South Seas deplored the Qing dynasty of Manchurian reigning over China and had given a financial aid to the movement.
Chen Bijun was later to become a wife of Wang Zah-Ming.

The Medical Department of
Nagoya University.
When　Wang Zah-Ming was taken a picture on November 1,1935 at the National Convention of National Party,a man disguising himself as a cameraman fired two shots to Wang Zah-Ming.
The two shots was extracted but paralysis remained in his both limbs.
Wang Zah-Ming would be operated by Saitou Makoto,an authority of neurology in Nagoya Imperial University.
The party consisted of wounded Wang Zah-Ming and his wife,and his son and his son's wives and his three daughters,a physician in charge and three nurses, secretary,maid,and cooks with the total number of about 30.
The party stayed in Nagoya Kanko Hotel and the third floor of Nagoya Imperial University adjoining the sick room of Wang Zah-Ming.

The backyard of Daikou Medical Center of Nagoya University
 It was made strictly confidential that the patient carried into the Nagoya Imperial University was Wang Zah-Ming.
The people except the persons concerned was banned to enter even the third floor of the University. During 4 hours in the time of the operation ,only his wife Chen Bijun plainly dressed was staying in the corner of the operation room.
After the operation,his condition hung in the balance for some times but he passed away on 10 November 1944.Plum trees was presented to the Medical Department of Nagoya University by the Wang's family.
The trees was planted in the backyard of Daikou Medical Center attached to Nagoya University near Nagoya Baseball Doom Studium.

　 　 In terms of popularity, Wang Zah-Ming as a noble-minded person exceeded Ching Kai-shek.
When Wang Zah-Ming escaped from Chongqing and announced the declaration of saving nation peacefully, he expected generals acquainted with him in each provinces under the command of Ching Kai-shek to gather to him. But generals were so anxious about the stability of the new government of Wang Zah-Ming that they wouldn't follow Wang Zah-Ming.
The situation of the war was getting worse for the side of Japan, Ching Kai-shek parted from Wang Zah-Ming and the philosophy of "Seek the way of peace on the one hand and Battle on the other hand ",based on the corporation with Ching Kai-shek had collapsed.
The body of Wang Zah-Ming passed away in Nagoya Imperial University was brought by plane to Nanjing and buried in Mt. Meihuashan.
His wife Chen Bijun worried that the tomb of Wang Zah-Ming would be uncovered and insulted,and had the tomb covered by the shelter made of the thick wall including 5 tons of pieces of iron.
However, after winning the battle against Japan, the government of National party exploded the tomb of Wang Zah-Ming.
In 1994,the administration office of mausoleum of Sun-Yat-sen created the statute of Wang Zah-Ming on the spot of his tomb in order to have visitors for sightseeing known the historical fact and use for the education of patriotism.
The statute faces with mausoleum of Sun-Yat-sen far north and forms the image of Wang Zah-Ming kneeling down with his both hands tied together behind his back,enclosed by fence.
This image expressed the fact that Wang Zah-Ming had betrayned Sun Yat-sen and the revolution of Republic of China,and sinned against the country and nation.
But the side of triumph always writes history and so Wang Zah-Ming was labeled a wicked traitor of Han.
However,we should note the fact that he was a patriot more than anyone and made every effort to end the war with Japan.

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