Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t1: Xu Chonghao
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t1
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Xu Chonghao
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Xu Chonghao (June 3, 1882 - 1959 CE) Born in Fanyu (now Guangzhou), Guangdong, Xu is a Chinese military general and politician, who styled himself as Qingjiang and Gongwu.
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He graduated from Jiangnan Army School, joined Tung Meng Hui in 1910 and took the post as the temporary guarding commander of Nanjing and the commander of the No. 1 mixed brigade in 1911, when he was a member of Hubei Science Tutoring Society during the Revolution of 1911. In 1913, he was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Army of Anti-Yuan Shikai and escaped to Shanghai when the army was defeated. And then he finally arrived in Guangzhou to accompany Sun Yat-sen after overcoming many difficulties. He was appointed successively as the secretary and secretary-general of the examination authority of Nanjing and Chongqing national governments during 1928-1946. In May, 1938, he attended the China Buddhism Conference held in Chongqing as the director of Chongqing. He was appointed as the committee and consultant of Nanjing and Chongqing national governments during 1943-1946. He resigned from the political circle to work on literature in 1946. He was hired as the member of Shanghai Research Institute of Culture and History, the counselor of the municipal office
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[Figure: Xu Chonghao's, 'Yisilanjiao zhilue' (A Brief Outline of Islam)]
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of the counselors, member of the municipal CPPCC and member of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang since 1949. He has written *Reference for Tactics Applications* (1929), *Records of Islam* (1944) and *Summary of Chinese Political Systems* (1946) and compiled several books such as *Training Demonstration of Young People* (1929) and *Records of Xinjiang* (1945). He also involved the study of India and wrote the book of *Brief History of Sino-Indian Relation* (1942), describing the history of India-China relations from the Dynasty of Zhou and Qin to the period of the Anti-Japanese War, attached with several newspapers, magazines and articles covering India-China relation.