He Siyuan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

He Siyuan

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1896

Place of Birth: Heze, Shandong, China

Date of Death: 28-Apr-1982

Profession: politician, economist, translator

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Leo

He Siyuan (Chinese: ???; Wade–Giles: Ho Ssu-yüan; 1896 – April 1982), also spelled Ho Shih-yuan, was a Chinese educator, politician and guerrilla leader.
Educated in China, the United States, and France, he was an economics professor at Sun Yat-sen University and education minister of Shandong Province.
When Japan invaded China in 1937, he organized a guerrilla force to fight the resistance war in Shandong, and Chiang Kai-shek appointed him the wartime governor of the province. He became Mayor of Beiping (now Beijing) after the surrender of Japan, but was fired in 1948 when he fell out with Chiang.
He survived Chiang's two attempts to assassinate him, but lost his youngest daughter in the second attack.
In 1949 he negotiated the peaceful surrender of Beijing to the Communist forces, ensuring the safety of its millions of residents.
Fluent in four European languages, after 1949 he mainly worked on translating foreign publications into Chinese.
His elder daughter, He Luli, grew up to become Vice-Mayor of Beijing and Chairwoman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.