Shanxi Wang Yan Xishan: He Ruled Shanxi for 38 Years but Died in Taiwan

Yan Xishan (October 10, 1883 - May 23, 1960), courtesy name Baichuan, No. Longchi, Han nationality, was born in Hebian Village, Wutai County, Shanxi Province. He was a graduate of the sixth phase of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, a Qing Dynasty Army Infantry Examiner, a member of the Associated Military Academy, and a member of the Alliance. He organized and led the Taiyuan Xinhai Uprising. During the Republic of China, he successively served as the governor, military governor, governor of Shanxi Province, commander-in-chief of the Northern National Revolutionary Army, political commissar of the Kuomintang Central Committee, vice-chairman of the Military Commission, director of the Taiyuan Appeasement Office, commander-in-chief of the Second Theater Command, chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Government, president of the Executive Yuan of the National Government, and minister of defense. First level general. On the eve of liberation, he went to Taiwan. After retiring from office, he took refuge in Yangmingshan and wrote until his death. ISBN: 9787806981009