Li Shizeng

Li Shizeng
1928 Autochrome by Georges Chevalier
Born	李煜瀛 Li Yuying (1881-05-29)29 May 1881 Beijing, China
Died	30 September 1973(1973-09-30) (aged 92) Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality (legal)	Chinese
Education	Ecole Pratique d'Agriculture du Chesnoy [de], Sorbonne, Pasteur Institute
Occupation(s)	Educator, political activist
Political party	KMT

Li Shizeng (Chinese: 李石曾; Wade–Giles: Li Shih-tseng; 29 May 1881 – 30 September 1973), born Li Yuying, was an educator, promoter of anarchist doctrines, political activist, and member of the Chinese Nationalist Party in early Republican China.

After coming to Paris in 1902, Li took a graduate degree in chemistry and biology, and then along with Wu Zhihui and Zhang Renjie, cofounded the Chinese anarchist movement. He was a supporter of Sun Yat-sen. He organized cultural exchange between France and China, established the first factory in Europe to manufacture and sell beancurd, and created Diligent Work-Frugal Study programs which brought Chinese students to France for work in factories. In the 1920s, Li, Zhang, Wu, and Cai Yuanpei were known as the anti-communist "Four Elders" of the Chinese Nationalist Party.^[1]