Ye Xiufeng (Chinese: 葉秀峯; pinyin: Yè Xiùfēng; 1900 – 8 February 1990) was a Kuomintang politician of the Republic of China.[1]

Ye Xiufeng
葉秀峯
Born1900
Died8 February 1990
Political partyKuomintang

Early life and family origins

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Ye was born in 1900 in Jiangdu, a district of Yangzhou, in Jiangsu Province under the late Qing dynasty. His father was Ye Weishan (zh: 葉惟善), a Yangzhou teacher.[2][3][4]

Biography

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Ye Xiufeng was a member of the CC Clique of the Kuomintang. He was acquainted with Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Lifu via his education at the Whampoa Military Academy. After graduating, he pursued a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1925.[3]

Legacy

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Ye created Ye Forest as a private garden for his father in 1927. It now forms part of Xu Garden at Yangzhou's Slender West Lake.[5]

References

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  1. ^ 生年1900年见《一个真实的中统局长叶秀峰》及镇江市解放路小学网站。《中途搁浅的瘦西湖“叶园”》作生于1899年。
  2. ^ 叶秀峰,镇江市解放路小学,2008-11-13
  3. ^ a b 万东,一个真实的中统局长叶秀峰,钟山风雨2012年06期,
  4. ^ 中途搁浅的瘦西湖“叶园”,扬州网,2007年12月25日
  5. ^ "Ye Forest", Official site, Yangzhou: Slender West Lake Scenic Spot, 2024.