Gu Zhongchen

Gu Zhongchen (traditional Chinese: 顧忠琛; simplified Chinese: 顾忠琛; pinyin: Gù Zhōngchēn) (1860-July 31, 1945) was a military personnel and politician in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. He was an important politician in the Wang Jingwei regime. He was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu.

Biography
In the end of Qing, Gu Zhongchen worked as the Manager of the Anhui Military Academy. But his students (for example, Bai Wenwei (柏文蔚)) entered to the Tongmenghui, so Gu also was suspected by Dynasty, and was demoted to the trifling job in Nanjing. In Xinhai Revolution, he participated to the Revolutionary Group as the General Councilor of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang United Army. In May 1924, he was appointed to the Commander of the 4th Army of the Northern Expedition Force which Sun Yat-sen commanded.

In March 1940, Gu Zhongchen was appointed to the Vice-Chief of the Examination Yuan. In November 1944, he promoted to the Chief of this Yuan.

Gu Zhongchen died on July 31, 1945.