Ho Hsiao-yuan
Ho Hsiao-yuan (Chinese: 何孝元, February 18, 1896 – February 13, 1976) was a Chinese jurist from Fujian.
Education and career
[edit]He studied engineering at Tsinghua School in his early years, and later went to the United States to study law, specializing in English and American contract law, and received his J.D. from the University of Chicago.[1][2] After returning to China, he first worked in Northeast China, where he was a director of the Middle East Railway Bureau and secretary to the warlord Zhang Zuolin. He later worked as a lawyer in Shanghai, where he was known as one of the Five Tiger Generals of Shanghai Lawyers.[3]
During the Chinese Civil War he was appreciated by the Minister of National Defense, Bai Chongxi, and served as the director of law and regulations of the Ministry of National Defense, the Director of Military Law of the Central China Banditry General Command, and the Deputy Secretary General of the Central China Military and Political Office.[4][5][6] During the February 28th Incident, he represented the Ministry of National Defense and formed a delegation to Taiwan to offer condolences, and in 1949, he accompanied the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan.[7]
After arriving in Taiwan he was a full-time professor at the Provincial School of Local Administration in Taiwan (later reorganized as the College of Law and Business of National Chung Hsing University, now National Taipei University), and also served as the director of the Department of Judicial Administration from 1952.[1][2] Therefore, Ho was regarded by the Department of Law of National Taipei University as the founding chairman of the department.[8][9] The scholar Lee Chih-peng was taught by Ho.[2] In his spare time, he often writes and has authored books such as "General Principles of Civil Law", "General Theory of Civil Law Debt", and "Comparison of Chinese Debt Law and British and American Contract Law".[2]
His son, Thomas Hsiao Tung Ho, is a well-known literary creator among Chinese Christians.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "何孝元教授介紹" (in Traditional Chinese). 國立臺北大學法律學院比較法資料中心. Archived from the original on September 15, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "何孝元先生行述". 中興法學 (in Traditional Chinese). 10: 1–2.
- ^ 何曉東. "二十年心願的實現" (in Traditional Chinese). 加略山華人基督教會. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
- ^ "本市簡訊". 《申報》（上海版） (in Traditional Chinese). August 29, 1946. 第4版.
何孝元律師，近奉國防部白部長之召，被任為國防部法規司司長，不日就職。
- ^ 〈白總司令視察豫南 當日原機返漢〉，《申報》1948年7月3日，第25280號，1版。
- ^ 张天禄; 梁信明; 高孔煜; 郭进绍; 张灵 (2007). "〈七画〉". In 福州市地方志编纂委员会 (ed.). 《福州人名志》. 福州: 海潮摄影艺术. ISBN 978-7-80691-296-6.
- ^ 「陳儀電蔣中正：十一日白崇禧派何孝元、張亮祖飛臺，經將此間情形詳告，已於今午原機飛京」（1947年3月12日），〈製造各地暴動 （五）〉，《蔣中正總統文物》，國史館藏，典藏號 002-090300-00016-316
- ^ 甘添貴 (2015). 甘添貴教授20分鐘影片 (YouTube) (in Chinese and Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
- ^ 張鈞甯、張平沼等人. "〈給臺北大學法律學院的一封情書：國立臺北大學法律學院70週年院慶影片〉". YouTube. Retrieved May 6, 2023.