Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Liang Huazhi (Chinese: 梁化之; pinyin: Liáng Huàzhī; Wade–Giles: Liang Hua-chih) (1906, Dingxiang, Shanxi – April 24, 1949, Taiyuan, Shanxi) was a Kuomintang official who served in the warlord Yan Xishan's government. A relative of Yan, Liang rose rapidly through Shanxi's power structure, founding and leading a number of organizations dedicated to combating both internal and external threats to Yan's rule. At first radically socialist and later radically anti-communist, Liang's life illustrates the rapid and dramatic career changes that were not uncommon in the chaotic age in which he lived. Liang is best known for the way that he died, committing suicide in a spectacular fashion as a final act of defiance against Shanxi's Communist invaders.Like many Chinese men before 1949, Liang had more than one name. In contemporary Chinese sources he is more commonly known as \"Liang Dunhou\" (梁敦厚)."@en }
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- Liang_Huazhi abstract "Liang Huazhi (Chinese: 梁化之; pinyin: Liáng Huàzhī; Wade–Giles: Liang Hua-chih) (1906, Dingxiang, Shanxi – April 24, 1949, Taiyuan, Shanxi) was a Kuomintang official who served in the warlord Yan Xishan's government. A relative of Yan, Liang rose rapidly through Shanxi's power structure, founding and leading a number of organizations dedicated to combating both internal and external threats to Yan's rule. At first radically socialist and later radically anti-communist, Liang's life illustrates the rapid and dramatic career changes that were not uncommon in the chaotic age in which he lived. Liang is best known for the way that he died, committing suicide in a spectacular fashion as a final act of defiance against Shanxi's Communist invaders.Like many Chinese men before 1949, Liang had more than one name. In contemporary Chinese sources he is more commonly known as \"Liang Dunhou\" (梁敦厚).".