Huang Jun (; 1890–1937),

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Qiuyue(),

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Huangsuirensheng An() was a Chinese

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, author and

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. He was well known for his collection of late

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anecdotes "Huasuirensheng An Zhiyi"(). Huang was born in a prestigious family from

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. His father Huang Yanhong was a

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. After the cession of Taiwan to Japan, his family moved to Beijing. In the age of 17, Huang Jun graduated from imperial university of Peking(Later known as

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) and obtained the degree of Juren. Later, Huang studied at

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in Japan. In August 1932, he was appointed the secretary of

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. In 1935, with the recommendation of

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, Huang started to participate in the confidential meetings of the government of

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. At the early stage of

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, Huang became a spy working for the Japanese intelligence agency. He sold valuable information to the Japanese government which led to the failure of Chiang Kai-shek's plan of preventing the Japanese army from marching southward. All the evidences found by investigator Gu Zhenglun pointed to Huang Jun. In August 1937, Huang was convicted of

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and executed along with his son Huang Sheng and others who helped him retrieving confidential information. Huang's collection of anecdotes "Huasuirensheng An Zhiyi" was regarded as both credible and valuable account of late Qing dynasty history. Fang Zhaoying, a historian, had given Huang's book much appreciation.

Chen Yinke Chen Yinke, or Chen Yinque (3 July 18907 October 1969), was a Chinese historian, linguist, orientalist, politician, and writer. He was a fellow of Academia Sinica, considered one of the most original and creative historians in 20th century Chin ...

went as far as sympathizing Huang's death after reading his literary works and poems.

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