Zhang Wuling

Zhang Wuling was a Chinese educator. Zhang was noted for promoting Chinese women's education and Chinese educational equality, he founded Suzhou Leyi Girls' School and Pinglin Middle School in Suzhou, Jiangsu. He was the father of poet Zhang Chonghe and scholar Zhang Yunhe.

Names

His birth name was Zhang Wuling. His style name was Shengjin, he also known as Jiyou and Jiyou.

Zhang was born in Hefei, Anhui, in 1889, the grandson of Zhang Shusheng, a high-ranking military officer in the Huai Army.
Zhang moved to Shanghai in 1912. In 1918, he moved to Suzhou, he established Suzhou Leyi Girls' School in 1921 and Pinglin Middle School in 1925.
In 1937, the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, he escaped from the flames of war with his family and moved to his hometown. Zhang died in there in 1938, aged 49.

In 1906, Zhang married Lu Ying in Hefei, Anhui. They had six sons and four daughters.
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