Shi Jianqiao

Shi Jianqiao
portrait photo of Shi Jianqiao
Undated photo of Shi Jianqiao as a young woman
Born
Shi Gulan

1905[1] or 1906[2]
Shazigang village, Tongcheng City, Anhui Province, Qing Empire
Died27 August 1979 (aged 73–74)
NationalityChinese
Known forassassination of the warlord Sun Chuanfang
Shi Jianqiao
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese施剑翘
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShī Jiànqiào
Wade–GilesShih1 Chien4-chʻiao4
IPA[ʂɻ̩́ tɕjɛ̂n.tɕʰjâʊ]

Shi Jianqiao (Chinese: , 1905[1] or 1906[2] – 27 August 1979[citation needed]) was the daughter of the Chinese military officer Shi Congbin, whose killing she avenged by assassinating the former warlord Sun Chuanfang.[2][3] The revenge killing and the legal proceedings that followed were highly publicized at the time and incited public debates over the concepts of filial piety and the rule of law.[2][4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference fang was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d Eugenia Lean (2007). Public passions: The Case of Shi Jianqiao, Mass Culture and Collective Sentiment in Republican China. University of California Press. p. 290. ISBN 0520247183. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  3. ^ Haiyan Lee (2007). Revolution of the Heart: A Genealogy of Love in China, 1900-1950. Stanford University Press. p. 364. ISBN 0804754179. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  4. ^ Ocko, Jonathan K.; Gilmartin, David (February 2009), "State, sovereignty, and the people: A comparison of the "Rule of Law" in China and India", The Journal of Asian Studies, 68 (1): 55–133, doi:10.1017/s0021911809000084