Lu Zongyu (simplified Chinese: 陆宗舆; traditional Chinese: 陸宗輿; pinyin: Lù Zōngyú; 1876–1941) was a pro-Japanese Chinese diplomat at the Paris Peace Conference after World War I. Because of subscribing the Twenty-One Demands supporting Japanese interests, along with Zhang Zongxiang and Cao Rulin, he was labeled as a Hanjian ("traitor to the Chinese people") by students participating in the May Fourth Movement.
Originally from Zhejiang, Lu was educated in Japan and returned to China where he was a lecturer at Beijing College of Law and Administration.[1][2] At the time of the instigation of the May Fourth Movement, Lu was the director-general of the Chinese Mint; the president of China, Xu Shichang, was forced to compel his resignation, along with Zhang and Cao's, after months of demonstrations, strikes, and meetings.[3]
After his death, he received the courtesy name Runsheng.[2]
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edit- ^ Reynolds, Douglas R. (2020-04-06). China, 1898–1912: The Xinzheng Revolution and Japan. BRILL. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-68417-300-6.
- ^ a b Tang, Qi-hua (2020-09-12). Chinese Diplomacy and the Paris Peace Conference. Springer Nature. p. 241. ISBN 978-981-15-5636-4.
- ^ Pantsov, Alexander V.; Levine, Steven I. (2013-10-29). Mao: The Real Story. Simon and Schuster. pp. 69–70. ISBN 978-1-4516-5448-6.
