Liu Shih-hsun

Liu Shih-hsun
Liu Shih-hsun
Born	1868; Nan-hui Hsien, China
Died	1929
Alma mater	Imperial University of Peking

Liu Shih-hsun (Chinese: 刘式训; pinyin: Liú Shìxùn; 1868–1929), was a Shanghainese diplomat of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China who served as his country's representative to several countries, including France and Peru.

Biography

In 1879, he was sent by his parents to study at the Shanghai Cantonese Dialect Centre, where he majored in French and also studied classics, history and arithmetic. In 1890, after Liu graduated, he was selected to be sent to the Tongwen Guan in Peking for further studies.^[1]

In 1892, he went to Europe with Xue Fucheng, the minister of envoys to the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Belgium, and served as a translator at the legation in France.^[2]

References

^ Aoyama, Harutoshi; Guangquan, Yuan (translator); Hakoda, Keiko (2015). 外交官的诞生——近代中国对外姿态的改变与驻外使馆 [The Birth of the Diplomat: Changes in Modern China's External Posture and Embassies Abroad] (in Chinese). 当代日本中国研究. pp. 186–196. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
^ Shi, Jianguo (2010). 刘式训：上海广方言馆出身的新式外交官 [Liu Shixun: a new diplomat from Shanghai Cantonese Dialect Centre] (in Chinese). 世界知识. pp. 62–63.

Political offices
Preceded by Sun Baoqi	Chinese Ambassador to France 1905–1911	Succeeded by Dai Chenlin
Preceded by Alfred Sao-ke Sze	Chinese Ambassador to Peru December 31, 1913–May 14, 1914	Succeeded by Wu Chin-lin

[1] Aoyama, Harutoshi; Guangquan, Yuan (translator); Hakoda, Keiko (2015). 外交官的诞生——近代中国对外姿态的改变与驻外使馆 [The Birth of the Diplomat: Changes in Modern China's External Posture and Embassies Abroad] (in Chinese). 当代日本中国研究. pp. 186–196. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)

[2] Shi, Jianguo (2010). 刘式训：上海广方言馆出身的新式外交官 [Liu Shixun: a new diplomat from Shanghai Cantonese Dialect Centre] (in Chinese). 世界知识. pp. 62–63.

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