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  • Mai Xin (1914—1947), originally named Sun Peiyuan, was a native of Changshu. He was born in Shanghai, and used such alternative names as Moxin and Tieke. He learnt music at a very...
  • Ren Tianshi (1913—1948) was a revolutionary martyr. Ren was a native of Changshu, Jiangsu, whose original given name was Qisheng. He became a student of Shanghai China Medical Col...
  • Wang Bole (1900—1926) was born in Suzhou and originally named Wang Deji. He was a revolutionary martyr whose ancestral home was in Huaining, Anhui. Wang became parentless at a ver...
  • Yao Chengzu (1866—1938), styled Hanting, was a native of Shuli Village in Xukou of Wu County (today’s Suzhou). He gave him the alternative style Buyun and used the courtesy name ...
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