Background
Chen Huan-chang was born in Inkslab Island, Kwantung, China in 1881.
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Chen Huan-chang was born in Inkslab Island, Kwantung, China in 1881.
Mr. Chen received his early training under Kang Yu-wei (Ghina's modern sage). He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Columbia University, New York in 1911, his thesis being "Economic Principles of Confucius and His School".
Chen Huan-chang was appointed legal adviser to President Yuan Shih-kai in 1913 and at the same time was an editor of the Canfucian Association Monthly.
His efforts to induce the Parliament to adopt Confucianism as the State Religion of China in 1913 failed. Chen Huan-chang served as a senator in the Parliament in 1918. He was elected president of the Confucian University, Beijing, and later he was also elected vice-president of the World Conference for International Peace Through Religion, New York.
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