Background
He was born in Kiangsi, China in 1896.
He was born in Kiangsi, China in 1896.
Mr. Lo graduated from the Peking National University. He did intensive research work in history and philosophy in Princeton, Columbia, London, Berlin, and Paris universities.
Chia-luen Lo took prominent part in the "Literary Revolution" in 1918 as an editor and afterwards editor-in-chief of "The Renaissance," an influencial monthly published in Peking, professor of history in the National South-Eastern University in 1926, political adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of the Nationalist Forces in 1927, member of the Central Committee on Legislation and Codification in 1927, dean and a founder of the Central Political Institute in Nanking, China in 1927-1928.
Then Mr. Lo became high commissioner of education and the representative of the Ministry of Education on the committee of the wararea administration in 1928, Commissioner of Education and member of the Provisional Government of Shantung, China in 1928, was appointed by the State Council President of the National Tsing Hua University in Peiping, China in 1928. Since then it is generally recognised that a great number of reforms has been inaugurated and definite progress achieved in Tsing Hua.
After that he resigned in June 1930 and was appointed member of the University Council in 1929, professor at Wuhan National University in Hupeh, China in the autumn, 1930, then reappointed dean and director of the Central Political Institute in December, 1930, and remained in that position up to August, 1934. He was elected reserve member of the Central Executive Committee of Kuomintang in November, 1931, concurrently member of the Central Political Council since then, member of the Foreign Relations Committee, vice president of the Central Publicity Committee, but his academic activities had prevented him from taking active part in that function.
Chia-luen Lo worked also Chancellor of the National Central University in Nanking, China since August, 1932, which was completely reorganized and drastically reformed during his administration, was member of the Societe Asiatique and other learned societies and author of the following works: "Science and Metaphysics", "A Critical Study of the Official Documents concerning Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Kidnapping in London", chinese Translation of J. B. Bury's "History of Freedom of Thought", chinese Translation of Paul Reinsch's "Fundamentals of Government".