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Previously, he was Minister of the Cabinet of the Imperial Cabinet during the Qing dynasty.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"23 October 1855","date":"1855-10-23"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702428#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Weihui","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1344805"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702428#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"5 June 1939","date":"1939-06-05"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702428#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Tianjin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11736"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702428#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Qing dynasty","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8733"},{"text":"Republic of China","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13426199"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702428#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"artist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483501"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702428#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Anhui clique","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1257163"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702428#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of the Republic of China (10 October 1918 – 2 June 1922)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887003","start":"1918-10-10","end":"1922-06-02"},{"text":"Premier of the Republic of China (1 May 1914 – 22 December 1915)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702650","start":"1914-05-01","end":"1915-12-22"},{"text":"grand tutor of the Qing dynasty","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47172174"},{"text":"Viceroy of Three Northeast Provinces","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7925245"},{"text":"Junji dachen","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10895045"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702428#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126418747","date":"1920"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702428#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Shichang","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702428"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Xu Shichang born?","a":"Xu Shichang was born on 23 October 1855 in Weihui."},{"q":"What positions has Xu Shichang held?","a":"Positions held by Xu Shichang include: President of the Republic of China (1918–1922); Premier of the Republic of China (1914–1915); grand tutor of the Qing dynasty; Viceroy of Three Northeast Provinces; Junji dachen."}],"related":[{"name":"Chiang Kai-shek","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chiang-kai-shek"},{"name":"Yen Chia-kan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yen-chia-kan"},{"name":"Wang Jingwei","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wang-jingwei"},{"name":"Chiang Ching-kuo","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chiang-ching-kuo"},{"name":"Lai Ching-te","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lai-ching-te"},{"name":"Wu Den-yih","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wu-den-yih"},{"name":"Frank Hsieh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/frank-hsieh"},{"name":"Lee Huan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lee-huan"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/xu-shichang-cce1d2b763.jpg","width":251,"height":312,"license":"Public domain","credit":null,"page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%BE%90%E4%B8%96%E6%98%8C.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Xu Shichang","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Shichang","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q702428","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q702428","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: 徐世昌.jpg (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%BE%90%E4%B8%96%E6%98%8C.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Xu Shichang, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: 徐世昌.jpg, Public domain.","cite":"\"Xu Shichang\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/xu-shichang. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T06:52:07Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-10","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/xu-shichang","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/xu-shichang","ne":null}}