Cai Rukai

Minister of EducationIn office
25 February 1914 – 1914Preceded byWang DaxieSucceeded byYan XiuPresident of National Peiyang UniversityIn office
February 1913 – March 1914Preceded byXu DeyuanSucceeded byZhao TianlinSupervisor of Imperial Peiyang UniversityIn office
1909 – November 1911Preceded byCai ShaojiSucceeded byXu Deyuan Personal detailsBorn1867
Nanchang, Jiangxi, Qing ChinaDied1923 (aged 55–56)
Beijing, Republic of ChinaPolitical partyCommunist Party of ChinaRelationsYing Qianli (Son-in-law)ChildrenCai Baozhen (daughter)ParentCai Yuan (father)

Cai Rukai (Chinese: 蔡儒楷; pinyin: Cài Rúkǎi; 1867 - 1923) was a Chinese politician and educator of the late Qing dynasty and early Republican period.

Biography

Cai was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi in 1867. During the reign of Guangxu Emperor in the Qing dynasty, he successfully achieved the rank of Juren (traditional Chinese: 舉人; simplified Chinese: 举人) on the imperial examination.

In January 1906 he became supervisor of Imperial Peiyang University, and served until December 1911. In 1912, after the establishment of the Republic of China, he became director of Zhili Education Bureau, a position at provincial level. Under the Beiyang government, he served as President of National Peiyang University between February 1913 and March 1914, and then he rose to become Minister of Education. In December 1915, after Yuan Shikai's accession to the throne, Yuan conferred the title of "Barons of the First Rank" (一等男) to him.^[1] In 1921 he was appointed general manager of Nanchang–Jiujiang railway, serving in the post until he died in 1923.

Personal life

Cai has a daughter, Cai Baozhen (蔡葆真), who once served as president of Beijing Children's Library, she was married to Ying Qianli (1900–1969), a prominent Catholic layman and educator.^[2]

References

Additional sources

• Lai Xinxia (2000). History of Peiyang Army. Tianjin: Nankai University Press. ISBN 7-310-01517-7.
• Xu Youchun (2007). Dictionary of Republican Period Figures. Shijiazhuang, Hebei: Hebei People's Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-202-03014-1.
• Liu Shoulin (1995). Official Chronology of the Republic of China (1912–1949). Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company. ISBN 7-101-01320-1.

Government offices
Preceded by Wang Daxie	Minister of Education 1914–1914	Succeeded by Yan Xiu
Educational offices
Preceded by Cai Shaoji (蔡绍基)	Supervisor of Imperial Peiyang University 1909–1911	Succeeded by Xu Deyuan (徐德源)
Preceded by Xu Deyuan (徐德源)	President of National Peiyang University 1913–1914	Succeeded by Zhao Tianlin (趙天麟)