◎Tang Tingshu

Tang Tingshu (1832-1892, originally name Tang Jie, courtesy name Jianshi, and pseudonym Jing Xing or Jing Xin), was a native of Tangjia Village, Xiangshan County of Guangzhou Prefecture (now Tangjiawan Town, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province). Tang Tingshu was China's first modern entrepreneur, a well-known national industrialist and philanthropist, a pioneer of China's modernization, one of the pioneers and founders of China's modern industry, and one of the representatives of the Westernization Movement in the Qing Dynasty. In 1863, Tang Tingshu was appointed as the comprador of Jardine Matheson and Co. In 1873, at the call of Li Hongzhang, a high-ranking official who founded the Shanghai Merchants Bureau, he joined the bureau and served as the general manager. In 1876, he served as the general manager of Kaiping Mining Bureau. Tang Tingshu enthusiastically engaged in social and public welfare undertakings and, founded Renji Hospital - the first hospital in Shanghai, which was also the first Western medicine hospital founded by Chinese people. He also compiled the first English dictionary and textbook in China. He established the Kaiping Coal Mine in Tangshan, and was delegated by Li Hongzhang to set up the Kaiping Mining Bureau. He advocated the construction of Tangxu Railway and Tangshan Fine Cotton Soil Plant. In October 1892, Tang Tingshu died of illness in Tianjin, and the consulates of various countries in Tianjin lowered their flags to half-mast. Li Hongzhang personally presided over his funeral, and the people of Tangshan built the Tang Gong Temple for him.(https://www.daowen.com)