Because he chose East Lake for Wuhan University, and worked in the editing room and library of Wuhan University Law Department after 1949, he served Wuhan University for more than half a century, so he was named Mr. East Lake.

Yan Shutang (189 1- 1984), a native of Dingxian County, Hebei Province; 19 14 graduated from Beiyang university, 19 15 went to the United States to study at Columbia university, Harvard university and Yale university, and 1920 obtained the doctorate in law from Yale university; 192 1 returned to China. He has served as professor and director of the Law Department of Peking University, professor and director of the Law Department of Wuhan University, professor and director of the Law Department of Tsinghua University, professor and director of the Law Department of Southwest Associated University, concurrently a member of the Constitution Enforcement Association, supervisor of the Supervisory Institute, judge of the First Trial Court, the first member of the China Committee of UNESCO, and the editorial board of the Law Society of the Republic of China. After 1949, he worked in the editing room and library of the Law Department of Wuhan University; He is an outstanding jurist and legal educator in modern China.

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Yan Shutang (1891-1984), whose real name is Zhao Ting; People from Dingxian County, Hebei Province; He is an outstanding jurist and legal educator in modern China.

19 14 graduated from the law department of Tianjin Beiyang university with a bachelor's degree in law. 19 15 went to study in the United States on official expenses, studied law at Columbia University, Harvard University and Yale University successively, and obtained a doctorate in law from Yale University.

192 1 After returning to China, he was hired by Peking University President Cai Yuanpei as a professor and head of the law department, and also taught Tsinghua University law courses. Later, he served as editor of the Legal Affairs Bureau of Nanjing National Government.

From September 1928 to June/931year, from August/937 to February/938, from September/947 to 1938. In the meantime, he served as the Minister of Law for three times. In addition, he is the chairman of the Education Committee and Publishing Committee of Wuhan University, and a member of the Editorial Committee, Book Committee, Book Damage Inspection Committee, Girls' Steering Committee and Special Provisions Review Committee of Social Science Quarterly. Teaching the general principles of civil law, foreign law, private international law, the law of succession of relatives in civil law, etc.

From 65438 to 0935, he served as the head of the law department in Peking University, and later served as the head of the law department in Southwest United University. 1February, 938, was elected as the National Government Supervisory Committee; 1in July, 948, he served as the chief justice of the National Government Department.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he worked as a professor in the Law Department of Wuhan University, and then worked in the editing room and library of Wuhan University. He was elected as a member of Hubei Provincial Political Consultative Conference, director of Wuhan Branch of China Foreign Culture Association and director of China Political Science Association.

1984 On February 20th, Mr. Yan Shutang died in Wuhan, Hubei Province at the age of 93.