Did Nantong produce the last champion in the late Qing Dynasty? What's the name of that champion?
The last scholar in Qing Dynasty was Liu Chunlin, who was the last scholar in Guangxu thirty years. Zhang Jian (1853- 1926), a native of Changle Town, Haimen, Tongzhou, Jiangsu Province, was not the last scholar in Qing Dynasty. He is an influential figure in China's modern history, a famous industrialist, educator and representative of constitutionalism in modern times. He was a scholar at the age of 16. He won the first prize in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894- 1895 and was appointed as the editor of imperial academy. China's fiasco in the Sino-Japanese War greatly stimulated him. He gave up his official position and devoted himself to career and education. He used his fame and wealth to actively set up industry. Sheng Da cotton mill and salt, oil, flour, iron smelting, shipbuilding and other enterprises have been built one after another, and Sheng Da cotton mill capital group was established. Zhang Qian is an advocate of "saving the country through industry" and "saving the country through education". He has been fighting for his career all his life, so he is called "the champion capitalist".