Yu Mingyi

Yu Mingyi, birth and death dates unknown, was a modern Chinese official and publishing figure. Starting in 1905, he served as the General Supervisor for the Shanghai Port Opening Affairs; in 1906, he was additionally appointed as the Circuit Judge for Chenzhou, Yongzhou, and Ningzhou in Hunan. In 1908, he led efforts to suppress the Wugang "bandit" case and was soon afterward appointed as the Circuit Judge for Jinan, Ji'an, and Ning in Jiangxi, leaving his position as the head of the Hunan Military School. During the Republican era, he gradually withdrew from politics but continued to serve as a director of the Commercial Press.

Family-wise, his eldest brother was Yu Mingzhen, his second brother Yu Mingguan, his sister Yu Mingshi, and his husband was Chen Sanli. With his wife Zeng Guangshan, he fathered 14 children—excluding those who died young, ten survived, including Dawi, Dailun, Dahe, Dahe, Dagang, Caung, Daxuan, Dazhong, Dayin, and Da Cai.

His eldest son, Yu Dawi, was married to Chen Xinwu and had two sons, Yu Yang and Yu. His second son, Yu Dailun. His third son, Yu Dahe, was a plant pathologist and microbiologist, and served as President of Beijing Agricultural University. His fourth son, Yu Dahe, and fifth son, Yu Dagang, were both notable in traditional Chinese opera; the latter was a Hanju (Chinese opera) expert.

Regarding his daughters, the eldest, Yu Dacang, died young; the second daughter, Yu Daxuan, was married to Wang Peiyu and had one daughter. Other daughters include Yu Dazhen, a professor in the Department of Western Languages at Peking University; Yu Caizai, whose husband was Fu Sinian; and Yu Dayin, also a professor at Peking University’s Department of Western Languages, married to Zeng Zhaolun.