193 years ago today, on May 19th, 1832 (April 20th, 1832 in the lunar calendar), Tang Tingshu, the representative of the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty, was born. Tang Tingshu, known as Jingxing, also known as Jingxin, was born on May 19th, 1832 in Tangjia Village, Tangjia Town, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province. Zhuhai is close to Macao and Hong Kong, and many compradors in early modern China came into being here. Tang Tingshu, his brother Tang Tingzhi (Maozhi), and his clan brothers Tang Ruizhi and Tang Guotai (Qiaoqing) were all famous comprador figures at that time. His nephew Tang Jiechen and grandnephew Tang Jichang also inherited their profession. Jardine Matheson alone served as comprador from Tang Tingshu through Tang Tingzhi and Tang Jiechen to Tang Jichang for more than half a century. In 1908, an East Indian-style building was rebuilt on the original site. Tang Tingshu was a famous comprador of foreign firms in modern Chinese history and an active participant in the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty. Throughout his life, he made important contributions to the establishment of modern national industry and the promotion of national economic development. Comprador of foreign companies and activist of foreign affairs enterprises in the late Qing Dynasty in China. Tang Yougan, a descendant of Tang Tingshu's family and an old man in his 80s, once told that after Tang Tingshu was 50 years old, he often returned to his hometown to be keen on public welfare. He once tried to build a wharf in Tangjiawan, and opened up a route to Guangzhou and Hong Kong with a small ferry. Thirty-seven years later, when Sun Yat-sen planned the Strategy for the Founding of the People's Republic of China, he designated this wharf as the Tang family port. According to records, after Tang Tingshu died of illness in Tianjin, his coffin was transported back from Shanghai to his hometown Tangjiawan by ship. Tang Tingshu's coffin was accompanied by a special ship of commercial officials from thirteen countries. When this huge fleet was "lined up" around the sea in front of the Tang family, the whole coast was brightly lit. Nearly a thousand people attended the funeral, and the consulates of thirteen countries in Tianjin flew their flags at half-mast on the public holiday.