Chen Tian

Around 1919, Chen Tian was a Yidan(艺旦) in a high-end restaurant in Taihoku.

Chen Tian joined the Taiwan Cultural Association's Taipei Youth Reading Club.

Thereafter, Chen helped Chiang with his activism and, when Chiang was imprisoned (in 1924 and 1925), she supported him through correspondence, sending him clothes, books and articles by other activists, and also replaced him in lectures, giving speeches to promote his ideas.

[2] After Chiang died on August 5, 1931, of typhoid fever, Chen became a nun in the Ciyun Buddhist Temple [zh].

[3] Chen Tian features in the musical The Impossible Times, based on Chiang Wei-shui's life.

Chen Tian