Xu Shichang (Pinyin) or Hsu shih chang (Wade-Giles) (1855-1939) was a prominent figure of the Beiyang[?] warlords and President of the Republic of China from 1918 - 1922.
... is a term for someone with absolute governmental power, from the Greek language turannos. In Classical Antiquity[?] it did not always have inherently negative ...