Carlos Palanca (born 1844)

For Chinese Filipino distiller and namesake of the Palanca Awards, see Carlos Palanca (born 1884).
In this Philippine name, the family name is Palanca.
In this Chinese name, the family name is 陳 (Tan).

Carlos Palanca
陳謙善[1]
Born
Tan Quien Sien

(1844-06-06)June 6, 1844[2]
Tong'an, Amoy, Fukien, Qing China
DiedSeptember 1901 (aged 57)[2]
Other namesCarlos Palanca Tan Quien Sien
Chuey Leong

Carlos Palanca (1844–1901), also known as Tan Quien Sien (Chinese: 陳謙善; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Khiam-siān) or Chuey Leong, was a Chinese government official and diplomat in the Philippines. During the latter part of the Spanish colonial era in the islands he served as the Chinese captain (capitan chino) and was the acting consul general of Qing China to the Philippines until 1899.[3][4]

Palanca adopted his name from his godfather, Spanish colonel Carlos Palanca y Gutierrez. He was the gobernadorcillo of the Gremio de Chino.[5] Carlos Palanca helped fund the establishment of the Chinese General Hospital in 1891[6]

Statue at Manila Chinese Cemetery's Chong Hock Tong Temple

In Rizal's Chinese Overcoat, Alfonso Ang asserts that the character Quiroga in Jose Rizal's novel El Filibusterismo was based on Palanca.[7]

References

  1. ^ Chu, Richard; Ang See, Teresita (October 15, 2016). "Toward a History of Chinese Burial Grounds in Manila during the Spanish Colonial Period". Archipel (92): 63–90. doi:10.4000/archipel.283. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Andrew R. (2004). Ambition and identity : Chinese merchant elites in colonial Manila, 1880-1916. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. p. 113. ISBN 0824826507. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Carlos Palanca enlightens the Americans (1)". Tulay & Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran, Inc. June 19, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Carlos Palanca enlightens the Americans – 2". Tulay & Kaisa Para Sa Kaunlaran, Inc. June 19, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  5. ^ Tan, Antonio S. (1986). "The Chinese Mestizos and the Formation of the Filipino Nationality" (PDF). Archipel. 32 (1): 141–162. doi:10.3406/arch.1986.2316. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  6. ^ Flores, Wilson Lee (December 11, 2005). "Welcome to Philippines-China golden age". The Philippine Star. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  7. ^ Figueroa, Carlo (June 17, 2012). "National hero not a fan of China". Yahoo!. VERA Files.