 He was jailed in China by Chiang Kai-shek's local authorities before being rescued by Chinese Communists.Following his release in 1943, he returned to Vietnam.It was during this time that he began regularly using the name Hồ Chí Minh, a Vietnamese name combining a common Vietnamese surname (Hồ, 胡) with a given name meaning "Bright spirit" or "Clear will" (from Sino-Vietnamese 志 明