Huang Xing
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Huang Xing or Huang Hsing (Chinese: 黃興; 25 October 1874 – 31 October 1916) was a Chinese revolutionary leader and politician, and the first commander-in-chief of the Republic of China. As one of the founders of the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Republic of China, his position was second only to Sun Yat-sen. Together they were known as Sun-Huang during the Xinhai Revolution. He was also known as the "Eight Fingered General" because of wounds sustained during war. His tomb is on Mount Yuelu, in Changsha, Hunan, China.
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Huang Xing | |||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | Eight Fingered General | ||||||||||
Born | (1874-10-24)24 October 1874 Huangxing, Changsha, Qing Empire | ||||||||||
Died | 31 October 1916(1916-10-31) (aged 42) Shanghai, Republic of China | ||||||||||
Allegiance | Tongmenghui, Kuomintang | ||||||||||
Service/ | Tongmenghui | ||||||||||
Years of service | 1894–1912 | ||||||||||
Rank | General | ||||||||||
Battles/wars | Xinhai Revolution | ||||||||||
Alma mater | Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination | ||||||||||
Relations | Liao Danru (wife) | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 黃興 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 黄兴 | ||||||||||
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Huang was born in the village of Gaotang, now part of Changsha, Hunan. Like many other Chinese men born before 1949, Huang was known by many different names during his life. His birth name was "Huang Zhen", but this was later changed to "Huang Xing". He was also known as "Huang Keqiang" and "Qing Wu". In the period after 1911 he also used the names "Li Youqing" and "Zhang Shouzheng".