Huang Xing or Huang Hsing was a Chinese revolutionary leader and politician, and the first commander-in-chief of the Republic of China.
21 Facts About Huang Xing
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Huang Xing was known as the "Eight Fingered General" because of wounds sustained during war.
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Huang Xing's tomb is on Mount Yuelu, in Changsha, Hunan, China.
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Huang Xing was born in the village of Gaotang, now part of Changsha, Hunan.
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Huang Xing was known as "Huang Keqiang" and "Qing Wu".
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Huang Xing was a descendant of Huang Tingjian, a Chinese artist, scholar, government official, and poet of the Song dynasty.
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Huang Xing began his studies at the prestigious South Changsha Academy in 1893, and received his Jinshi degree when he was only 22 years old.
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In 1898 Huang Xing was selected to complete further study at Wuchang Lianghu College, from which Huang Xing graduated in 1901.
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In 1902 Huang Xing was selected by Zhang Zhidong to study abroad in Japan, and was enrolled in Tokyo's Kobun Institute.
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In 1903, Huang Xing organized the Anti-Russia Volunteer Army of over two hundred fellow students in Japan.
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Later in 1903 Huang Xing returned to China and organized a meeting with Chen Tianhua, Song Jiaoren, and more than 20 other people.
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In Japan, Huang Xing met Sun Yat-sen and helped Sun found the Tongmenghui, another revolutionary party dedicated to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty.
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Huang Xing held the post of General Affairs Officer, and became the Tongmenghui's second most important leader, after Sun.
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In 1907 Huang Xing secretly returned to China and traveled to Hanoi in French Indochina in order to participate in numerous revolts, including the Qinzhou Uprising, Fangcheng Uprising, and Zhen Nanguan Uprising.
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All of the revolts that Huang Xing actively took part in failed due to lack of sufficient resources.
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In October 1909, Huang Xing presided over an assembly with Sun Yat-sen in the British colony of Penang.
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On January 1,1912, the Nanjing Interim Government was established, and Huang Xing was selected to be one of its leaders.
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Huang Xing stayed in Nanjing and attempted to reorganize the South Army in order to oppose Yuan.
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Huang Xing went into exile in the United States in 1914, and Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor in 1915.
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In October 1916, Huang Xing died in Shanghai at the age of 42 because of cirrhosis.
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Huang Xing is portrayed by Jackie Chan in the film 1911, released in 2011 on the 100th anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising.