11 Facts About Yeung Hok-ling

Yeung Hok-ling, courtesy name Lai-ha, was a Chinese revolutionary.

Yeung Hok-ling is one of the Four Bandits, together with Sun Yat-sen, Yau Lit and Chan Siu-bak.

Yeung Hok-ling entered the Canton Academy of Mathematics in 1886.

In 1890, Yeung Hok-ling introduced Yau Lit, his classmate at the Canton Academy of Mathematics, to Sun Yat-sen, his old friend from Cuiheng.

When Sun graduated in 1892, he had to borrow money from Hospital Kiang Wu to set up his own pharmacy in Macau, and Yeung Hok-ling persuaded his brother-in-law, Ng Tsit-mei, to be Sun's guarantor.

Sun was forced to leave Macao to redevelop his medical career in Shekkei, Heungshan, and Yeung Hok-ling sold a building in Rua Central to support him.

In 1896, Yeung Hok-ling's father died to leave him some properties in Heungshan, Hong Kong and Macau; he would later sell all these properties to finance anti-Qing revolution.

Later, Yeung Hok-ling worked at the China Daily founded by Chan Siu-bak to advocate revolution.

Yeung Hok-ling wrote to Sun in 1919 to apply for a job in the Republic of China Government.

When Sun Yat-sen established the Government in Canton in 1921, the Three Bandits were appointed as Sun's consultants, but Yeung Hok-ling resigned and returned to Macao after several months.

Yeung Hok-ling died in Macau on 29 August 1934 and was buried at Cuiheng Village, Zhongshan, Guangdong.