Tang Caichang


Tang Caichang was a late Qing dynasty reformer and political activist. He and fellow reformer Tan Sitong were from Liuyang. Tang was chosen by Kang Youwei to lead an uprising in Hankou, however he and thirty others were arrested by Qing forces before it ever began on August 21, 1900. By order of Zhang Zhidong, he was beheaded the following day in Wuchang. He is considered by the Chinese to be a martyr for revolution.