Tang Xiangming
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Tang Xiangming (simplified Chinese: 汤芗铭; traditional Chinese: 湯薌銘; 1885–1975), courtesy name Zhuxin (铸新), was a Chinese naval officer. Tang studied Naval warfare in France and the United Kingdom.[1] In 1905, he joined the Chinese United League (Tongmenghui). In 1911, during the Wuchang Uprising, Tang, under the command of Admiral Sa Zhenbing, sailed to Hankou as part of the Qing Navy's assistance to the Qing Army operations in the area. In December 1915, he supported Yuan Shikai's creation of the Empire of China (1915–1916). After Yuan's death, he supported the Zhili clique until their defeat by the Fengtian clique in the Second Zhili–Fengtian War in 1924. In 1930, he supported Shanxi warlord Yan Xishan in opposing Chiang Kai-shek. In 1933, he became a member of the China Democratic Socialist Party. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he went to Chongqing. After the end of the Chinese Civil War, he stayed on the mainland and died in Beijing at the age of 90. He was the younger brother of Tang Hualong.
References
- ↑ Karsten, Peter (1998). Civil-military Relations. Taylor & Francis. pp. 58–60. ISBN 978-0-8153-2978-7.
- 1885 births
- 1975 deaths
- Chinese Navy officers
- People from Huanggang
- Writers from Hubei
- Republic of China warlords from Hubei
- Chinese spiritual writers
- 20th-century Chinese writers
- Qing dynasty Buddhists
- Chinese Buddhists
- 20th-century Buddhists
- People of the 1911 Revolution
- 19th-century Chinese military personnel
- 20th-century Chinese people
- Empire of China (1915–1916)