Tang Caichang (唐才常)

Overview

The translated histories identify Tang Caichang as a rebel, scholar, and student. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Tang Caichang	唐才常	Tang Caichang
Given name	Caichang	才常	Caichang
Courtesy name	Fochen	佛塵	Fochen
Surname	Tang	唐	Tang
Personal name	Tang Caichang	唐才常	Tang Caichang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Rebel
Scholar
Student

Life and dates

Death

Manner: execution · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900
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Source Date: Text: 二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1898
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Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
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Organization: Fuyou Society / 富有會 · Relation: organizer-of
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Organization: Lianghu Academy / 兩湖學堂 · Relation: student-of
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: false
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Events and relationships

Kind: rebellion · Role: leader · Action: planned-勤王-attack-on-Wuhan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900
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Source notes

Statement: Called with Tan Sitong the Two Students of Liuyang · Label: Two Students of Liuyang / 瀏陽二生
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References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 464Volume 464 Biographies 251: Li Duanfen, Xu Zhijingzi, Ren Zhu, Chen Baozhen, Huang Zunxian, Ceng He, Yang Shenxiu, Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi, Tan Sitong With: Tang Caichang, Lin Xu, Kang Guangren · 3 passages

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李端棻徐致靖子仁鑄陳寶箴黃遵憲曾鉌楊深秀楊銳劉光第譚嗣同唐才常林旭康廣仁李端棻，字苾園，貴州貴筑人。 Li Duanfen, Xu Zhijing, his son Renzhu, Chen Baozhen, Huang Zunxian, Zeng He, Yang Shenxiu, Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi, Tan Sitong, Tang Caichang, Lin Xu, and Kang Guangren. Li Duanfen, whose courtesy name was Biyuan, came from Guizhu in Guizhou.

唐才常，字佛塵。 Tang Caichang, courtesy name Fochen.

二十六年，兩宮出狩，才常陰結富有會謀舉事，號勤王，將攻武、漢。 In Guangxu 26, when the two palaces went out on progress, Caichang secretly organized the Fuyou Society and planned to rise, calling it loyal rescue of the throne, intending to attack Wuchang and Hankou.