Cheng Biguang
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Cheng Biguang | |
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程璧光 | |
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Minister of Navy of the Republic of China | |
In office 30 June 1916 – 24 June 1917 | |
Preceded by | Liu Guanxiong |
Succeeded by | Sa Zhenbing |
Personal details | |
Born | 1861 Xiangshan County, Guangdong, Qing China |
Died | February 26, 1918 Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Republic of China | (aged 56–57)
Awards | Order of Wen-Hu |
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Battles/wars | First Sino-Japanese War |
Cheng Biguang (Chinese: 程璧光) (1861-26 February 1918) was a Chinese admiral during the late Qing dynasty and later the Republic of China.[1] He served in the Beiyang Fleet and the Republic of China Navy. When Duan Qirui refused to validate the Constitution, Cheng and fellow Admiral Lin Baoyi sailed their fleets to Guangzhou join the Constitutional Protection Movement led by Sun Yat-sen.[2] He was assassinated in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, in 1918.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pomerantz-Zhang, Linda (1992-08-01). Wu Tingfang (1842-1922): Reform and Modernization in Modern Chinese History. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 250–260. ISBN 978-962-209-287-7.
- ^ Chen, Leslie (1999). Chen Jiongming and the Federalist Movement: Regional Leadership and Nation Building in Early Republican China. University of Michigan Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-89264-135-2.