Liu Guangdi

Liu Guangdi
刘光第
Sketch of Liu Guangdi
Manager of the Ministry of Penalty (Guangxi Province)
MonarchGuangxu
Parliamentary groupSix gentlemen of the Hundred Days' Reform
Minister of the Military
MonarchGuangxu
Personal details
Born(1861-06-18)18 June 1861
Died28 September 1898(1898-09-28) (aged 37)
Caishikou Execution Grounds
(Death by execution)
OccupationGovernment official, reformist, poet
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Liu Guangdi (simplified Chinese: 刘光第; traditional Chinese: 劉光第; 18 June 1861 - 28 September 1898) was a Chinese government minister during the late Qing dynasty. He was a leader of the Hundred Days' Reform movement of 1898. After the reforms were reversed in a coup, he and five other leaders were executed. They are now considered as martyrs and are referred to as the Six Gentlemen. Liu was also a reformist patriotic poet of the late Qing Dynasty.