Huang Xing

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Huang Xing
Xing between 1905 and 1916
Nickname(s)	Eight Fingered General
Born	(1874-10-24)24 October 1874 Huangxing, Changsha, Qing Empire
Died	31 October 1916(1916-10-31) (aged 42) Shanghai, Republic of China
Allegiance	Tongmenghui, Kuomintang
Service / branch	Tongmenghui
Years of service	1894–1912
Rank	General
Battles / wars	Xinhai Revolution
Alma mater	Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination
Relations	Liao Danru (wife)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	黃興
Simplified Chinese	黄兴
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Xīng Wade–Giles Huang2 Hsing1 IPA [xwǎŋ ɕíŋ]

Huang Xing or Huang Hsing (Chinese: 黃興; 25 October 1874 – 31 October 1916) was a Chinese revolutionary leader and politician, and the first commander-in-chief of the Republic of China. As one of the founders of the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Republic of China, his position was second only to Sun Yat-sen. Together they were known as Sun-Huang during the Xinhai Revolution. He was also known as the "Eight Fingered General" because of wounds sustained during war. His tomb is on Mount Yuelu, in Changsha, Hunan, China.

Huang was born in the village of Gaotang, now part of Changsha, Hunan. Like many other Chinese men born before 1949, Huang was known by many different names during his life. His birth name was "Huang Zhen", but this was later changed to "Huang Xing". He was also known as "Huang Keqiang" and "Qing Wu". In the period after 1911 he also used the names "Li Youqing" and "Zhang Shouzheng".