Updated September 2026
About Tan Sitong
Tan Sitong, courtesy name Fusheng (復生), art name Zhuangfei (壯飛), was a Chinese politician, thinker, and reformist of the late Qing dynasty. He was executed at the age of 33 when the Hundred Days' Reform failed in 1898. Tan Sitong was one of the six gentlemen of the Hundred Days' Reform, and occupies an important place in modern Chinese history. To many contemporaries, his execution symbolized the political failure of the Qing dynasty's reformation, helping to persuade the intellectual class to pursue violent revolution and overthrow the Qing dynasty.
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