Hunan warlord who joined the Northern Expedition, Wuhan's army commander and the defender of Nanjing in 1937
From Hunan, he graduated from the Baoding military school and became a Hunan division commander. Joining the Northern Expedition in 1926 as commander of the Eighth Army, he became governor of Hunan, and after the April 12 Incident commanded the Wuhan government's army against the Fengtian forces in Henan, but turned anti-Communist after the Horse Day Incident. Defeated after defying Nanjing in autumn 1927, he went into exile in Japan. In December 1937 he commanded the defence of Nanjing and bore the blame for its fall after ordering the retreat. He joined the Hunan peaceful uprising in 1949, became a vice-governor of Hunan in the People's Republic, was detained during the Cultural Revolution and died of illness in Changsha in 1970.
Also known as: Tang Sheng-chih
Activities and affiliations
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1926–1937
Republic of China state institutionsCommander, Eighth Army, NRAMain
Military command -
1949–1970
People’s Republic of China state institutionsVice-governor of Hunan
Government and administration
Career Timeline
- 1914Graduates from the Baoding military school
- 1926Commander of the NRA Eighth Army; governor of Hunan
- 1927Commander-in-chief of the Wuhan army; defeated and exiled to Japan
- 1934–1937Director-general of military training
- 1937Commander of the Nanjing garrison
- 1949Joins the Hunan peaceful uprising; vice-governor of Hunan