Tang De-Jhang
| Tang De-jhang | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
January 6, 1907 Japanese Taiwan, Tainan Chō, Tapani Subprefecture |
| Died |
March 13, 1947 (aged 40) Republic of China, Taiwan Province, Tainan |
| Occupation | lawyer |
Tang De-Jhang (January 6, 1907－March 13, 1947) was born in Tainan, Taiwan. He was killed in the February 28 Incident.[1]
Life
Tang was poor when young, and fortunately found some financial help from a traditional Chinese physician Yang. Graduated from Tapani Elementary School, when studying in Tainan Normal School (now the National University of Tainan), due to his father's death, Tang dropped out and worked in his family's farm, and then in sugar refinery. At that time, he enhanced his knowledge and fighting skills by learning Chinese language, Four Books and Five Classics, Chinese martial arts and Japanese martial art. In 1927 he became a Tainan Prefecture Patrol deployed to Tōseki District (東石郡), and married in next year. In 1927, Tang passed the formal civil service examination.
February 28 Incident
Tang De-jhang was elected mayor candidate by all Tainan senators, leaders of villages citizen organizations, and student representatives in 1947, when the February 28 Incident occurred.
After troops of the 21st Division descended on Tainan, about twenty gendarmes broke into Tang's house to arrest him for the crime of rebellion on March 11, 1947. The next day, Tang was hung upside down, tortured and paraded. On March 13, Tang was shot at Taishō Park (大正公園; now Tang De-jhang Memorial Park) with his eye open staring the army after died.