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Manuscript of Lu Haodong's Biographical Sketch written by Lu Can
March 12, 1937.
Vertical length: 20.4cm, horizontal length: 31.4cm.
Paper, 6 pages. In this article, Lu Can recalled the life of Lu Haodong from birth in Shanghai to the uprising in 1895. Lu Haodong's confession is attached at the end of the article..
Lu Haodong (1867-1895) was also known as Zhonggui and Xianxiang. He was from Cuiheng Village, Xiangshan (today's Zhongshan), Guangdong. He was Dr. Sun Yat-sen's fellow villager and intimate friend, and a loyal follower and good helper of Sun's early-year revolutionary activities. He was arrested and killed in the 1895 Guangzhou Uprising – the first anti-Qing armed uprising organized by the Revive China Society, and renowned by Dr. Sun Yat-sen as “the first person sacrificing for the republican revolution in China's history”..
Lu Can (1874-1952) was a member of the Revive China Society and a famous overseas Chinese leader in Honolulu, and contributed greatly to the organization and fund-raising of the revolution..
