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'''Cai E''' (Chinese: 蔡锷), a celebrated general in modern Chinese revolutionary history, was born on [[CIIC:Selected anniversaries/December 18, 2009|December 18]], [[1882]] in Shaoyang, [[Hunan Province]]. He entered Yuelu Academy and studied under [[Liang Qichao]] and [[Tan Sitong]], two leading reformists in China’s [[Hundred Days' Reform]] in 1898.

He was part of the failed uprising of the Self-Support Army (Zilijun) in 1900 that also attempted to undermine Qing rule. More than a decade later he joined the [[Revolution of 1911]] that resulted in the overthrow of Emperor Puyi and ended 4,000 years of monarchy. He became commander in chief of the military government of [[Yunnan Province]], and when [[Yuan Shikai]] declared himself emperor of a new Empire of China, Cai launched the [[Republic-Protection Campaign]]. His provincial army defeated Yuan’s army in [[Sichuan]], and with support from other provincial governments, forced Yuan to abandon monarchism.

Cai died in Japan in 1916.

[[Category:generals]][[Category:people from Hunan]]

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