戊戌六君子

wù xū liù jūn zǐ

the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同[Tan2 Si4 tong2], Lin Xu 林旭[Lin2 Xu4], Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀[Yang2 Shen1 xiu4], Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第[Liu2 Guang1 di4], Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁[Kang1 Guang3 ren2] and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐[Yang2 Rui4]

戊

wù

fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]

戌

xū

11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog

六

liù

six

君

jūn

monarch

子

zǐ

son