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{{Infobox military person
| image         = Tang Xiangming.jpg
| birth_date    = 1885
| birth_place   = [[Hubei]], [[Qing Empire]]
| death_date    = 1975
| death_place   = [[Beijing]], China
| allegiance    = {{flag|Qing dynasty}}<br /> {{flag|Republic of China (1912–1949)|name=Republic of China}}<br/>{{flagicon image|YuanFlag1.svg}} [[Empire of China (1915–1916)|Empire of China]]<br/>{{PRC}}
| battles       = [[Wuchang Uprising]]
| awards        = [[Order of Rank and Merit]]<br />[[Order of Wen-Hu]]
}}
[[File:Tang Xiangming2.jpg|thumb|Tang Xiangming in Navy uniform during the Qing dynasty]]

'''Tang Xiangming''' ({{zh|s=汤芗铭|t=湯薌銘}}; 1885–1975), courtesy name Zhuxin (铸新), was a Chinese naval officer. Tang studied Naval warfare in [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Karsten |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WhTuhiIfouwC |title=Civil-military Relations |date=1998 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-8153-2978-7 |pages=58–60 |language=en}}</ref> In 1905, he joined the Chinese United League ([[Tongmenghui]]). In 1911, during the Wuchang Uprising, Tang, under the command of Admiral [[Sa Zhenbing]], sailed to [[Hankou]] as part of the [[Imperial Chinese Navy|Qing Navy]]'s assistance to the Qing Army operations in the area. In December 1915, he supported [[Yuan Shikai]]'s creation of the [[Empire of China (1915–1916)]]. After Yuan's death, he supported the [[Zhili clique]] until their defeat by the [[Fengtian clique]] in the [[Second Zhili–Fengtian War]] in 1924. In 1930, he supported Shanxi warlord [[Yan Xishan]] in opposing [[Chiang Kai-shek]]. In 1933, he became a member of the [[China Democratic Socialist Party]]. During the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], he went to [[Chongqing]]. After the end of the [[Chinese Civil War]], he stayed on the mainland and died in Beijing at the age of 90. He was the younger brother of [[Tang Hualong]].

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