Six gentlemen of the Hundred Days' Reform[2] (Chinese: 戊戌六君子; pinyin: Wùxū liù jūnzǐ), also known as Six gentlemen of Wuxu,[3] were a group of six Chinese intellectuals whom the Empress Dowager Cixi had arrested and executed for their attempts to implement the Hundred Days' Reform.

These executions were a part of the large purge in which about 30 men were arrested, imprisoned, dismissed from office, or banished.

However, evidence has surfaced that the conservative "Iron Hat" faction might have threatened her by having a Chinese-Muslim army close to Beijing.

[6] The six gentlemen stood trial on 28 September 1898 and were beheaded at Caishikou in Beijing on the same day without being tried by the Ministry of Justice.

[7] However, biographer Jung Chang noted that Empress Dowager's action was also motivated by the assassination threat toward her.