Jintian uprising Eastern Front Western Front Tan Shaoguang (simplified Chinese: 谭绍光; traditional Chinese: 譚紹光; pinyin: Tán Shàoguāng) (1835 – December 1, 1863) was a military leader of the Taiping Rebellion.
Six days before Tan was killed, Li Hongzhang conducted a secret negotiation with eight generals on a boat on Yangcheng Lake.
[clarification needed] Before recapturing Suzhou from the Taiping forces, the eight generals met with Tan in the inner city.
Following Tan's death, the traitorous generals opened the city door; over 200,000 Taiping forces surrendered, and welcomed Li Hongzhang as he recaptured Suzhou.
Tan Shaoguang was also the husband of one of Liu Xiucheng's three daughters; one of which was married to Chen Binwen, another Taiping general.