# Four Bandits

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{{short description|Group of student revolutionaries in Hong Kong, Qing China}}
[[File:Si Da Kou.jpg|thumb|right|Photograph at the [Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese](/source/Hong_Kong_College_of_Medicine_for_Chinese) (from left to right: [Yeung Hok-ling](/source/Yeung_Hok-ling), [Sun Yat-sen](/source/Sun_Yat-sen), [Chan Siu-bak](/source/Chan_Siu-bak) and [Yau Lit](/source/Yau_Lit)). The one standing was Kwan King-leung.  Photo taken circa 1888.<ref name="bard">Bard, Solomon. Voices from the past: Hong Kong, 1842-1918. [2002] (2002). HK university press. {{ISBN|962-209-574-7}}, {{ISBN|978-962-209-574-8}}. pg 183.</ref>]]
[[File:HK Dr Sun Yat Sen KomTongHall 4 desperados.JPG|thumb|[Wax statues](/source/Wax_statue) of the Four Bandits at the [Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum](/source/Dr_Sun_Yat-sen_Museum). ]]
The '''Four Bandits''', '''Four Outlaws''' or '''Four Desperados''' ({{lang-zh|四大寇}}) was a nickname given to a 19th-century group of four young revolutionaries: [Sun Yat-sen](/source/Sun_Yat-sen), [Yeung Hok-ling](/source/Yeung_Hok-ling), [Chan Siu-bak](/source/Chan_Siu-bak) and [Yau Lit](/source/Yau_Lit).<ref name="bard" /><ref>L Fu. (2009). From surgeon-apothecary to statesman: Sun Yat-sen at the Hong Kong College of Medicine. J R Coll Physicians Edinb 2009; 39:166–72</ref> While studying in [British Hong Kong](/source/British_Hong_Kong), they were keen on Chinese politics and aspired to overthrow the [Manchu](/source/Manchu_people)-led [Qing dynasty](/source/Qing_dynasty). The quad used to gather at 'Yeung Yiu Kee' ({{zh|c=楊耀記|labels=no}}), Yeung's family business located at 24 [Gough Street](/source/Gough_Street) in [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong).<ref>Macdonald, Phil. [2006] (2006). National Geographic Traveler: Hong Kong, 2nd Ed. National geographic books publishing. {{ISBN|0-7922-5369-8}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7922-5369-3}}.</ref> One of the Four Bandits, Sun Yat-sen, later became the leader of [China Revolutionary Alliance](/source/Tongmenghui) and the first [Provisional President](/source/President_of_the_Republic_of_China) of the [Republic of China](/source/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)). Today, the [Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum](/source/Dr_Sun_Yat-sen_Museum) displays their [wax sculpture](/source/wax_sculpture)s to commemorate the quad.

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