Lu Zhonggui (30 September 1868 – 7 November 1895),

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Xianxiang, better known as Lu Haodong, was a Chinese revolutionary who lived in the late

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. He is best known for designing the

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flag that became the party flag and emblem of the

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(KMT; Chinese Nationalist Party), and the canton of the

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Life

Lu was born in

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but his

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was in Xiangshan County (now is

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