Liao Tianding

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Liao Tianding (廖添丁) is a legendary Taiwanese Robin Hood figure who foiled oppressive rulers when Taiwan was under Japanese rule.^[1]

Liao Tianding was the subject of an extremely popular modern dance composition by Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan.^[2] He was also the inspiration for Ma Shui-Lung's Liao Tianding Orchestral Suite, which has been recorded by the Prague Symphony Orchestra.^[3]

Notes

↑ "In the footsteps of Taiwan’s Robin Hood," The China Post, November 15, 2007
↑ Yang, Meng-Yu (1998). Cloud Nine:Lin Hwai-Min and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre. Taipei: Tian xia yuan jian chu ban gu fen you xian gong si. pp. 139–142.
↑ 'o+pu%5C%5CxC2Dla%5C%5CxC2Dko+chiao%5C%5CxC2Dhsiang+yueeh%5C%5CxC2Dt'uan&recnums=1802:1917:9165:9280&index=2:&db=sound "廖添丁管弦樂組曲 : 馬水龍作曲 / 捷克布拉格交響樂團演奏, 馬水龍作曲," Institut fur Sinologie, Universitat Heidelberg

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Pictures of Taiwan Righteous Robber Liao Tian Ding

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Name	Liao, Tianding
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Date of birth	1883
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Date of death	1909
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