Wang Zhixin (; (August 17, 1868 – October 23, 1914) was a Chinese politician of the

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era. He was born in

Yantai Yantai, formerly known as Chefoo, is a coastal prefecture-level city on the Shandong Peninsula in northeastern Shandong province of the People's Republic of China. Lying on the southern coast of the Bohai Strait, Yantai borders Qingdao ...

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. He was an associate of

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during the later years of the

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. A member of the

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, he served as the 3rd mayor of

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(October 16, 1913 – March 23, 1914). On June 27, 1914, on the orders of

Yuan Shikai Yuan Shikai (; 16 September 18596 June 1916) was a Chinese general and statesman who served as the second provisional president and the first official president of the Republic of China, head of the Beiyang government from 1912 to 1916 and ...

, Wang was arrested and imprisoned for his involvement in the assassination of

Song Jiaoren Song Jiaoren (, ; Chinese name, Given name at birth: Liàn 鍊; Courtesy name: Dùnchū 鈍初; 5 April 1882 – 22 March 1913) was a Republic of China (1912–1949), Chinese republican revolutionary, political leader and a founder of the Kuom ...

. Wang's downfall was related to his association with Zhao, who had mysteriously died during his tenure as mayor. On Yuan's orders, Wang was executed.徐主編（2007）、121-122頁。

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* 「民国初年北京市市長王治馨墓志銘現身莱陽（図）」2008.6.2.
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