Early life Tang was born
Tang Ruizhao () in Tangjiaping Village of
Liling,
Hunan, on July 23, 1897, to a relatively poor gentry family, during the
Qing Empire. He was the second of three children. He had a younger brother, Tang Qiufan (). He returned to China in 1929 and in the meantime became professor at Medical School of
National Central University. In 1978, the Communist Party rehabilitated many victims who suffered
political persecution or died in the mass socialism political movements except Tang Feifan. In June 1979, the
Ministry of Health held a memorial service for him. In 1981, the International Organization Against Trachoma (IOAT) bestowed its gold medal upon him. == Personal life ==