道光二十八年（1848年）4月27號，黃遵憲喺廣東嘉應州（今梅州市梅縣區東區下市角）出世。4歲讀書，10歲學詩。
On April 27, the 28th year of Daoguang (1848), Huang Zunxian was born in Jiaying Prefecture, Guangdong Province (now Xiashijiao, East District, Meixian District, Meizhou City). He read at the age of 4 and studied poetry at the age of 10.