The Lincheng Outrage, also known as the Lincheng Incident (Chinese: 临城劫车案; pinyin: Lín chéng jié chē àn), refers to the seizure of the luxury "Blue Express" train traveling between Shanghai and Beijing and the taking of over 300 hostages by bandits near the town of Lincheng County (present-day Xuecheng District, Zaozhuang), Shandong Province, China on the night of May 5–6, 1923.