Lu Jianying Explained

Lu Jianying
Office:Viceroy of Liangjiang
Term Start:26 April 1849
Term End:6 March 1853
Predecessor:Li Xingyuan
Successor:Xianghou (acting)
Term Start1:8 March
Term End1:30 April 1847 (acting)
Predecessor1:Bichang
Successor1:Li Xingyuan
Office2:Governor of Jiangsu
Term Start2:12 October 1846
Term End2:26 April 1849
Predecessor2:Li Xingyuan
Successor2:Fu Shengxun
Office3:Governor of Yunnan
Term Start3:21 February
Term End3:12 October 1846
Predecessor3:Liang Ehan
Successor3:Zhang Rizhen
Education:Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination (1822)
Birth Date:1776
Birth Place:Mianyang, Hubei (present-day Xiantao)
Death Place:Nanjing
Occupation:politician, general
Blank1:Courtesy name
Data1:Lifu (立夫), Zhongbai (仲白)

Lu Jianying (; 1776  - 19 March 1853) was the Viceroy of Liangjiang from early 1849 until early 1853. When the Taiping Rebellion army occupied Nanjing on 19 March, Lu Jianying was killed by the Taiping.[1] Lu was the second to be killed (the first was the Viceroy of Huguang in early 1853) and a few of the highest rank governors killed in action in the Qing dynasty. When Beijing knew of Lu's death and the loss of Nanjing, they chose to impeach Lu in order to place the blame on him, saying he was incapable of commanding the battle.

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  1. Book: Tucker, Spencer . Battles that Changed History: An Encyclopedia of World Conflict . 2011 . ABC-CLIO . 978-1-59884-429-0 . 320–322 . en.