Tieliang | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-Hant |
Office: | General of Jiangning |
Term Start: | 7 September 1910 |
Term End: | 3 December 1911 |
Predecessor: | Qingrui |
Successor: | Office abolished (1911 Revolution) |
Office1: | Minister of Army |
Term Start1: | 6 November 1906 |
Term End1: | 7 September 1910 |
Monarch1: | Guangxu Emperor Xuantong Emperor |
Predecessor1: | Office established |
Successor1: | Yinchang |
Office2: | Grand Councilor |
Term Start2: | 1905 |
Term End2: | 1906 |
Office3: | Minister of Revenue |
Term Start3: | 6 December 1905 |
Term End3: | 6 November 1906 |
Monarch3: | Guangxu Emperor |
Alongside3: | Zhang Baixi |
Predecessor3: | Rongqing |
Successor3: | Puting |
Allegiance: | Great Qing |
Branch: | Imperial Chinese Army |
Rank: | General |
Battles: | Xinhai Revolution |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1863 |
Death Place: | British concession of Tianjin |
Party: | Royalist Party |
Tieliang (5 April 1863 – 8 June 1938), courtesy name Baochen (寶臣), was a member of Bordered White Banner, a general in the late Qing dynasty and one of the main members of the Royalist Party.
He served as the Minister of War from 1906, and he strongly opposed Yuan Shikai. He also opposed regent Zaifeng, calling him "incompetent" and wanted Longyu to serve as regent.[1]
During the Revolution of 1911, when the revolutionaries attacked Nanjing, Tieliang led his subordinate Zhang Xun to defend it. After the fall of Nanjing, Tieliang fled to Shanghai on a Japanese warship and was dismissed by the imperial court. After returning to Beijing, he formed the Royalist Party with Zaixun, Zaitao, Liangbi and others to oppose the abdication of the Qing emperor. After the Republic of China was formed, he moved to the British Concession in Tianjin. He traveled between Qingdao, Dalian, Japan and other places, planning the restoration of the Qing dynasty with Shanqi and others. In 1917, his former subordinate Zhang Xun came to Beijing to mediate the dispute between Duan Qirui and Li Yuanhong. Tieliang took the opportunity to encourage Zhang Xun to lead his Queue Army to restore Puyi. Puyi ascended the throne on July 1, but Zhang was defeated by Duan Qirui only 12 days after the restoration.
In 1931, he participated in planning to take Puyi to Manchukuo.
In 1938, Tieliang died of illness at his residence on Gordon Road in the British Concession in Tianjin.[2]