Tieliang Explained

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.

Life

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]

References

  1. Web site: 追忆清廷能吏铁良:曾与袁世凯抗衡多年_新闻中心_新浪网 . 2023-10-19 . news.sina.com.cn.
  2. Web site: 满洲镶白旗人 清末大臣铁良简介 – 帝王将相 – 史记传 . 2023-10-19 . www.shijizhuan.com . zh-CN.