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Quick Facts Li Xiucheng, Nickname(s) ...
Li Xiucheng | |
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Nickname(s) | Philanthropist |
Born | (1823-12-00)0 December 1823 invalid month invalid day Teng (藤縣), Guangxi, Qing Empire |
Died | 7 August 1864(1864-08-07) (aged 41) Jiangning, Nanjing, Qing Empire |
Allegiance | Qing Empire (to 1849) Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (to 1864) |
Years of service | 1852–1864 |
Rank | Field Marshal |
Battles/wars | Eastern campaign
Western campaign
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Awards | Loyal King |
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Li Xiucheng (Chinese: 李秀成; pinyin: Lǐ Xiùchéng; 1823 – August 7, 1864) was an military commander during the Taiping Rebellion, he borned in a poor peasant family, and known as the Loyal King (忠王)during his military tenure. This title was given because a general form Qing tried to bribe him to kill the leader of the Taiping Rebellion-Hong Xiuquan, but he refused and told it to Hong Xiuquan. Bedsides, his loyalty led Taiping's forces to make a lot of military victories under Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Administration. He was executed by Zeng Guofan after a interrogation in 1864. Li was the most important general during the latter part of the Taiping Rebellion.