Lu Rongting
| Lu Rongting | |
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Lu in 1925
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| Head of the Old Guangxi Clique | |
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In office July 1911 – October 1924 |
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| Preceded by | Post Established |
| Succeeded by | Li Zongren New Guangxi Clique |
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| Born | 9 September 1859 Yongxing County, Hunan |
| Died | 11 June 1928 (aged 68) Shanghai |
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| Allegiance |
.svg){kind=small} Qing dynasty (1884–1911).svg){kind=small} Beiyang Government (1911–1924)Old Guangxi Clique (1911–1924) |
| Battles/wars | National Protection War, Constitutional Protection Movement, Guangdong–Guangxi War |
Lu Rongting (simplified Chinese: 陆荣廷; traditional Chinese: 陸榮廷; pinyin: Lù Róngtíng; September 9, 1859 – November 6, 1928), also spelled as Lu Yung-ting and Lu Jung-t'ing, was a late Qing/early Republican military and political leader from Wuming, Guangxi. Lu belonged to the Zhuang ethnic group.
Lu Rongting was of peasant descent and joined secret societies during his youth in order to make a living. Lu became a regular of the Qing army after the outbreak of the Sino-French War in 1884.
Between 1903 and 1905, he actively participated in the suppression of revolutionaries in Guangxi. In the fall of 1904, Viceroy of Liangguang Cen Chunxuan appointed Lu as the commander of the 4 thousand man Guangxi Border Guards. This army would later form the core of the Guangxi Clique.
In December 1907, Long Jiguang and Lu Rongting led the Qing forces in suppressing the Zhennanguan Uprising. The successful suppression of the revolt led by Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing consequently drove Sun to flee to Singapore, and did not return to China till the Wuchang Uprising.(reference here) The Qing court awarded Lu with the Baturu title. With Long Jiguang leaving for the position of Viceroy of Guangdong, Lu was promoted to become the Viceroy of Guangxi.
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