Qi Kerang

Qi Kerang (齊克讓) was a general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, who was part of Tang's resistance against the major agrarian rebel Huang Chao, as the military governor (Jiedushi) of Taining Circuit (泰寧, headquartered in modern Jining, Shandong). After his failures against Huang, he returned to Taining, but in 886 was displaced in a surprise attack by Zhu Jin.

Little is known about Qi Kerang's background, as he did not have a biography in either of the official histories of Tang Dynasty, the Old Book of Tang and the New Book of Tang. As of 880, he was serving as the military governor of Taining Circuit, when then-reigning Emperor Xizong ordered the troops of several eastern circuits to be stationed at Yin River (溵水, a major branch of the Shaying River), and Qi Kerang's Taining troops to be stationed at Ru Prefecture (汝州, in modern Pingdingshan, Henan), to block off the northwestward advance by the major agrarian rebel Huang Chao.

In fall 880, Huang arrived in the region and, due to sheer numerical advantages (150,000 to 6,000), defeated Qi Kerang's colleague Cao Quanzhen (曹全晸) the military governor of Tianping Circuit (天平, headquartered in modern Tai'an, Shandong). Further, around the same time, Xue Neng (薛能) the military governor of Zhongwu Circuit (忠武, headquartered in modern Xuchang, Henan) was killed in a mutiny led by Zhou Ji. Qi, worried that Zhou would ambush him, abandoned his defensive position and returned to Taining's capital Yan Prefecture (兗州); following his lead, the other circuits' forces also abandoned their defensive position at Yin River, allowing Huang an open path toward the eastern capital Luoyang and the imperial capital Chang'an.

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