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Long Jiguang
Born1867
Yunnan Province, Qing Empire
DiedMarch 12, 1925
Beijing, Republic of China
Allegiance  Qing dynasty
Beiyang government Republic of China
Empire of China
Service/branch Beiyang clique
Rank General
Battles/wars
Awards Order of Rank and Merit
Long Jiguang
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

Long Jiguang (龍濟光) (1867–1925) was an ethnic Hani Chinese general of the late Qing and early Republican period of China.

Biography

Long's older brother Jinguang (龍覲光) was also a general. Long began his military career suppressing anti-Qing rebellion by Republican revolutionaries in China. After the fall of the Qing, he supported Yuan Shikai against Sun Yat-sen. After Yuan created the Empire of China, Long fought against the Guangxi warlords Lu Rongting and Li Liejun, who opposed Yuan's restoration of the monarchy. An opponent of the Constitutional Protection Movement, Long fled southern China to Beijing, where he supported Duan Qirui and the Anhui clique until their defeat in the Zhili–Anhui War. Long died in Beijing on the same day as Sun Yat-sen.

Ye Ju was one of his lieutenants.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Long Jiguang
Born1867
Yunnan Province, Qing Empire
DiedMarch 12, 1925
Beijing, Republic of China
Allegiance  Qing dynasty
Beiyang government Republic of China
Empire of China
Service/branch Beiyang clique
Rank General
Battles/wars
Awards Order of Rank and Merit
Long Jiguang
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese

Long Jiguang (龍濟光) (1867–1925) was an ethnic Hani Chinese general of the late Qing and early Republican period of China.

Biography

Long's older brother Jinguang (龍覲光) was also a general. Long began his military career suppressing anti-Qing rebellion by Republican revolutionaries in China. After the fall of the Qing, he supported Yuan Shikai against Sun Yat-sen. After Yuan created the Empire of China, Long fought against the Guangxi warlords Lu Rongting and Li Liejun, who opposed Yuan's restoration of the monarchy. An opponent of the Constitutional Protection Movement, Long fled southern China to Beijing, where he supported Duan Qirui and the Anhui clique until their defeat in the Zhili–Anhui War. Long died in Beijing on the same day as Sun Yat-sen.

Ye Ju was one of his lieutenants.

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