Song Qing (Qing dynasty)
Song Qing | |
|---|---|
Shandong Province, Qing China | |
| Died | 1902 Beijing, Qing China |
| Allegiance |  Qing Empire |
| Years of service | 1860s–1902 |
| Rank | general |
| Unit | Huai Army |
| Commands held | Left Division of Wuwei Corps |
| Battles/wars | First Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion |
Song Qing (
Imperial government during the First Sino-Japanese War and in the Boxer Rebellion
.
Song was a native of what is now
Dungan revolt under the command of Zuo Zongtang
.
From 1880, Song worked under
Lushunkou, home of the Beiyang Fleet, but did little in the decade that he was there to either strengthen its defenses or improve on the training of his men. After the Qing defeat at the Battle of Pyongyang in the First Sino-Japanese War, Li Hongzhang appointed Song as his deputy commander and assigned him the responsibility for defending the crossing of the Yalu River. However, the appointment was unpopular with his troops, who equated his lethargic attitude with cowardice, and who deserted in large numbers before and during the Battle of Jiuliancheng. Afterwards, Song assisted Viceroy Liu Kunyi at the equally disastrous Battle of Yingkou
.
After the war, in 1898, Song was assigned to the garrison of
Liaoning Province. He participated in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, fighting the Allied army at the Battle of Yangcun
. He died of illness in Beijing in 1902.
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