Nie Shicheng Military person

Nie Shicheng (Chinese: 聂士成; pinyin: Niè Shìchéng; Wade–Giles: Nieh Shih-ch'eng) (1836 – July 1900) was a Chinese general who served the Imperial government during the Boxer Rebellion. Rising from obscure origins from Hefei, Anhui Province, in the early 1850s, Nie Shicheng he managed to pass the county examinations for bureaucratic positions, but due to the Taiping rebellion he was forced to abandon bureaucratic career and become a soldier.

Personal facts

Nie Shicheng
Alias (AKA)聂士成 (Chinese)
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1836
Birth place
China , Anhui
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1900
Place of death
China , Tianjin

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Military person

allegiance20pxFlag of the Qing dynasty Qing dynasty
military operations
First Sino-Japanese War
service start1850
service end1900

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