Nie Shicheng

Nie Shicheng
Nie Shicheng
Native name	聂士成
Born	1836 Anhui Province, Qing China
Died	July 1900 (aged 63–64) Tianjin, Qing China
Allegiance	Qing dynasty
Years of service	1850s–1900
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Taiping Rebellion Nian Rebellion Sino-French War First Sino-Japanese War Boxer Rebellion Battle of Tientsin †

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