Jing Yuexiu, 井岳秀, (September 6, 1878 – February 1, 1936) was a

warlord Warlords are individuals who exercise military, Economy, economic, and Politics, political control over a region, often one State collapse, without a strong central or national government, typically through informal control over Militia, local ...

from

Shaanxi Shaanxi is a Provinces of China, province in north Northwestern China. It borders the province-level divisions of Inner Mongolia to the north; Shanxi and Henan to the east; Hubei, Chongqing, and Sichuan to the south; and Gansu and Ningxia to t ...

during the

Warlord Era The Warlord Era was the period in the history of the Republic of China between 1916 and 1928, when control of the country was divided between rival Warlord, military cliques of the Beiyang Army and other regional factions. It began after the de ...

. He was born in what is now

Tongchuan Tongchuan ( zh, s=铜川 , t=銅川 , p=Tóngchuān , l=copper river) is a prefecture-level city located in central Shaanxi province, People's Republic of China on the southern fringe of the Loess Plateau that defines the northern half of the p ...

on September 6, 1878. His whole life was spent in the army, and he ruled Shaanxi from the city of Yulin for 23 years. He was called "榆林王" or "the Yulin king" because of his major base at Yulin, though he was much more powerful and actually controlled most of

for most of his reign. He died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound February 1, 1936.

Career

Jing Yuexiu joined with other minor warlords in Shaanxi in 1918 to form the ''jingguojun'' ("Reverence-the-Republic" Army), and chose as their leader the Shaanxi Kuomintang leader Yu Youren. In 1922, warlord

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defeated Yu Youren and took control of Shaanxi, except for isolated corners of the province such as Yulin, where Jing Yuexiu and the remnants of the ''jingguojun'' continued in control. In 1924, Sun Yue, a commander of the

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, entered Shaanxi and compelled Liu Zhenhua to submit, while recognizing Jing Yuexiu's authority in the northern part of the province. However, Liu swiftly turned against the Guominjun, leading Jing to cooperate with Guominjun faction leader

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as he led a successful counterattack into Shaanxi. The new Guominjun-appointed leader of Shaanxi was

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, although Jing's submission to his authority was nominal.

References

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