Western Front Nian Rebellion(1864-1868) Lai Wenguang (賴文光, 1827–1868) was an eminent Chinese military leader of the Taiping Rebellion and Nian Rebellion, and known during his military tenure as the King of Zun (遵王) ("obey God").
][1] In June 1865, he commanded Nian cavalry forces of 90,000 in surrounding and attacking the capital Beijing, nearly successfully.
Lai Wenguang attracted many northern Chinese to unite fighting against the Qing government because people believed the Aisin Gioro had a secret agenda to stage a coup against Empress Dowager Cixi.
[citation needed] His elder brother Lai Hanying was the Taiping Rebellion's king early on, and one of the few of kings still alive after the civil war ended in 1870.
[citation needed] As a child, future revolutionary Sun Yat-sen often heard the story of the Taiping Rebellion.