First Sino-Japanese WarBoxer Rebellion Li Bingheng (Chinese: 李秉衡, 1830–1900), courtesy name Jiantang (鑑堂), was a Chinese military figure and statesman who served as the Governor of Anhui and the Governor of Shandong and a veteran of the Sino-French War, the First Sino-Japanese War and served in the Boxer Rebellion before committing suicide at the Battle of Peking.

Peng Yulin would describe them as: The two ministers are loyal and upright, both win the hearts and minds of the people, and they share the greatest merit.In May 1894, he served as governor of Anhui.

It was suggested that the Manchu Qing court trusted them and settled that they would be effective and meritorious and there were any defeat from any of them, immediately rectify the Fa in front of the army under no exceptions.

After the Eight-Power Alliance attacked the Taku Forts, Li Bingheng was offered to join with the Mutual Defense Pact of the Southeastern Provinces proposed by Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kun, but then Li urged to recruit troops to guard the capital, and tried his best to fight when the Empress Dowager Cixi summoned him and so he led the four armies to fight but he was defeated in Yangcun and retreated to Tongzhou where he committed suicide by swallowing gold.

[6] Scholars however affirmed his language, stating that he was clean and honest throughout his life, loyal to the monarch and the country, diligent in government and loving the people.