Manchu Restoration

Manchu Restoration
Part of the Warlord Era

Republican troops fighting to retake the Forbidden City on July 12, 1917, after Zhang Xun’s attempted imperial restoration
Date1–12 July 1917 (12 days)
Location
Beijing
Result ROC victory
Belligerents

Restored Qing Imperial Government

Beiyang government Republic of China

Commanders and leaders
Zhang Xun
Puyi (de jure)
Kang Youwei
Jiang Chaozong
Wang Shizhen
Qing dynasty Zhu Jiabao
Xie Jieshi
Liang Dunyan
Zaitao
Tang Yulin
Shen Zengjié
Puwei[1]		 Beiyang government Li Yuanhong
Beiyang government Feng Guozhang
Beiyang government Duan Qirui
Beiyang government Feng Yuxiang
Beiyang government Song Zheyuan
Beiyang government Zhang Shaozeng
Beiyang government Wang Chengbin
Beiyang government Wu Peifu
Beiyang government Zhang Zuolin
Beiyang government Lu Jianzhang

The Manchu Restoration or Dingsi Restoration[2] (Chinese: 丁巳復辟), also known as Zhang Xun Restoration[3] (simplified Chinese: 张勋复辟; traditional Chinese: 張勳復辟), or Xuantong Restoration[4] (simplified Chinese: 宣统复辟; traditional Chinese: 宣統復辟), was an attempt to restore the Chinese monarchy by General Zhang Xun, whose army seized Beijing and briefly reinstalled the last emperor of the Qing dynasty, Puyi, to the throne. The restoration lasted just less than two weeks, from July 1 to July 12, 1917,[5] and was quickly reversed by Republican troops. Despite the uprising's popular name ("Manchu Restoration"), almost all putschists were ethnic Han.[1]

  1. ^ a b Rhoads (2000), p. 243.
  2. ^ Shin'ichi Yamamuro (February 8, 2006). Manchuria Under Japanese Dominion. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 322–. ISBN 978-0-8122-3912-6.
  3. ^ Modern Chinese History Dictionary. History of Chinese Communist Party Publishing House. 1992. ISBN 978-7-80023-476-7.
  4. ^ Shih Yuan. Institute of History of National Taiwan University. 1984.
  5. ^ Literary Knowledge. Henan People's Publishing House. 1984.