Tieliang
{{Short description|Qing dynasty politician (1863–1938)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Tieliang|Murca|lang=Manchu}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tieliang
| image = Tieliang, Qing dynasty general.png
| native_name = {{nobold|鐵良}}
| native_name_lang = zh-Hant
| caption = General Tieliang
| office = General of Jiangning
| term_start = 7 September 1910
| term_end = 3 December 1911
| monarch =
| predecessor = Qingrui
| successor = Office abolished (1911 Revolution)
| office1 = {{Ill|Minister of the Army|zh|陸軍部 (清朝)}} of the Great Qing
| term_start1 = 6 November 1906
| term_end1 = 7 September 1910
| monarch1 = Guangxu Emperor
Xuantong Emperor
| predecessor1 = Office established
| successor1 = Yinchang
| office2 = Grand Councilor
| term_start2 = 1905
| term_end2 = 1906
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| office3 = Minister of Revenue
| term_start3 = 6 December 1905
| term_end3 = 6 November 1906
| monarch3 = Guangxu Emperor
| alongside3 = Zhang Baixi
| predecessor3 = Rongqing
| successor3 = Puting {{small|(as Minister of Finance)}}
| allegiance = Great Qing
| branch = Imperial Chinese Army
| rank = General
| battles = Xinhai Revolution
| birth_date = {{birth date|1863|4|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1938|6|8|1863|4|5|df=yes}}
| death_place = British concession of Tianjin
| party = Royalist Party
}}
Tieliang ({{zh|t=鐵良}}, 5 April 1863 – 8 June 1938), courtesy name Baochen (寶臣), was a member of Bordered White Banner, a general in the late Qing dynasty and one of the main members of the Royalist Party.
Life
He served as the Minister of War from 1906, and he strongly opposed Yuan Shikai. He also opposed regent Zaifeng, calling him "incompetent" and wanted Longyu to serve as regent.{{Cite web |title=追忆清廷能吏铁良：曾与袁世凯抗衡多年_新闻中心_新浪网 |url=http://news.sina.com.cn/s/sd/2011-02-10/113021932538.shtml |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=news.sina.com.cn}}
During the Revolution of 1911, when the revolutionaries attacked Nanjing, Tieliang led his subordinate Zhang Xun to defend it. After the fall of Nanjing, Tieliang fled to Shanghai on a Japanese warship and was dismissed by the imperial court. After returning to Beijing, he formed the Royalist Party with Zaixun, Zaitao, Liangbi and others to oppose the abdication of the Qing emperor. After the Republic of China was formed, he moved to the British Concession in Tianjin. He traveled between Qingdao, Dalian, Japan and other places, planning the restoration of the Qing dynasty with Shanqi and others. In 1917, his former subordinate Zhang Xun came to Beijing to mediate the dispute between Duan Qirui and Li Yuanhong. Tieliang took the opportunity to encourage Zhang Xun to lead his Queue Army to restore Puyi. Puyi ascended the throne on July 1, but Zhang was defeated by Duan Qirui only 12 days after the restoration.{{citation needed|date= October 2023}}
In 1931, he participated in planning to take Puyi to Manchukuo.{{citation needed|date= October 2023}}
In 1938, Tieliang died of illness at his residence on Gordon Road in the British Concession in Tianjin.{{Cite web |title=满洲镶白旗人 清末大臣铁良简介 – 帝王将相 – 史记传 |url=https://www.shijizhuan.com/fengyun/dwjx/146133.html |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=www.shijizhuan.com |language=zh-CN}}