Chang Lo-hsing

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chang.

Chang Lo-hsing (d. 1863) was a guerilla leader during the Nien Rebellion and later served with rebel forces during the Taiping Rebellion.

Rising from obscure origins, Chang Lo-hsing would become one of the successful guerilla leaders during the Nien rebellion by 1853, before joining forces with recently defeated Northern Expedition two years later. With his alliance to Li Hsiu-ch'eng, Lo-hsing was made a king within the Taiping the following year. Although often meeting with success in leading his irregular cavalry units, he was unable to sustain the rebel state and eventually was killed in battle against Mongolian cavalry general Seng-kuo-lin-ch'in in 1863.