Tang Yulin

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(1871 - 1937)

Tang Yulin, 汤玉麟, Warlord and Chairman of the government of Rehe(Jehol).

Tang Yulin was born in 1871 in Fuxin, Liaoning. In 1902 he joined the Fengtian First Road Defense Sentry patrol battalion as an officer. In 1912 he was given command of the 27th Regiment, 27th Cavalry Division and the following year was promoted to command the 52nd Brigade. In 1917 he participated in Zhang Xun's Manchu restoration, after Duan Qirui defeated Zhang he fled to Fuxin to live in seclusion.

In 1919, Tang returned to be appointed as a Fengtian inspection official for the three Northeastern provinces. In May 1921, Tang was appointed the Fengtian army 11th Brigade Commander. During the Second Zhili-Fengtian War in 1924 he commanded the Fengtian 11th Infantry Division.

In 1926 was appointed to command Fengtian's 12th Army and to the chairmanship of the government of Rehe which he was to hold from April 5, 1926 to July 1932. After the Chinese reunification at the end of the Northern Expedition, Tang was confirmed in his control of Rehe by the Kuomintang and made governor and commander of the 36th Division. Tang Yulin's many exactions, and taxes gave him a great deal of revenue that he used to purchase luxury residences in the Italian concession in Tianjin.

In late February 1933 Japanese attacked Jehol in the Battle of Rehe in Operation Nekka. With insufficient troops and those he had with poor morale his defenses soon fell. Tang fled the province, with over 200 trucks of his wealth sent to Tianjin. In May 1934, he became a senior adviser to Song Zheyuan commanding the Beijing Government and 29th Army. Six months later he had to resign and retire to his residence in the Italian concession in Tianjin. There he died in May 1937.


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