Luo Dagang

Luo Dagang (羅大綱, Luo Dagang, 1804–1855) was one of the leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and was posthumously granted the title of Prince of Fen (分王).

Overview

He was from Lantian Ward (藍田都) in Jieyang County (揭陽縣), Chaozhou, Guangdong. He first worked in the transport of goods by boat and joined the Tiandihui, but he took part in the Jintian Uprising together with Lu Shunde and others. He contributed to the Taiping army's capture of the Three Towns of Wuhan and Nanjing. After the capital was established at Tianjing, he followed Lin Fengxiang in attacking Zhenjiang and Yangzhou. He stationed himself at Zhenjiang and repeatedly repelled the naval forces of the Xiang Army. In 1854, when he was stationed at Anqing, he attacked Raozhou Prefecture (饒州府, present-day Poyang) in Jiangsu. He also went with Shi Dakai to reinforce Jiujiang, where he defeated the Xiang Army, and captured Wuchang three times. In 1855, he defended Hukou in Jiujiang. In August, he was wounded in the battle at Wuhu and returned to Tianjing, but he died in October. He served as Dongguan and Zhengchengxiang, among other posts, and was posthumously granted the title of "Prince of Fen" (奮王).