# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lai-wenguang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:48:04.064Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lai-wenguang"
name: "Lai Wenguang"
slug: "lai-wenguang"
description: "Lai Wenguang was a Chinese military leader of the Taiping Rebellion and Nian Rebellion, and known during his military tenure as the King of Zun (遵王). He served under Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and was the younger brother of Hong Xiuquan's wife. He led Taiping forces to many military victories. Lai became the leader of Eastern Nian Army in 1866. In June 1865, he commanded Nian cavalry forces of 90,000 in surrounding and attacking the capital Beijing, nearly successfully. Lai surrendered to Qing forces on January 5, 1868. He was executed by Li Hongzhang after interrogation in February."
tagline: "Military leader"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1827"
deathDate: "1868-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.433804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B5%96%E6%96%87%E5%85%89"
    title: "赖文光"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Wenguang"
    title: "Lai Wenguang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Wenguang"
    title: "Lai Wenguang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Wenguang"
    title: "Lai Wenguang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A0%BC%E6%96%87%E5%85%89"
    title: "頼文光"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%87%8C%EB%AC%B8%EA%B4%91"
    title: "뇌문광"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai_Wenguang"
    title: "Lai Wenguang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%E1%BA%A1i_V%C4%83n_Quang"
    title: "Lại Văn Quang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109774"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump