Ronglu

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Ronglu (荣禄, April 6, 1836 - April 11, 1903) was a Manchu statesman during the late Qing dynasty. Ronglu hailed from the Guwalgiya Clan and belonged to the Plain White Banner in the Eight Banners. He served in a number of important positions in the Qing government, including the Zongli Yamen and the Grand Council. Ronglu was a close ally of the Empress Dowager and opposed Kang Youwei's Hundred Days' Reform in 1898.

He was the maternal grandfather of the last emperor, Puyi.

In 1901 Ronglu negotiated with the Eight-Nation Alliance. But for Ronglu's work hard and insistence on saving Empress Dowager Cixi, the Eight-Nation Alliance would have executed Cixi.

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• Hummel, Arthur William, ed. Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912). 2 vols. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1943.