Introduction to the tomb of Li Chengliang: Li Chengliang (1526-1615), a general in the late Ming Dynasty of China, named Ruqi, was a native of Tielingwei (now Tieling, Liaoning). At the end of Jiajing's reign, he commanded the general affairs. With accumulated merit, he was promoted to general and deputy general. In the fourth year of Longqing (1570), he was promoted to the governor of Liaodong. He recruited athletes from all over the world to fight against the intrusions of the Mongolian and Jurchen tribes. In the early Wanli period, the Jurchen leaders Wang Gao and Zi Atai of Jianzhou were defeated. Tuman, the chief of the Han tribe, and Su Bahai, the chief of the Taining tribe, were defeated several times. They planned to kill Qingjia Niu and Yang Jiniu, the leaders of the Yehe tribe in Haixi. During the entire Ming Dynasty, the generals were cowardly and the frontier preparations were ineffective. During the 30 years of guarding Liaodong, ten great victories were achieved, and the military skills of the frontier commanders were unprecedented in 200 years. However, he was impeached and dismissed in the thirty-sixth year of Wanli because of his high position, arrogance and extravagance.

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