Hu Changqing

Hu Changqing (; 2 October 1907 – 31 March 1950) courtesy name, Nanzhang, was a Lieutenant General in the Republic of China Army from Linxiang, Hunan. He graduated from the Fourth Engineering Corps Class of the Whampoa Military Academy and the Ninth Class of the Army University. He died in 1950 during the Battle of Xichang during the Chinese Civil War, where he was wounded and committed suicide. He was posthumously promoted to lieutenant general in August 1971.

In 1937, when the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, Hu Changqing, then deputy commander of the 1st Brigade, participated in the Battle of Shanghai. The following February, he was promoted to brigadier general and subsequently transferred to command the 72nd Brigade of the 24th Division. In September of the same year, he was transferred to the 7th Branch of the Central Military Academy as deputy commander of the 8th Division. On 1 April 1942, Hu Changqing was transferred to command the 45th Division. He left his wife and children in Taiwan.

Posthumous honors The Army Officer School in Fengshan District, Kaohsiung named the student dormitory in the North Camp of the school "Changqing Building" (Building 7). In March 1969, he was enshrined in the National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine. On 17 August 1971, Hu Changqing was commended by the government of the Republic of China and awarded the Certificate of Loyalty and was posthumously promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General of the Army.