John Yu Shuinling

John Yu Shuinling (; 18741944 ), often referred to as John Shuinling (also spelt Shung-Ling ), was a Hanjun Plain White bannerman who served as second secretary in the Qing-dynasty Embassy in France. He was also an engineer and worked as director of the power station of Summer Palace, and a photographer notable for taking numerous photographs of the Empress Dowager Cixi.

From 1899 to 1902, he served as second secretary in the Qing-dynasty Embassy in France, where his father held a diplomatic post. The Yu siblings led a cosmopolitan life in Paris, they socialised, frequented the theatre and performed at their parents' parties. The weekly magazine reported that the four children of Minister Yu Keng "superbly performed" an English comedy in three acts at a soirée organised by their father.

He became an amateur photographer during his stay in Paris. After the Yus' return to China, from 1903 to 1905, he took a large number of photographs of the Empress Dowager Cixi with a camera from Europe. More than half of the negatives are now held by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. One photo shows the Empress with Shuinling's daughter Lily, of which little information is known.

In 1936, he wrote an afterword for the Chinese translation of Der Ling's Imperial Incense, at the invitation of its translator . Not much is known about his later life, he died in 1944.

In popular culture In the 2006 television series Princess Der Ling, John Shuinling was played by Xu Jian.