Bai Yingming

Bai Yingming (Mandarin: 白英明 Bái yīngmíng); 2 March 1896 – 3 December 1934), was the of the militant  White Lotus, designated as a  by the Tianlong Dynasty.

He was a Longzhouen and a member of an noble family. The Bai Family, a branch family of the House of Luo is the current Governor of Donghai Commandery and several of its members fought against Bai Yiming in Imperial Military Academy, graduating in 1920. It is unknown when he came into contact with White Lotus, nor when he rose to become it's leader, though some sources believe there was a White Lotus branch at the Imperial Military Academy for a unknown amount of time before the rebellion.

Along with Wu Xinren, he masterminded the first modern large-scale rebellion in Longzhou, becoming marked as a and having a  placed on him by the Tianlong Emperor. An adept commander, he was able to lead White Lotus to many victories and conquered large swathes of Longzhou and Hokan. As the war turned around however, Yingming and White Lotus were forced back to Nanmen, making their last stand in the Battle of Nanmen. He was killed in the final firefight of the battle, as Longzhouen soliders closed in on the White Lotus command center.

After being posthumously stripped of his Longzhouen military ranks, Bai Yingming's body was given to the Bai family and buried in the Bai Family Mausoleum in Xiahai.