Yang Fuqing (楊輔清; died 1874), born in Mei County (now Meixian District), Guangdong, was a rebel leader during the middle and late Taiping Rebellion against the
Qing government in 1855-1874. He was given the title
tou wang (头王).
In 1858, Yang Fuqing defeated Wei Jun, who surrendered to the Qing government, and occupied the Chizhou for Taiping. He is sometimes mentioned as participating in the Northern Expedition, but other sources contradict this. In 1864, the Taiping Rebellion ended with defeat to the Nanjing, and Yang fled to America from Shanghai by ship. Yang Fuqing created a Chinese gang in Los Angeles, California in 1866. He was a young brother-in-law to Yang Xiuqing.
Yang was arrested during the siege of Fuzhou which movement was in 1874. He joined the Green Standard Army and organized an anti-Qing espionage unit. This was discovered by colonel Wei Jun and Brigadier General Ma Ronghe. He was killed in Fuzhou. Some sources claim that this was not actually Yang's fate, but that of another, unnamed Taiping general.
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楊輔清（？ - 1874年）原名楊金生，小名阿七，外號「七麻子」，清廣西桂平人，原籍廣東嘉應州（今梅州），太平天國將領，封「
輔王」。
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生平
他認東王楊秀清為兄弟，改名輔清，金田起義後封為國宗。天京事變時，輔清不在天京，倖免於難。1858年，輔清攻佔江西景德鎮，後來又參與討伐叛將韋俊，奪回池州，以功封輔王。1860年參與二破江南大營之戰，佔安徽寧國。1864年守浙江湖州。天京失陷後，輔清剃髮易服逃到上海，其後到澳門，又曾潛回中國內地，密謀東山再起。
1874年，輔清到福建，被降清的前太平軍將領馬融和（）偵知，稟報閩浙總督李鶴年，結果在晉江縣（今泉州）被捕，後被押到福州，旋即遇害。一說自上海逃到美國舊金山，創立三合會，又有一說他在1884年在福建被閩浙總督何璟殺害。
宜興的輔王府
1860年農曆四月十三日，楊輔清攻佔江蘇宜興，佔史姓宅第為輔王府，其址在今宜興宜城鎮和平街通真觀巷9號。
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