Ye Zhichao (1838-1901) was a Qing Chinese general who fought in the First Sino-Japanese War. He fought in the Nian Rebellion, and he joined the nationalist Jindandao secret society and took part in the massacre of between 150,000 and 500,000 Mongols, justifying the atrocity by falsely claiming that the Mongolian banner army had killed Chinese civilians. He then served as commander of the provincial troops in Zhili before being promoted to command the Qing army in Korea during the First Sino-Japanese War. He was defeated at the Battle of Pyongyang in 1894, and he was nearly executed for his failures, although his connections rescued him. Nevertheless, he fell into opium addiction, and he died in 1901.