Wu Peifu was a Chinese warlord and major figure in the Warlord Era in China from 1916 to 1927.
Wu in 1926
Wu on the cover of Time, 8 September 1922; he was the first Chinese person to feature on the cover
Wu Peifu with Gen. Ma Fuxiang
Wu Peifu in 1939, months before his death later that year.
The Beijing Coup was the October 1924 coup d'état by Feng Yuxiang against Chinese President Cao Kun, leader of the Zhili warlord faction. Feng called it the Capital Revolution. The coup occurred at a
Feng Yuxiang (center) during the coup
On 17 November 1924, Zhang Zuolin invited Feng Yuxiang to talk at the home of Tianjin Ruili. Feng decided to hold the section as "temporary ruling" and went to Beijing to preside over government affairs.