Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Luo ne a gundumar Susong, Anhui. Tun yana ƙarami, ya nuna iyawa mai ban mamaki, kuma ya zama "shengyuan" a cikin tsarin jarrabawar masarauta. A shekara ta 1835, ya sami digiri na "jinshi", mafi girman matakin a cikin tsarin jarrabawar Imperial. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan wannan lardunan tsakiyar daular sun mamaye ta
'Yan tawayen Taiping, kuma ya tara rundunar sojoji.