The invention relates to a manual lifting device for automatically controlling and loading people, which belongs to the field of lifting devices. The lifting device provided by the invention comprises a shell and a roller, wherein a hanger is fixed at the upper part of the shell; and a digging rope is wound on the roller. The lifting device is characterized in that a brake band is also wound on the roller; one end of the brake band is fixed on the shell, and the other end is connected with a brake rod; a spring is sheathed on the brake rod; and one end of the spring is fixedly connected with the brake rod, and the other end is fixed on the shell. Under normal conditions of the lifting device provided by the invention, the brake band is tensioned through the tensile force of the spring, and the roller can not be rotated through the friction action of the brake band; when the lifting device needs to fall, an oscillating rod is operated to push the brake rod to move upwards, the brake band is loosened because the tensile force is lost, and the roller is rotated to loosen the digging rope, thus the device falls; and when the lifting device needs to rise, a rotating handle is rotated to drive the roller to be reversely rotated, thus the lifting device can rise or fall at any time as required. The lifting device provided by the invention can be widely applied to lifesaving in places such as a residence, a hotel, a school, a shopping mall, an office building and the like, and can be used as a lifter for mining, rock climbing and the like.