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Zeng Guofan, the Glossary

Zeng Guofan, Marquis Yiyong (26 November 1811 – 12 March 1872), birth name Zeng Zicheng, courtesy name Bohan (伯涵), was a Chinese statesman and military general of the late Qing dynasty.^[1]

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19th-century Chinese philosophers
Assistant Grand Secretaries
Burials in Changsha
Generals from Hunan
Grand Secretaries of the Qing dynasty
People from Xiangtan
Unsolved deaths in China
Viceroys of Zhili
Xiang Army personnel

Baturu

Baturu (Manchu: baturu) was an official title of the Qing dynasty, awarded to commanders and soldiers who fought bravely on the battlefield.

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Beijing

Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.

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Changsha

Changsha is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China.

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Charles George Gordon

Major-General Charles George Gordon CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator.

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Chiang Kai-shek

Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 18875 April 1975) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and military commander.

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Chinese classics

The Chinese classics or canonical texts are the works of Chinese literature authored prior to the establishment of the imperial Qin dynasty in 221 BC.

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Chinese given name

Chinese given names are the given names adopted by speakers of the Chinese language, both in majority-Sinophone countries and among the Chinese diaspora.

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Concubinage

Concubinage is an interpersonal and sexual relationship between two people in which the couple does not want to, or cannot, enter into a full marriage.

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Confucius (孔子; pinyin), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages, as well as the first teacher in China to advocate for mass education.

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Courtesy name

A courtesy name, also known as a style name, is a name bestowed upon one at adulthood in addition to one's given name.

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Cultural Revolution

The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Ever Victorious Army

"Ever Victorious Army" was a small imperial army that fought rebels in late-19th-century China.

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Filial mourning

Filial mourning refers to a bureaucratic norm, practiced since the Han dynasty, whereby officials of the imperial government of China were obliged to resign their posts and return to their home upon the death of a parent or grandparent.

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Former Residence of Zeng Guofan

The Former Residence of Zeng Guofan or Zeng Guofan's Former Residence was built in 1865.

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Fujian

Fujian is a province on the southeastern coast of China.

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Grand coordinator and provincial governor

A xunfu was an important imperial Chinese provincial office under both the Ming (14th–17th centuries) and Qing (17th–20th centuries) dynasties.

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Grand Secretariat

The Grand Secretariat, or the Cabinet, was nominally a coordinating agency but de facto the highest institution in the imperial government of the Chinese Ming dynasty.

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Guanwen

Guanwen (ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠨᠸᡝᠨ|v. Zeng Guofan and Guanwen are Assistant Grand Secretaries, grand Secretaries of the Qing dynasty, Qing dynasty generals and Viceroys of Zhili.

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Hakka people

The Hakka, sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China and who speak a language that is closely related to Gan, a Han Chinese dialect spoken in Jiangxi province.

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Hangzhou

Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northeastern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo. As of 2022, the Hangzhou metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of 4 trillion yuan (US$590 billion), making it larger than the economy of Sweden.

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Hankou

Hankou, alternately romanized as Hankow, was one of the three towns (the other two were Wuchang and Hanyang) merged to become modern-day Wuhan city, the capital of the Hubei province, China.

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Hanlin Academy

The Hanlin Academy was an academic and administrative institution of higher learning founded in the 8th century Tang China by Emperor Xuanzong in Chang'an.

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Hanyang, Wuhan

Hanyang District forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China.

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Hong Xiuquan

Hong Xiuquan (1 January 1814 – 1 June 1864), born Hong Huoxiu and with the courtesy name Renkun, was a Chinese revolutionary and religious leader who led the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty.

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Hunan

Hunan is an inland province of China.

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Imperial Commissioner (China)

Imperial Commissioner (Manchu: hese i takūraha amban) was a high-ranking government official or military general commissioned by the emperor of China during the late Ming (13681644) and Qing (16441912) dynasties.

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Imperial examination

The imperial examination was a civil service examination system in Imperial China administered for the purpose of selecting candidates for the state bureaucracy.

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Jiangsu

Jiangsu is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China.

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Jiangxi

Jiangxi is an inland province in the east of the People's Republic of China.

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Jinshi

Jinshi was the highest and final degree in the imperial examination in Imperial China.

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Jiujiang

Jiujiang, formerly transliterated Kiukiang and Kew-Keang, is a prefecture-level city located on the southern shores of the Yangtze River in northwest Jiangxi Province in the People's Republic of China.

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Juren

Juren ('recommended man') was a rank achieved by people who passed the xiangshi exam in the imperial examination system of imperial China.

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Kashgar

Kashgar (قەشقەر) or Kashi (c) is a city in the Tarim Basin region of southern Xinjiang, China.

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Li Hongzhang

Li Hongzhang, Marquess Suyi (t; also Li Hung-chang; 15 February 1823 – 7 November 1901) was a Chinese statesman, general and diplomat of the late Qing dynasty. Zeng Guofan and li Hongzhang are Assistant Grand Secretaries, Chinese nobility, grand Secretaries of the Qing dynasty, Viceroys of Zhili and xiang Army personnel.

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List of unsolved deaths

This list of unsolved deaths includes well-known cases where.

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Ma Xinyi

Ma Xinyi (Xiao'erjing: ﻣَﺎ سٍ ىِ,; November 3, 1821–August 23, 1870), courtesy name Gushan (穀山), art names Yanmen (燕門) and Tiefang (鐵舫), posthumous name Duanmin (端敏), was an ethnic Hui official and military general of the Qing dynasty of China. Zeng Guofan and ma Xinyi are Qing dynasty generals.

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Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Mary C. Wright

Mary Clabaugh Wright (born Mary Oliver Clabaugh; Chinese name 芮瑪麗 Ruì Mǎlì; September 25, 1917 – June 18, 1970) was an American historian and sinologist who specialized in the study of late Qing dynasty and early twentieth century China.

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Mujangga

Mujangga (1782–1856) was a Manchu statesman of the late Qing dynasty, belonging to the Gogiya (郭佳) clan. Zeng Guofan and Mujangga are Assistant Grand Secretaries, grand Secretaries of the Qing dynasty and Viceroys of Zhili.

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Nanjing

Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu province in eastern China. The city has 11 districts, an administrative area of, and a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yangtze River Delta region, Nanjing has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having served as the capital of various Chinese dynasties, kingdoms and republican governments dating from the 3rd century to 1949, and has thus long been a major center of culture, education, research, politics, economy, transport networks and tourism, being the home to one of the world's largest inland ports.

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Nian Rebellion

The Nian Rebellion was an insurrection against the Qing dynasty in northern China from 1851 to 1868, contemporaneously with the Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864) in southern China.

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Ouyang

Ouyang is a Chinese surname.

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Poyang Lake

Poyang Lake, also known by its Chinese name as Poyang Hu, is the largest freshwater lake in China.

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Qing dynasty

The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.

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Shandong

Shandong is a coastal province in East China.

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Shao Kang

Shao Kang (his surname was Sì 姒) was the sixth king of the Xia dynasty of ancient China.

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Sichuan

Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north and the Yungui Plateau to the south.

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Taiping Rebellion

The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a civil war in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

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Tang Haoming

Tang Haoming (born October 1946), also known as Deng Yunsheng, is a Chinese novelist.

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Taqibu

Taqibu (1816–1855), courtesy name Zhiting, member of the Tao Jia clan, a native of Manchuria's Bordered Yellow Banner, was promoted to the rank of retainer in his early years as an officer of the guards. Zeng Guofan and Taqibu are Qing dynasty generals.

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Third Battle of Nanjing

The Third Battle of Nanjing in 1864 was the last major engagement of the Taiping Rebellion in the Qing Empire.

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Three Departments and Six Ministries

The Three Departments and Six Ministries system was the primary administrative structure in imperial China from the Sui dynasty (581–618) to the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368).

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Tianjin Massacre

The Tianjin Massacre, also spelled the Tientsin Massacre, was an attack on Christian missionaries and converts in the late 19th century during the late Qing dynasty.

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Tomb of Zeng Guofan

The Tomb of Zeng Guofan is the tomb of Zeng Guofan, a Chinese statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty.

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Tongzhi Restoration

The Tongzhi Restoration (c. 1860–1874) was an attempt to arrest the dynastic decline of the Qing dynasty by restoring the traditional order.

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Twenty-Four Histories

The Twenty-Four Histories, also known as the Orthodox Histories, are the Chinese official dynastic histories covering from the earliest dynasty in 3000 BC to the Ming dynasty in the 17th century.

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Viceroy of Liangjiang

The Viceroy of Liangjiang, fully named in Chinese as the Governor-General of the Two River Provinces and Other Local Admirals, in Charge of Military Affairs, Food and Wages, Management of Rivers, and Administration on Nanhe Affairs, was one of eight regional Viceroys during the Qing dynasty.

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Viceroy of Zhili

The Viceroy of Zhili, officially in Chinese as the Governor-General of the Directly Subordinate Province and Other Local Areas, in Charge of Military Affairs, Food and Wages, Management of Rivers and Governor Affairs, was one of eight regional Viceroys during the Qing dynasty. Zeng Guofan and Viceroy of Zhili are Viceroys of Zhili.

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Wuchang, Wuhan

Wuchang is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. It is the oldest of the three cities that merged into modern-day Wuhan, and stood on the right (southeastern) bank of the Yangtze River, opposite the mouth of the Han River. The two other cities, Hanyang and Hankou, were on the left (northwestern) bank, separated from each other by the Han River.

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Xia dynasty

The Xia dynasty is the first dynasty in traditional Chinese historiography.

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Xiang Army

Zeng Guofan, the leader of the Xiang Army The Xiang Army or Hunan Army was a standing army organized by Zeng Guofan from existing regional and village militia forces called tuanlian to contain the Taiping Rebellion in Qing China (1850 to 1864).

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Xiangtan

Xiangtan is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China.

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Xiangxiang

Xiangxiang is a county-level city under the administration of Xiangtan, Hunan province, China.

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Yangtze

Yangtze or Yangzi is the longest river in Eurasia, the third-longest in the world.

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Yue Prefecture (Hunan)

Yuezhou or Yue Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Hunan, China, centering on modern Yueyang.

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Yuelu Academy

The Yuelu Academy (also known as the Yuelu Academy of Classical Learning) is on the east side of Yuelu Mountain in Changsha, Hunan province, on the west bank of the Xiang River.

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Zeng

Zeng is a Chinese family name.

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Zeng Baosun

Zeng Baosun or Tseng Pao Swen (9 March 1893 – 27 July 1978) was a Chinese feminist, historian, and Christian educator.

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Zeng Guoquan

Zeng Guoquan (12 October 1824 – 13 November 1890), courtesy name Yuanfu, art name Shuchun, was a Chinese official and military leader of the late Qing dynasty. Zeng Guofan and Zeng Guoquan are generals from Hunan, Qing dynasty generals and xiang Army personnel.

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Zeng Jize

Marquis Zeng Jize (also Tseng Chi-tse, wg, 1839 – April 12, 1890) was a Chinese diplomat.

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Zengzi

Zeng Shen (505–435 BC), better known as Zengzi (Master Zeng), courtesy name Ziyu, was a Chinese philosopher and disciple of Confucius.

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Zhejiang

Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China.

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Zuo Zongtang

Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠, Xiang Chinese:; Wade-Giles spelling: Tso Tsung-t'ang; November 10, 1812 – September 5, 1885), sometimes referred to as General Tso, was a statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty. Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang are Assistant Grand Secretaries, Burials in Changsha, Chinese nobility, generals from Hunan, grand Secretaries of the Qing dynasty, Qing dynasty generals and xiang Army personnel.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeng_Guofan

Also known as Tseng Kuo-Fan, Tseng Kuo-feng, Tseng Kuofan, Tseng Kwo-Fan, Zeng Zicheng, Zēng Guófán, .

, Third Battle of Nanjing, Three Departments and Six Ministries, Tianjin Massacre, Tomb of Zeng Guofan, Tongzhi Restoration, Twenty-Four Histories, Viceroy of Liangjiang, Viceroy of Zhili, Wuchang, Wuhan, Xia dynasty, Xiang Army, Xiangtan, Xiangxiang, Yangtze, Yue Prefecture (Hunan), Yuelu Academy, Zeng, Zeng Baosun, Zeng Guoquan, Zeng Jize, Zengzi, Zhejiang, Zuo Zongtang.

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19th-century Chinese philosophers

Assistant Grand Secretaries

Burials in Changsha

Generals from Hunan

Grand Secretaries of the Qing dynasty

People from Xiangtan

Unsolved deaths in China

Viceroys of Zhili

Xiang Army personnel

References