Zhang Zhidong

Author: Li Jianliang et al.
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The last drop of blood shed by the frontier envoy of the last dynasty in a turbulent life. Zhang Zhidong, a bright in his youth, with a physique resembling an ape, was said to be the reincarnation of a spiritual monkey from General Mountain. He became a palace examination third rank, successively served as the Chief Education Officer of Hubei and Sichuan, the Governor of Shanxi, the Viceroy of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Governor of Hubei and Jiangnan. He rose to the position of Grand Secretary of the Body of Benevolence and Military Councilor. In the turbulent politics of the late Qing Dynasty, he proposed the strategy of "Chinese learning as the essence and Western learning as the application," promoted industrial development, manufactured cannons and rifles, and diligently trained troops, spending his last drop of blood for the late Qing Dynasty. Zhang Zhidong, a bright in his youth, with a physique resembling an ape, was said to be the reincarnation of a spiritual monkey from General Mountain. He became a palace examination third rank, successively served as the Chief Education Officer of Hubei and Sichuan, the Governor of Shanxi, the Viceroy of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Governor of Hubei and Jiangnan. He rose to the position of Grand Secretary of the Body of Benevolence and Military Councilor. In the turbulent politics of the late Qing Dynasty, he proposed the strategy of "Chinese learning as the essence and Western learning as the application," promoted industrial development, manufactured cannons and rifles, and diligently trained troops, spending his last drop of blood for the late Qing Dynasty.