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Zeng Guofan
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Chinese politician and military commander (1811–1872)
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Zeng Guofan was a politician, scholar and writer, born on 26 November 1811 in Xiangxiang City, which was also his ancestral home. A subject of the Qing dynasty, to which he held his allegiance, he was educated at the Hanlin Academy and held the jinshi academic degree. He held the positions of Viceroy of Zhili and Viceroy of Liangjiang, reached the military rank of general, and followed Confucianism. He participated in the Taiping Rebellion, the Nian Rebellion and the Tianjin Massacre. His sibling was Zeng Guoquan and his child was Zeng Jize. He resided at what is now known as Tseng Kuo-fan's Former Residence, and died on 12 March 1872 in Nanjing.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1811
- Died
- 1872
- Works
- 118
Top works
- Pinggam
- 曾文正公詩文集
- 意悟
- 曾文正公全集
- 曽文正公文集
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China
· 2020 · cited 21,675x
- Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,399x
- Cancer statistics in China, 2015
· 2016 · cited 11,337x
- Pilon: An Integrated Tool for Comprehensive Microbial Variant Detection and Genome Assembly Improvement
· 2014 · cited 8,992x
- A robust and high-throughput Cre reporting and characterization system for the whole mouse brain
· 2009 · cited 6,991x
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Ma Xinyi
- Succeeded by
- He Jing
- Born
- ( 1811-11-26 ) 26 November 1811, Xiangxiang , Hunan, Qing dynasty
- Died
- 12 March 1872 (1872-03-12) (aged 60), Nanjing , Qing dynasty
- Children
- Zeng Jize
- Relatives
- Zeng Guoquan (brother)
- Education
- Jinshi degree in the imperial examination
- Occupation
- Statesman, general
- Allegiance
- Qing dynasty
- Branch service
- Xiang Army
- Years of service
- 1853–1872
- Battles wars
- Taiping Rebellion Nian Rebellion Tianjin Massacre
- Traditional chinese
- 曾國藩
- Simplified chinese
- 曾国藩
- Hanyu pinyin
- Zēng Guófān
- Wade giles
- Tseng Kuo -fan
- Ipa
- [tsə ́ ŋ kwo ̌ .fa ́ n]
- Yale romanization
- Jāng Gwok-fàahn
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Zeng
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Qing dynasty
- Place of birth
- Xiangxiang City
- Place of death
- Nanjing
- Child
- Zeng Jize
- Educated at
- Hanlin Academy
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Religion
- Confucianism
- Academic degree
- jinshi
- Conflict
- Tianjin Massacre
- Military branch
- Xiang Army
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Tseng Kwo-Fan.tif
- Residence
- Tseng Kuo-fan's Former Residence
Show 11 more facts
- ancestral home
- Xiangxiang City
- date of birth
- 1811-11-26
- date of death
- 1872-03-12
- Commons category
- Zeng Guofan
- allegiance
- Qing dynasty
- courtesy name
- 伯涵
- art name
- 養德養身綿綿穆穆之室
- topic's main category
- Category:Zeng Guofan
- name in kana
- そう こくはん
- posthumous name
- 文正
- Commons Creator page
- Zeng Guofan
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Birth name Chinese曾子城
Hanyu PinyinZēng Zǐchéng
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