Wenxiang
Wenxiang | |
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| Born | 16 October 1818 |
| Died | 26 May 1876 (aged 57) |
| Education | jinshi degree |
Wenxiang (
Mukden. In 1845, he obtained the highest degree (jinshi) in the imperial examination and four years later he was appointed to the Board of Works. He advanced through the ranks and in 1858, he was appointed vice president to the Board of Rites and also became a member of the Grand Council
, the highest policy-making organ in the Empire. He subsequently held a number of prominent posts in the central government and became a key player in court politics.
As foreign troops invaded Beijing during the
Self-strengthening movement
and was instrumental in devising the Qing government's cooperative policy towards the Western powers in the period between 1861 and 1876.
References
- Fang, Chao-Ying (1943). . In Hummel, Arthur W. Sr. (ed.). Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
- Crossley, Pamela Kyle, Orphan Warriors' (1990), 141–146..
- "Wen-hsiang." Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed., vol. 16, Gale, 2004, pp. 202-203. Gale eBooks, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3404706807/GVRL?u=sacr16736&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=e037079c. Accessed 15 Aug. 2023.
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