Zhang Xun
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)Zhang Xun | |
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張勳 | |
3rd Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet | |
In office 1 July 1917 – 12 July 1917 | |
Monarch | Xuantong Emperor |
Preceded by | Yuan Shikai (1912) |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Zhang Xun (Chinese: 張勳; pinyin: Zhāng Xūn; Wade–Giles: Chang1 Hsün1; September 16, 1854 – September 11, 1923), courtesy name Shaoxuan (少軒), art name Songshoulaoren (松壽老人), nickname Bianshuai (辮帥, lit. 'marshal with queue'), was a Chinese general and Qing loyalist who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi in the Manchu Restoration of 1917. He also supported Yuan Shikai during his time as president.[3]
Biography
He was born on September 16, 1854, in Chitian village, Fengxin county, Jiangxi.[3]
Zhang served as a military escort for
Second Revolution. Despite allowing his troops to savagely loot the city, Zhang was named a field marshal by Yuan.[3]
Between 1 July 1917 and 12 July 1917, Zhang Xun proclaimed himself
Dutch legation and never participated in politics again.[3]
He died on September 11, 1923.[3]
Notes
References
- ^ Chi (1970), p. 127.
- ^ Billingsley (1988), p. 57.
- ^ ISBN 978-7-119-00772-4.
- Billingsley, Phil (1988). Bandits in Republican China. ISBN 9780804714068.
- Chi, Madeleine (1970). China Diplomacy, 1914-1918. ISBN 9780674118256.