Zeng Guofan

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Confucian scholar Qing dynasty official human military leader statesman

Zeng Guofan was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, military leader, and Confucian scholar best known for organizing the Xiang Army to suppress the Taiping Rebellion and for spearheading early modernization efforts in China.

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Label Occurrences
Zeng Guofan canonical 8

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Confucian scholar ⓘ
Qing dynasty official ⓘ
human ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
allegiance Qing dynasty ⓘ
artName Diannan ⓘ
battle Second Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ
surface form: Second Opium War (indirect involvement in defense and reconstruction)

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Taiping Rebellion
birthDate 1811-11-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Xiangxiang City ⓘ
surface form: Xiangxiang, Hunan, Qing dynasty
burialPlace Xiangxiang City ⓘ
surface form: Xiangxiang, Hunan
countryOfCitizenship Qing dynasty ⓘ
courtesyName Bohua ⓘ
Zicheng ⓘ
deathDate 1872-03-12 ⓘ
deathPlace Nanjing, Jiangsu, Qing dynasty ⓘ
dynasty Qing dynasty ⓘ
education jinshi degree in the imperial examinations ⓘ
ethnicGroup Han Chinese ⓘ
familyName Zeng ⓘ
givenName Guofan ⓘ
ideology Neo-Confucianism ⓘ
influenced Li Hongzhang ⓘ
Zhang Zhidong ⓘ
Zuo Zongtang ⓘ
knownFor early modernization efforts in China ⓘ
organizing the Xiang Army ⓘ
suppressing the Taiping Rebellion ⓘ
languageSpoken Chinese ⓘ
militaryUnitFounded Xiang Army ⓘ
movement Self-Strengthening Movement ⓘ
name Zeng Guofan self-link ⓘ
notableWork Family Letters of Zeng Guofan ⓘ
Zeng Wenzheng Gong Quanji (Collected Works of Lord Zeng Wenzheng) ⓘ
occupation general ⓘ
official ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
patronOf Western-style education for technical subjects ⓘ
military modernization ⓘ
shipbuilding and arsenals ⓘ
positionHeld Governor-General of Jiangnan region (de facto through Liangjiang viceroyalty) ⓘ
Grand Secretary of the Qing imperial court ⓘ
Governor-General of Huguang ⓘ
surface form: Viceroy of Huguang

Viceroy of Liangjiang ⓘ
posthumousName Wenzheng ⓘ
regionOfActivity Anhui ⓘ
Hunan Province ⓘ
surface form: Hunan

Jiangsu ⓘ
Jiangxi Province ⓘ
surface form: Jiangxi
religion Confucianism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Self-Strengthening Movement → keyFigure → Zeng Guofan ⓘ
Qing army → notableCommander → Zeng Guofan ⓘ
Zeng → hasNotableBearer → Zeng Guofan ⓘ
Zeng Guofan → name → Zeng Guofan self-link ⓘ
China Merchants Steam Navigation Company → supportedBy → Zeng Guofan ⓘ
Nian Rebellion → commandedBy → Zeng Guofan ⓘ
Viceroy of Zhili → hasNotableOfficeHolder → Zeng Guofan ⓘ
Governor-General of Liangguang → officeHeldBy → Zeng Guofan ⓘ