Shen Baozhen

Shen Baozhen about 1870.

Shen Baozhen ( Chinese  沈 葆 禎 , Pinyin Shěn Bǎozhēn沈 葆 祯; also: Sím Pó-cheng , Sing Bo-ting , Shen Wensu, 沈 文 肅; born 1820 , Minhou , Fujian ; died December 18, 1879 ) was a Chinese civil servant at the time of Qing Dynasty .

Life

Shen was born in Minhou , Fujian . In the official exams he acquired the title of Zhuangyuan in 1847 and was then appointed to the Hanlin Academy .

His administrative talent caught the attention of Zeng Guofan , who used him in the fight against the Taiping Uprising . After the revolt was put down in 1864, Shen became involved in the Self- Empowerment Movement (洋務 運動) and later worked in the Fuzhou Shipyard . There he used the knowledge of French engineers, such as Prosper Giquel , to manufacture modern war and merchant ships for China.

In 1874 he was also involved in a peace agreement with Japan , which had to be negotiated after the Japanese punitive expedition to Taiwan . In 1875 he was named Viceroy of Liangjiang . He died in 1879.

family

Shen was married to Lin Puqing (1821–77, 林普 晴), the third daughter of Lin Zexu . She became famous for her courage during a siege of Guangxin during the Taiping Uprising .

literature

• Arthur W. Hummel, Sr. (ed.): Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912). 2 vols. Washington: United States Government Printing Office 1943.
• David Pong (* 1939): Shen Pao-Chen and China's Modernization in the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press 1994.
• Shen, Richard. 'The Yellow Riding Jacket' Xlibris, 2008
• Cihai. [1] Entry in the Chinese encyclopedia Cihai.
• Ch'en ST: Mu-tan-she shih chien yü Shen Pao-chen chih T'ai cheng chi k'ao, 1986.
• Wu Yuanbing, David Pong: 沈 文 肅 公 (葆 楨) 政 書 (Shen Wensu gong zheng shu). 文 海 出 板 社 Wenhai Chubanshe.

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