Zhang Deyi

Zhang Deyi ( Chinese  張德彜 , Pinyin Zhāng Déyí ); (* 1847 , † 1918 ) was a Chinese diplomat .

Life

His ancestors were from Fujian in the Manchuria migrated and were recruited for the troops under the Chinese banner when the Manchus conquered China. Born into a poor family, he was among the first ten students of the Tongwen Guan (Beijing Imperial Academy of Western Languages ​​and Sciences) in 1862 . He showed a talent for the English language .

In 1866 he and fellow students Fen Yi and Yan Hui accompanied the Mandarin Bin Chun with his eldest son Guang Ying on a fact-finding mission to Europe .

Diaries

• On the way back he wrote a report on the sailing ship about the Tongwen Guan and this voyage. In his first story "he reported on the German war , new weapons, a reception at the reception at Augusta von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach , a visit to Friedrich Krupp AG , topographical information, flora and fauna.
• In 1868 and 1869 he traveled as an interpreter under the direction of Anson Burlingame and Zhi Gang, first to Japan, then to America, then across the Atlantic to Europe, nine other countries including France, Belgium, Prussia and Russia. He reported about this trip in his second diary "The Second Story".
• In his third diary from 1870 he reports on a trip on which he accompanied the mission from Chong Hou to the imperial ambassador to France, where the Paris Commune was suppressed in 1871 . He reported about these missions in his diaries: Strange Tales from Over the Ocean , Further Strange Tales and Strange Tales

His 70-volume complete works comprises more than two million words.

In 1891 he was a German teacher in Guangxu . From 1887 to 1890 he was attaché under Hong Jun in the Villa von der Heydt . Here he experienced the three emperor year .

On June 13, 1896, he accompanied Li Hongzhang to Friedrichsruh . From November 14, 1901 to September 20, 1905, he was Ambassador to the Court of St James’s

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Liu Jing, Perception of the Foreign (PDF; 2.1 MB): China in German and Germany in Chinese travel reports, From the Opium War to the First World War, p. 190
2. ↑ Renditions : Zhang Deyi ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 1847-1918 

predecessor	Office	successor
Luo Fenglu	Ambassador to the Court of St James's of the Emperor of China November 14, 1901 to September 20, 1905	Wang Daxie

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zhang is the family name here, Deyi is the first name.