Duan Fang (端方) | 24 Histories

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Duan Fang was a Governor-General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1911 三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 471, passage 68
AD 1911 三年七月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 471, passages 102-103
AD 1900 光緒二十六年
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 452, passages 283, 287
AD 1909 to AD 1910 宣統初
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 22
AD 1909 宣統改元
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 464, passage 105; Draft History of Qing 471, passages 94-95
AD 1900 拳禍後
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 154

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AD 1895 to AD 1911 歷任總督
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 316
AD 1904 江督任內
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 200

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Career and standing

superintendent of Canton–Hankou and Sichuan–Hankou railways 督辦粵漢、川漢鐵路大臣
AD 1911 三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 471, passage 68
governor-general 總督
AD 1909 to AD 1910 宣統初 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 22
governor-general 總督
AD 1909 宣統改元 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 471, passages 94-95
Governor-General 總督
Held · Jurisdiction Zhili 直隸
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 316
Governor-General of Liangjiang 兩江總督
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 287

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 464, passage 105
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passages 22, 287

Works and attributed material

Hubei railway nationalization
AD 1911 三年七月 · Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 471, passages 102-103
Memorialized with others to restore Tang Xijin's office
Memorial · Author · With Tang Xijin (唐錫晉)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 287
AD 1909 to AD 1910 宣統初
Memorial · Author · With Hong Rukui (洪汝奎)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 22
AD 1909 宣統改元
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 464, passage 105

Events and relationships

Memorialized to restore Tang Xijin's office and reassign him to Changzhou
Political · Recommender · With Tang Xijin (唐錫晉)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 287
Recovery plan
AD 1911 三年 · Policy · Co author · With Sheng Xuanhuai (盛宣懷)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 471, passages 68, 74
Relation Recommender of · Person Ruichen (瑞澂)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 471, passage 95
Relation Treated with respect · Person Lou Chunfan (婁春蕃)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 316

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 287

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 452Volume 452 Biographies 239: Hong Rukui, Yang Zonglian, Shi Pu, Shi Kekuan, Shen Baojing, Zhu Qiang Younger Brother: Qi Zhao, Zong Yuanhan, Xu Qingzhang, Xu Zhen, Kuai Guangdian, Chen Yusheng, Pan Minbiao, Yan Zuolin, Tang Xijin, Lou Chunfan · 3 passages

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宣統初，總督端方疏陳其治行，復原官。 Early in the Xuantong reign, Governor-General Duan Fang memorialized his record in office and had his former rank restored.

兩江總督端方等奏复錫晉官，改銓長洲，後以輸金助賑保道員。 Governor-General Duan Fang and others had his office restored and reassigned him to Changzhou county; later he was promoted to circuit intendant for contributing to relief.

歷任總督如王文韶、榮祿、袁世凱、楊士驤、端方、陳夔龍等，皆敬禮之。 Governors-general from Wang Wenshao and Ronglu to Yuan Shikai, Yang Shixiang, Duan Fang, and Chen Kuilong all treated him with respect.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 464Volume 464 Biographies 251: Li Duanfen, Xu Zhijingzi, Ren Zhu, Chen Baozhen, Huang Zunxian, Ceng He, Yang Shenxiu, Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi, Tan Sitong With: Tang Caichang, Lin Xu, Kang Guangren · 1 passage

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宣統改元，總督端方為奏復原官。 At the Xuantong change of reign era, Governor-General Duanfang memorialized to restore his former rank.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 471Volume 471 Biographies 258: Sheng Xuanhuai, Rui Cheng · 4 passages

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於是有鐵路國有之詔，並起端方充督辦粵漢、川漢鐵路大臣。 Thereupon came the edict nationalizing railways, and Duanfang was appointed to supervise the Canton–Hankou and Sichuan–Hankou lines.

四川紳民羅綸等二千四百餘人，以收路國有，盛宣懷、端方會度支部奏定辦法，對待川民，純用威力，未為持平，不敢從命。 More than 2,400 Sichuan gentry and commoners led by Luo Lun, on nationalization and the recovery plan drawn up by Sheng Xuanhuai, Duanfang, and the Board of Revenue, declared that Sichuan had been treated with naked force, not fairness, and refused to comply.

總督端方密薦其才，遷巡撫。 Governor-General Duanfang privately recommended his ability, and he was promoted to governor.

居無何，督辦端方上言鄂境鐵路收歸國有，詔嘉之。 Before long, railway superintendent Duanfang memorialized that railways in Hubei should be nationalized, and the throne commended the proposal.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 472Volume 472 Biographies 259: Lu Runxiang, Shi Xu, Yi Ketan, Liang Dingfen, Xu Fang, Lao Naixuan, Shen Cengzhi · 2 passages

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初以端方薦，起用直隸州知州； At first, on Duanfang's recommendation, he was recalled as prefect of a Zhili subprefecture;

尋入江督李興銳幕，端方、周馥繼任，咸禮重之。 Soon he entered the secretariat of Jiang Governor Li Xingrui; Duanfang and Zhou Fu succeeded in turn, and all treated him with great respect.