Li Guangzhao (李光昭)

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Guangzhao as a merchant and named individual. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Li Guangzhao	李光昭	Li Guangzhao
Personal name	Li Guangzhao	李光昭	Li Guangzhao

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:436:s0111, qingshigao:441:s0044, qingshigao:441:s0047

Roles

Merchant
Named Individual

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 九年 · Western Year: AD 1870
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0047, qingshigao:441:s0044
Source Date: Text: 同治八年 · Western Year: AD 1872
Explicit · qingshigao:436:s0111

Career and standing

Status: punishment · Action: impeached-and-punished · Authority Person Id: Li Hongzhang (李鴻章)
Explicit · qingshigao:436:s0111

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 436Volume 436 Biographies 223: Shen Guifen, Li Hongzao, Weng Tonghe, Sun Yuwen · 1 passage

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又圓明園方興工，商人李光昭矇報木價，為李鴻章所劾論罪。 Work had meanwhile begun on the Old Summer Palace; merchant Li Guangzhao had fraudulently inflated timber prices and was impeached and punished by Li Hongzhang.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 441Volume 441 Biographies 228: Pan Zuyin, Li Wentian, Sun Yijing, Xia Tongshan, Zhang Jiaxiang, Zhang Yinglin, Zhang Renfu, Zhang Hengjia · 1 passage

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既至，謁軍機大臣寶鋆，告以東南事可危，李光昭姦猥無行，責其不能匡救。 On arrival he called on Grand Councillor Baojun and warned that affairs in the southeast were gravely imperiled and that Li Guangzhao was licentious and unprincipled, reproaching him for failing to set matters right.