Shen Baozhen (沈葆楨)

Overview

The translated histories identify Shen Baozhen as an administrator, official, and statesman. This record brings together 8 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Shen Baozhen	沈葆楨	Shen Baozhen
Given	Baozhen	葆楨	Bǎozhēn
Title	Governor-General	總督
Surname	Shen	沈	Shěn
Personal name	Shen Baozhen	沈葆楨	Shen Baozhen
Personal	Shen Baozhen	沈葆楨	Shěn Bǎozhēn

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:071:s0017, qingshigao:133:s0096, qingshigao:150:s0056, qingshigao:423:s0015
Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0210

Roles

Administrator
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1898
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:464:s0210
Source Date: Text: 光緒三年 · Western Year: AD 1877
Explicit · qingshigao:150:s0056
Source Date: Text: 光緒三年 · Western Year: AD 1877
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:150:s0057
Source Date: Text: 光緒元年 · Western Year: AD 1875
Explicit · qingshigao:071:s0017
Source Date: Text: 同治三年前後 · Western Year: AD 1864
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:423:s0136
Source Date: Text: 同治十二年 · Western Year: AD 1873
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:139:s0176
Source Date: Text: 咸豐十年 · Western Year: AD 1860
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:133:s0096

Family

Ancestor of Wife of Lin Xu (林旭妻)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖父 · Generation Distance: 2
Kinship Term: granddaughter / 孫女 · Generation Distance: 2 · Subject Role: granddaughter · Object Role: grandfather

Career and standing

Label: Governor-General of Jiangsu / 江督 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒三年 · Western Year: AD 1877
Explicit · qingshigao:150:s0056
Label: Ji'an-Nan'an-Ganzhou Circuit Intendant / 吉南贛寧道 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:133:s0096

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:133:s0096, qingshigao:464:s0210
Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:139:s0176, qingshigao:150:s0056
Polity: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:071:s0017

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒元年 · Western Year: AD 1875
Explicit · qingshigao:071:s0017
Kind: proposal · Role: author · Summary: gunboat commander should visit ports to coordinate drill
Explicit · qingshigao:139:s0176

Events and relationships

Kind: financial · Role: allocator · Action: allocated-funds · Amount: one million taels · Organization: China Merchants Company / 招商局
Explicit · qingshigao:150:s0057
Kind: political · Role: proposer · Action: proposed-coordinated-gunboat-drill
Explicit · qingshigao:139:s0176
Kind: political · Role: proposer · Action: requested-establishment · Place: Taipei Prefecture / 臺北府 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒元年 · Western Year: AD 1875
Explicit · qingshigao:071:s0017
Relation: co-founder-with · Person Id: Li Hongzhang (李鴻章)
Explicit · qingshigao:150:s0141
Relation: assistant-to · Person Id: Liu Yi (劉繹)
Explicit · qingshigao:133:s0096

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: far-sighted co-founder · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · qingshigao:150:s0141

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · qingshigao:071:s0017
Statement: Identified as grandfather of Lin Xu's wife
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0210

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 71Volume 71 Treatises 46: Geography 18, Tai Wan · 1 passage

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光緒元年，沈葆楨請設臺北府、縣以固北路，又將同知移治卑南以顧後山，全臺官制，粗有規模。 In Guangxu 1 Shen Baozhen proposed Taipei Prefecture and county to secure the north, and moved a subprefect's seat to Beinan to oversee the eastern ranges; Taiwan's administrative framework then took rough shape.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 133Volume 133 Treatises 108: Military 4, Local Militia · 1 passage

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命在籍翰林院修撰劉繹為江西督辦團練大臣，吉南贛寧道沈葆楨、甘肅安肅道劉於潯幫辦團練事宜，按照陳孚恩等所擬章程，妥為辦理。 Hanlin Academy Compiler Liu Yi, on home leave, was appointed to oversee Jiangxi militia, with Shen Baozhen of the Ji'an-Nan'an-Ganzhou Circuit and Liu Yuxun of the Gansu Anxi-Suzhou Circuit assisting under Chen Fu'en's regulations.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 139Volume 139 Treatises 114: Military 10, Training · 1 passage

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十二年，沈葆楨以各兵輪雖分駐各省，而操演徵調必應聲勢聯絡，請飭兵輪統領，躬歷各海口，隨時調操。 In year 12 Shen Baozhen asked the gunboat commander to visit every port in person so dispersed ships could drill and deploy as one force.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 150Volume 150 Treatises 125: Transportation 2, Lun Chuan · 3 passages

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宣懷以國防大計、江海利源之說，力陳於江督沈葆楨。 Sheng pressed the case on Governor-General Shen Baozhen of Jiangsu with arguments about national defense and control of river and sea commerce.

葆楨為所動，撥銀百萬以濟，論者咸謂是舉為失計，至以「旗昌棄垂敝之裘，得值另制新衣，期於適體」為喻。 Shen was persuaded and allocated one million taels; critics widely called the purchase a blunder, likening it to 'Russell & Co. discarding a worn-out fur coat, getting value in return, and having new clothes made in hopes they would fit.'

前者李鴻章、沈葆楨創立此局，謀深慮遠，實為經國宏謀，固為收江海之利，與洋商爭衡，轉貧為富、轉弱為強之機，盡在此舉。 When Li Hongzhang and Shen Baozhen founded this company, their far-sighted planning was truly a grand state strategy—the chance to recover maritime profits, compete with foreign merchants, and turn poverty into wealth and weakness into strength rested entirely on this venture.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 423Volume 423 Biographies 210: Zong Jichen, Yin Gengyun, Wang Zheng, Mu Jixianga, You Baichuan, Shen Huai · 2 passages

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疊蒙諭旨，曾國籓、左宗棠、李鴻章、沈葆楨及閩、粵各督撫諄諄戒備。 Imperial orders had repeatedly warned Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang, Shen Baozhen, and the Fujian and Guangdong governors to stand ready.

日前沈葆楨奏請將江西茶稅、牙釐等款歸本省任收，旋用部議允留其半，在國籓等斷不至觖望。 Shen Baozhen had recently asked that Jiangxi keep its tea tax and broker lijin; the ministry allowed half to remain in the province—a concession Zeng would surely accept.