Overview
The translated histories identify Zeng Guoquan as an administrator, general, official, and statesman. This record brings together 6 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 | Zeng Guoquan | 曾國荃 | Zeng Guoquan |
| Title | Southern Seas Minister | 南洋大臣 | |
| Personal name | Zeng Guoquan | 曾國荃 | Zeng Guoquan |
| Personal | Zeng Guoquan | 曾國荃 | Zeng GuoQuan |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: male
- Sex: maleExplicit · qingshigao:450:s0160, qingshigao:472:s0189
Roles
- Administrator
- General
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 交章論薦 · Western Year: AD 1877Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:450:s0160
- Source Date: Text: 光緒八年 · Western Year: AD 1882Explicit · qingshigao:463:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 光緒初 · Western Year: AD 1879Explicit · qingshigao:472:s0189
- Source Date: Text: 光緒十一年 · Western Year: AD 1885Explicit · qingshigao:152:s0038
- Source Date: Text: 光緒十一年間 · Western Year: AD 1885Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:152:s0020, qingshigao:152:s0021
- Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 1884Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:471:s0015, qingshigao:471:s0012
Career and standing
- Label: Nanyang minister / 南洋大臣 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 1884Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0015, qingshigao:471:s0012
- Label: Minister of the Southern Seas / 南洋大臣 · Action: heldExplicit · qingshigao:152:s0021
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Qing / 清 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · qingshigao:152:s0021
Events and relationships
- Kind: administrative · Role: reporter · Action: consulted-zongli-yamen-and-ordered-hart-planExplicit · qingshigao:152:s0021
- Kind: administrative · Role: reporter · Action: relayed-li-gui-and-gell-reports · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十一年 · Western Year: AD 1885Explicit · qingshigao:152:s0038
- Kind: administrative · Role: investigator · Action: reported-merits · Other Person Id: Sheng Xuanhuai (盛宣懷)Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0015
- Relation: relayed-proposal-of · Person Id: Li Kui (李奎)Explicit · qingshigao:152:s0038
- Relation: directed · Person Id: Robert Hart (赫德)Explicit · qingshigao:152:s0021
- Relation: relayed-report-of · Person Id: Thomas Gell (葛顯禮)Explicit · qingshigao:152:s0038
References in the histories
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