Overview
The translated histories identify Zuo Zongtang as a general, official, statesman, and strategist. This record brings together 30 passages from 16 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zuo Zongtang | 左宗棠 | Zuo Zongtang |
| Given | Zongtang | 宗棠 | Zōngtáng |
| Given | Zongtang | 宗棠 | Zongtang |
| Personal name | Zongtang | 宗棠 | Zongtang |
| Surname | Zuo | 左 | Zuǒ |
| Personal name | Zuo Zongtang | 左宗棠 | Zuo Zongtang |
| Personal | Zuo Zongtang | 左宗棠 | Zuǒ Zōngtáng |
| Personal name | Zuo Zongtang | 左宗棠 | Zuǒ Zōngtáng |
| Personal | Zuo Zongtang | 左宗棠 |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · qingshigao:133:s0193, qingshigao:423:s0015, qingshigao:437:s0042, qingshigao:440:s0017, qingshigao:471:s0015
- Sex: male
Roles
- General
- Official
- Statesman
- Strategist
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 光緒十年前後 · Regnal Year: 10 · Western Year: AD 1884Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:458:s0113
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 1854Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:458:s0161
- Source Date: Text: 光緒九年 · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1883Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:458:s0025
- Source Date: Text: 九年 · Western Year: AD 1870Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0128
- Source Date: Text: 五年 · Western Year: AD 1866Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0107
- Source Date: Text: 光緒八年 · Western Year: AD 1882Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:133:s0193, qingshigao:133:s0197
- Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: AD 1858Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:387:s0022, qingshigao:387:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 劾成祿 · Western Year: AD 1873Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:445:s0012
- Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 1884Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:471:s0015, qingshigao:471:s0012
- Source Date: Text: 同治七年 · Western Year: AD 1868Explicit · qingshigao:436:s0045, qingshigao:440:s0017
- Source Date: Text: 同治三年 · Western Year: AD 1864Explicit · qingshigao:398:s0126, qingshigao:438:s0024
- Source Date: Text: 同治元年 · Western Year: AD 1862Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:139:s0156
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐五年前後 · Western Year: AD 1855Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:423:s0022
- Source Date: Text: 左宗棠、李鴻章皆薦其才 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1862 · End: AD 1871Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:437:s0042
- Source Date: Text: 總督左宗棠 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1876 · End: AD 1880Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:450:s0136
- Source Date: Text: 道光十九年 · Western Year: AD 1839Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:379:s0197, qingshigao:379:s0191
- Source Date: Text: 道光十二年 · Western Year: AD 1832Explicit · qingshigao:377:s0138
Career and standing
- Label: former governor-general of Fujian-Zhejiang / 前督 · Action: heldExplicit · qingshigao:440:s0017
- Label: Governor-General of the Two Jiangs / 兩江總督 · Action: heldExplicit · qingshigao:133:s0193
- Label: Governor-General / 總督 · Action: heldExplicit · qingshigao:445:s0128, qingshigao:450:s0136
- Label: Grand Secretary / 大學士 · Action: heldExplicit · qingshigao:377:s0138
Places and affiliations
- Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
- Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · qingshigao:139:s0156
- Polity: Qing · Relation: active-inExplicit · qingshigao:458:s0025
- Polity: Qing / 清 · Relation: servedExplicit · qingshigao:387:s0022
Works and attributed material
- Explicit · qingshigao:445:s0128
- Kind: memorial · Role: authorExplicit · qingshigao:398:s0126
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Topic: frontier peace through educationExplicit · qingshigao:450:s0136
Events and relationships
- Kind: administrative · Role: founder · Action: founded-Foochow-Naval-DockyardExplicit · qingshigao:435:s0107
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered-to-select-officers-to-study-foreign-methodsExplicit · qingshigao:139:s0156
- Kind: administrative · Role: organizer · Action: organized-coastal-fishing-militia · Place: Jiangsu / 江蘇 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒八年 · Western Year: AD 1882Explicit · qingshigao:133:s0193, qingshigao:133:s0197
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: pacified-northwest-Muslim-revoltsExplicit · qingshigao:435:s0128
- Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0015
- Explicit · qingshigao:445:s0012
- Relation: superior-of · Person Id: von Sternberg (德克碑)Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0114, qingshigao:435:s0128
- Relation: marriage-alliance-with · Person Id: Tao Shu (陶澍)Explicit · qingshigao:379:s0197
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: later became a famous statesman · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · qingshigao:379:s0197
References in the histories
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