Luo Bingzhang
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Luo Bingzhang | |
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Viceroy of Sichuan | |
In office 1860 – 1867 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Xiangxiang, Guangdong | January 9, 1793
Died | September 1, 1867 | (aged 74)
Education | Jinshi degree |
Luo Bingzhang (simplified Chinese: 骆秉
Luo raised the Green Standard Army and helped create the Xiang Army to fight effectively against the Taiping Rebellion and restore the stability of the Qing Dynasty. He was known for his strategic perception, administrative skill, but also sometimes for his ruthlessness in the execution of his policies, he arrested Shi Dakai.
Early life[edit]
Luo was born in Hua County, Guangdong in 1793. In 1832, at age 39, he earned the Jinshi degree, the highest level of the imperial examinations, which led to his appointment to the Hanlin Academy, a body of outstanding Chinese literary scholars who performed literary tasks for the imperial court. Luo served in Beijing for more than 16 years.
Official Ranks[edit]
Noted calligrapher[edit]
Luo was one of noted calligraphers in Qing Dynasty. Now stored in the Museum of Foshan.
References[edit]
- Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
- Porter, Jonathan. Tseng Kuo-Fan's Private Bureaucracy. Berkeley: University of California, 1972.
- Wright, Mary Clabaugh. The Last Stand of Chinese Conservatism: The T'ung-Chih Restoration, 1862 -1874. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1957.
- 1793 births
- 1867 deaths
- People from Huadu District
- Qing dynasty calligraphers
- Politicians from Guangzhou
- Qing dynasty generals
- Artists from Guangzhou
- Political office-holders in Hubei
- Political office-holders in Hunan
- Political office-holders in Sichuan
- Generals from Guangdong
- Assistant Grand Secretaries
- Viceroys of Sichuan
- Members of the Green Standard Army