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Luo Bingzhang (simplified Chinese: 骆秉章; traditional Chinese: 駱秉章, courtesy names Yumen 籲門 and Ruzhai 儒齋; posthumous name: Wenzhong 文忠; (January 9, 1793 – September 1, 1867) was a Han Chinese official, military general, and devout Confucian scholar of the late Qing Dynasty in China.
Luo Bingzhang | |
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| Assistant Grand Secretary | |
| In office 1867–1867 | |
| Viceroy of Sichuan | |
| In office 1860–1867 | |
| Preceded by | Chongshi |
| Succeeded by | Wu Tang |
| Governor of Hunan | |
| In office 1853–1860 | |
| Preceded by | Pan Yi |
| Succeeded by | Zhai Gao |
| In office 1850–1852 | |
| Preceded by | Feng Dexin |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Liangji |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 9, 1793 Xiangxiang, Guangdong, China |
| Died | September 1, 1867 (aged 74) Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
| Education | Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination |
| Occupation | Statesman, general, scholar |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Qing Empire |
| Branch/service | Xiang Army |
| Battles/wars | Taiping Rebellion |
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
editLuo 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
editNoted calligrapher
editLuo 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.