- Zeng Guoquan
Zeng Guoquan (zh-ts|t=曾國荃|s=曾国荃;
Pinyin : ,Wade-Giles : Styled ;Posthumous name : ; created Marquess Yiyong of the First Class 勇毅一等) (, 1824 – , 1890) 1856 follow his old brotherZeng Guofan , was an eminentHan Chinese official, military general, and devoutConfucian scholar of the lateQing Dynasty in China. He raised theXiang Army to fight effectively against theTaiping Rebellion and restored the stability ofQing Dynasty along with other prominent figures, includingZuo Zongtang andLi Hongzhang , setting the scene for the era later known as the "Tongzhi Restoration"（同治中兴）,he wasZeng Guofan 9th youngest brother so nicknamed "General 9", and lead main forces 60,000 occupied theNanjing in 1864, killed Nanjing 100,000 people, rob worth 200 million USD goods and another nicknamedbutcher Zeng by Nanjing people till today .Early life
Born a native of
Xiangxiang ,Hunan (湘乡) in 1824, Zeng Zicheng (曾子城) was the grandson ofZeng Yiping , a prosperous farmer with social and political ambitions.See also
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Li Chenden
*Chu Hongchang
*Third Battle of Nanking References
* Hummel, Arthur William, ed. "Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912)." 2 vols. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1943.
*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.External links
* [http://www.asiawind.com/pub/forum/fhakka/mhonarc/msg00537.html Supressor of the Taiping Rebellion: Hakka Zeng Guofan]
*zh icon [http://www.shuku.net/dblx/html/52/1057-2-0.html Tang Haoming's Three-Book Trilogy of Zeng Guofan's life 《曾国荃》]Navbox
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