Zhang Shusheng (張樹聲)

Overview

Zhang Shusheng was a Qing Beiyang Commissioner.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1882 光緒八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 196
AD 1884 十年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 151, passages 52-53
AD 1884 十年春
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 437, passage 115
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 16
AD 1882 朝鮮之亂
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 116

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Governor-General of Guangdong 粵督
AD 1884 十年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 151, passage 53
Acting Governor-General 代督
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 196
Beiyang Commissioner 北洋大臣
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 116

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 151, passage 53; Draft History of Qing 411, passages 16, 196; Draft History of Qing 444, passage 116
Organization Huai Army 淮軍 · Relation Officer of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 16

Events and relationships

Built Guangxi telegraph to Longzhou
AD 1884 十年 · Administrative · Builder · At Longzhou 龍州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 151, passage 53
Ordered intervention
AD 1882 朝鮮之亂 · Military · Superior · With Wu Changqing (吳長慶)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 116
Relation Subordinate of · Person Li Hongzhang (李鴻章)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 16

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 151Volume 151 Treatises 126: Transportation 3, Dian Bao · 1 passage

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江督左宗棠則設長江線以通武漢，粵督張樹聲則設廣西線以達龍州。 Zuo Zongtang, Governor-General of Liangjiang, built Yangtze lines to Wuhan; Zhang Shusheng, Governor-General of Guangdong, built Guangxi lines to Longzhou.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 411Volume 411 Biographies 198: Li Hongzhang · 2 passages

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同治元年，遂命鴻章召募淮勇七千人，率舊部將劉銘傳、周盛波、張樹聲、吳長慶，曾軍將程學啟，湘軍將郭松林，霆軍將楊鼎勳，以行。 In the first year of Tongzhi he was ordered to raise seven thousand Huai Braves and take the field with his former subordinates Liu Mingchuan, Zhou Shengbo, Zhang Shusheng, and Wu Changqing, together with Cheng Xueqi of Zeng's army, Guo Songlin of the Xiang forces, and Yang Dingxun of the Ting forces.

朝鮮內亂，鴻章時在籍，趣赴天津，代督張樹聲飭提督吳長慶率淮軍定其亂，鴻章策定朝鮮善後事宜。 When Korea fell into civil strife Hongzhang was at home; he was hurried to Tianjin to replace Governor Zhang Shusheng in ordering Commander Wu Changqing to lead Huai troops to settle the disorder, and Hongzhang devised the post-crisis arrangements for Korea.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 437Volume 437 Biographies 224: Rong Lu, Wang Wenshao, Zhang Zhidong, Qu Hongji · 1 passage

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四月，兩廣總督張樹聲解任專治軍，遂以之洞代。 In the fourth month Governor-General Zhang Shusheng was relieved of civil duties to concentrate on the war, and Zhidong took his place.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 444Volume 444 Biographies 231: Huang Tifang, Zong Shibaoting, Zong Shishengyu, Zhang Peilun, Deng Chengxiu, Xu Zhixiang · 1 passage

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朝鮮之亂也，提督吳長慶奉北洋大臣張樹聲檄，率師入朝，執大院君李罡應以歸，時詫為奇勳。 During the Korean crisis, Commander Wu Changqing, acting on orders from Beiyang Commissioner Zhang Shusheng, marched into Korea, seized the Taewon-gun Li Gang-yeo, and brought him back—an exploit then widely praised as extraordinary.