Liu Bingzhang
| Liu Bingzhang | |
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| 刘秉璋 | |
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| Monarch | Guangxu Emperor |
| Governor of Jiangxi | |
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In office 1875–1878 |
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| Governor of Zhejiang | |
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In office 1882–1886 |
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| Viceroy of Sichuan | |
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In office 1886–1895 |
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| Born | May 20, 1826 Lujiang County, Anhui |
| Died | August 23, 1905 Wuwei County |
| Citizenship | Qing Empire |
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Liu Bingzhang (Chinese: 刘秉璋; Wade–Giles: Liu Ping-chang; May 20, 1826 – August 23, 1905) was a Qing dynasty Chinese scholar-official and general. He served as Governor of Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces and Viceroy of Sichuan. He was a commander in the civil war against the Taiping Rebellion and Nian Rebellion, and the Battle of Zhenhai during the Sino-French War.
Liu passed the imperial civil service examination in 1860 and obtained jinshi, the highest degree.
After obtaining his degree, Liu Bingzhang began his career at the prestigious Hanlin Academy, but was soon sent to the battlefields to help stamp out the Taiping Rebellion. After that, he helped quash the Nian Rebellion. In 1875 he was appointed Governor (xunfu) of Jiangxi Province, but resigned in 1878 in order to return home and fulfill his filial duty for his elderly mother. In 1882, he was appointed Governor of Zhejiang Province, and was responsible for the defense of the Zhejiang coast. In this capacity, he fought in the Battle of Zhenhai against the French fleet, and achieved the Sino-French War the only major Chinese victory in the Sino-French War. To commemorate the victory, the Chinese government built the Zhenhai Coastal Defense History Museum in Zhenhai, Ningbo in 1997.
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