POLITICIAN

Zeng Guofan

1811 - 1872

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Zeng Guofan, Marquis Yiyong (traditional Chinese: 曾國藩; simplified Chinese: 曾国藩; pinyin: Zēng Guófān; Wade–Giles: Tseng1 Kuo2-fan1; 26 November 1811 – 12 March 1872), birth name Zeng Zicheng, courtesy name Bohan (伯涵), was a Chinese statesman and military general of the late Qing dynasty. He is best known for raising and organizing the Xiang Army to aid the Qing military in suppressing the Taiping Rebellion and restoring the stability of the Qing Empire. Along with other prominent figures such as Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang of his time, Zeng set the scene for the Tongzhi Restoration, an attempt to arrest the decline of the Qing dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zeng Guofan has received more than 340,266 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Zeng Guofan is the 4,635th most popular politician (down from 4,501st in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from China (down from 339th in 2019) and the 219th most popular Chinese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zeng Guofan ranks 4,635 out of 19,576. Before him are Joaquim Chissano, Sinan Pasha, Naresuan, Shapour Bakhtiar, Teófilo Braga, and Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger. After him are Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Zhao Tuo, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Rusa I, Gannicus, and George Clinton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Zeng Guofan ranks 18. Before him are Vissarion Belinsky, Louis Blanc, François Achille Bazaine, Elisha Otis, Ambroise Thomas, and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern. After him are Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Jón Sigurðsson, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Jules Dupré, Auguste Bravais, and Princess Louise Amelie of Baden. Among people deceased in 1872, Zeng Guofan ranks 16. Before him are William Webb Ellis, Stanisław Moniuszko, William John Macquorn Rankine, Ljudevit Gaj, Aleksis Kivi, and Immanuel Nobel. After him are Mary Somerville, Kawakami Gensai, George Robert Gray, Prince Albert of Prussia, Princess Feodora of Leiningen, and John Frederick Kensett.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zeng Guofan ranks 355 out of 1,610. Before him are Khutughtu Khan Kusala (1300), Li Qiang (1959), Emperor Wu of Song (363), Jacques Mayol (1927), Han Gan (706), and Zhou Youguang (1906). After him are Zhao Tuo (-230), Gu Kaizhi (345), Jangsu of Goguryeo (394), Lu Yu (733), Gao Shun (200), and Emperor Shun of Han (115).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Zeng Guofan ranks 219. Before him are Duan Qirui (1865), Marquis of Haihun (-92), Huo Qubing (-140), Khutughtu Khan Kusala (1300), Li Qiang (1959), and Emperor Wu of Song (363). After him are Zhao Tuo (-230), Jangsu of Goguryeo (394), Emperor Shun of Han (115), Gegeen Khan (1302), Emperor Wenzong of Tang (809), and Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814).

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