Zeng Jize
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Marquis Zeng Jize (also Tseng Chi-tse, simplified Chinese: 曾纪泽; traditional Chinese: 曾紀澤; pinyin: Zēng Jìzé, 1839 – April 12, 1890) was a Chinese diplomat. As one of China's earliest ministers to London, Paris and Saint Petersburg, he played an important role in the diplomacy that preceded and accompanied the Sino-French War. He pioneered the use of telegrams for diplomatic correspondence between Qing legations and its foreign ministry, the Zongli Yamen.
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Marquis Zeng Jize | |
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曾紀澤 | |
3rd Chinese Ambassador to Russia | |
In office 12 February 1880 – 17 August 1886 | |
Monarch | Guangxu |
Preceded by | Shao Youyu |
Succeeded by | Liu Ruifen |
2nd Chinese Ambassador to the UK | |
In office 25 August 1878 – 27 July 1885 | |
Monarch | Guangxu |
Preceded by | Guo Songtao |
Succeeded by | Liu Ruifen |
2nd Chinese Ambassador to France | |
In office 25 August 1878 – 28 April 1884 | |
Monarch | Guangxu |
Preceded by | Guo Songtao |
Succeeded by | Xu Jingcheng |
Personal details | |
Born | (1839-12-07)7 December 1839 |
Died | 12 April 1890(1890-04-12) (aged 50) |
Parent | Zeng Guofan |
Known for | Signed Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881) |
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