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23 unusual facts about Zhili


Abatai

He then led a raiding force into northern China, advancing into Zhili, Shandong and Jiangsu from 1642 to 1643.

Bayantömöriin Khaisan

When the Chinese secret society named Jindandao attacked the banner in 1891, he guided the government forces dispatched from Zhili province to suppress the rebels.

Beiyang

Minister of Beiyang's (北洋通商大臣) position was to be hold by the Viceroy of Zhili.

Bohai Sea

Zhili and Beizhili were historic provinces in the area surrounding Beijing.

Chinese South Africans

Most of these contractors were recruited from the provinces of Chihli (Zhili), Shantung (Shandong) and Honan (Henan) in China.

Five Punishments

The scale of the remittance payments can be gauged from the fact that at the time of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736–1795 CE), the average wage of a construction laborer in Zhili Province was 0.72 wén or 0.6 troy ounces of silver per day.

Foot Emancipation Society

Sichuan Governor Cen Chunxuan (岑春煊) printed 50,000 books in support of the movement; Zhili Governor Cen Chunxuan (袁世凯), Huguang Governor Duanfang (端方) also wrote anti-footbinding articles.

Hong Chengchou

Prior to his surrender, he was the governor-general of northeastern Zhili and Liaodong.

Huang Yupian

A native of Gansu province, he served as the magistrate of Qinghe (清河) county in Zhili (直隸) province, present day Hebei, from 1830.

Jean-Baptiste Régis

Ming Emperor K'ang-hi, who wished to take measures against the periodic overflow of the rivers of Zhili, was satisfied.

In four days they reached the Gulf of Zhili (8 June 1708) and began operations on the great Wall.

Ji Xiaolan Residence

A horizontal inscribed board reading "Yuewei Cottage" was hung over the door of the north room in the original east courtyard of Yuewei Cottage, but later it was taken away by people working in Zhili Guild Hall.

Li Hongzhang

Li was impressed with the necessity of strengthening the empire, and while Viceroy of Zhili he raised a large well-drilled and well-armed force, and spent vast sums both in fortifying Port Arthur and the Taku forts and in increasing the navy.

He was appointed to the viceroyalty of the metropolitan province of Zhili, and justified his appointment by the energy with which he suppressed all attempts to keep alive the anti-foreign sentiment among the people.

He quelled several major rebellions and served in important positions of the Imperial Court, including the premier viceroyalty of Zhili.

Ma Fuxing

In 1924 Yang intercepted some correspondence between Ma and the Zhili clique and became suspicious.

Ni Daolang

In early 1927, Zhang Zongchang was appointed Vice-Supreme Commander of the Anguojun and was the Supreme Commander of the Zhili-Shandong (Zhi-Lu) United Army.

Republic of China provisional presidential elections, 1911

One vote was given to each of the seventeen provinces presented in the assembly including Zhili, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Anhui.

Sumxu

In volume 4 of his Histoire Naturelle (c. 1767), Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, mentioned the pendulous-eared cats of Pe-chi-ly in China and he was unsure whether the black or yellow sumxu was a cat or some other domesticated animal used to control rats.

Taiping Prefecture

During the Ming Dynasty the prefecture was classified as part of Southern Zhili and later came under the administration of Anhui Province during the Qing Dynasty.

Tiantai

The school is largely based on the teachings of Zhiyi, Zhanran, and Zhili, who lived between the 6th and 11th centuries in China.

Wang Xugao

He graduated Beiyang Police High School, after that successively held governors of several counties in Zhili.

Zhang Shaozeng

He was born in Zhili province and graduated from a Japanese military academy in 1901.


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Tang Gao

As the Number One Scholar(狀元) in the ninth year (1514) of Zhengde Emperor(正德皇帝) in Ming Dynasty, Tang Gao (唐皋,1469-1526), styled himself as Shouzhi(守之), Xin’an(心庵), and Ziyang hermit(紫陽山人), was born in Yansi town(巖寺鎮), She county(歙縣), Huizhou(徽州府), South Zhili(南直隸).

Zhili–Anhui War

In April 1920, while visiting a memorial service at Baoding for soldiers who died in Hunan, one-time presidential-candidate Cao Kun added more warlords to the anti-Anhui clique alliance, including the rulers of Hubei, Henan, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Zhili.