Talk:Zhang Zhidong

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 1 September 2020 and 22 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): RunzeY. Peer reviewers: ZimuW, Hedwig Li, Mobinwang.

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Zhang was an impractical bookworm, who impressed foreign powers by his seemingly reformist appearance and rhetoric, deep inside he was a through and through conservative bureaucrat. He mismanaged the steel mill by interfering its technical design, which my grandfather had to rescue by turnaround management. In private life he was a womanizer and unfaithful to his wife, His scholarly proclaimation was highly hypocratical. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.227.48.126 (talk • contribs)


 * That's interesting. Who is your grandfather? Colipon+(T) 05:57, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yah who is your grandfather? Benjwong (talk) 17:44, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Modernization and position during the Boxer Rebellion
Zhang's method of modernization was essentially "Western technology and Chinese philosophy", in other words, adopt western technology, but not western philosophy, politics and non technological items. He favored keeping Confucianism and Chinese culture.Rajmaan (talk) 03:08, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

http://books.google.com/books?id=S4KMkzh3tckC&pg=PA260#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=XfT6QryQ47MC&pg=PA262#v=onepage&q&f=false

After the Boxer rebellion, he managed to ward off foreign soldiers coming into his provinces by flattering the British consul Fraser and letting slip that he allegedly "hates the Manchus".

http://books.google.com/books?id=tgq1miGno-4C&pg=PA75#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=ePQ8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA155#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=jxgZT6XJUIoC&pg=PA81#v=onepage&q&f=false

Modernization of China's Army
Hey folks, I am going to add more details to this section. And please lmk if we ever find out who is the grandfather of that unknown editor. RunzeY (talk) 09:22, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

Educational Reform
I added a sectioned about Zhang Zhidong's work in educational reform. Some of the content related to education in the Later Life section are moved up to educational reform section. A user revoked my edit, I will contact him for more information and guidance. RunzeY (talk) 06:33, 15 December 2020 (UTC)