A Record of What I Saw and Heard in the Daoguang and Xianfeng Eras

Name: A Record of What I Saw and Heard in the Daoguang and Xianfeng Eras
Author: Zhang Ji Xin

道咸宦海见闻录

by Zhang Ji Xin (张集馨)

Status: Completed
Length: 289k Words
Genre: Historical
Updated: 2mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

This self-written chronicle by Zhang Jixin, an official of the Qing dynasty, records nearly fifty years of his career in government, from passing the imperial examinations in the ninth year of the Daoguang reign to his death in the fourth year of the Guangxu reign. He served as a Hanlin academician, prefect, circuit intendant, provincial judicial commissioner, and provincial governor, and lived through major historical events such as the Taiping Rebellion, the Hui uprisings, and the Anglo-French invasion. His prose is plain yet incisive. Hailed as the "Greatest Autobiography of the Late Qing," it is an invaluable source for the study of late Qing politics, military affairs, and society, as well as a deeply moving account of one man's fate.

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