Zhang Xun (Qing loyalist)

Zhang Xun
Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet
In office
1 July 1917 – 12 July 1917
Monarch Puyi
Preceded by Yuan Shikai (1912)
Succeeded by Position abolished
Personal details
Born (1854-09-16)16 September 1854
Died 11 September 1923(1923-09-11) (aged 68)
Military service
Allegiance  Qing Dynasty
Republic of China (1912–49) Republic of China
Service/branch Beiyang Army
Years of service 1884 – 1917
For other people named Zhang Xun, see Zhang Xun.
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Xun (simplified Chinese: 张勋; traditional Chinese: 張勳,張勛; pinyin: Zhāng Xūn; September 16, 1854 – September 11, 1923) was a Qing-loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi in the Manchu Restoration of 1917. He supported Yuan Shikai during his time as president.

Biography

Zhang served as a military escort for Empress Dowager Cixi during the Boxer Uprising. He later served as a subordinate of General Yuan Shikai in the Beiyang Army. He fought for the Qing at Nanjing in 1911, and then after the fall of the Qing, he remained loyal to Yuan Shikai. Despite serving as a general in the new Republic, he refused to cut his queue, as a symbol of his loyalty to the Qing. He was called the "Queue General". He seized Nanjing from the KMT in 1913, defeating the Second Revolution. Despite allowing his troops to savagely loot the city, Zhang was named a field marshal by Yuan.

In 1917 Zhang entered Beijing to restore Puyi along with Kang Youwei but was thwarted by other generals. Zhang then took refuge in the Dutch legation and did not participate in politics again.

He died on September 11, 1923.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Yuan Shikai (1912)		 Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet
1 July 1917 – 12 July 1917 		Succeeded by
Position abolished
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