Cheng Tsao-Ju
Cheng Tsao-Ju | |
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| 2nd Chinese Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office June 24, 1881 – July 26, 1885 | |
| Preceded by | Chen Lanbin |
| Succeeded by | Zhang Yinhuan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1827 Zhongshan, Xiangshan County, Guangdong, China |
| Died | 1894 |
Cheng Tsao-Ju (Chinese: 鄭藻如; pinyin: Zhèng Zǎorú; 1827–1894), courtesy name Zhixiang (Chinese: 志翔), was the second Chinese Ambassador to the United States during the Qing dynasty.
Biography
In 1851, he passed the provincial examination and was subsequently assigned to work in the Shanghai Machinery Bureau. During the Guangxu period, he was transferred to the Tianjin Customs Road in Zhili.[1] In 1881, he was appointed as the imperial envoy to the United States, Spain and Peru. Later, he served as the cabinet minister and minister of Honglu Temple. In the tenth year of Guangxu's reign (1884), he served as deputy envoy of the General Affairs Department, and the following year he was promoted to minister of Guanglu Temple.[2]
Reference
- ^ "軍機處檔摺件 ,111302號，清代宮中檔奏摺及軍機處檔摺件". National Palace Museum. Archived from the original on 2014-07-30.
- ^ 清代職官年表 (in Chinese). Vol. 2. p. 1321. Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2023-11-21.