Zeng Jize
Marquis Zeng Jize | |
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曾紀澤 | |
| 3rd Chinese Ambassador to Russia | |
| In office 12 February 1880 – 17 August 1886 | |
| Monarch | Guangxu |
| Preceded by | Shao Youyu |
| Succeeded by | Liu Ruifen |
| 2nd Chinese Ambassador to the UK | |
| In office 25 August 1878 – 27 July 1885 | |
| Monarch | Guangxu |
| Preceded by | Guo Songtao |
| Succeeded by | Liu Ruifen |
| 2nd Chinese Ambassador to France | |
| In office 25 August 1878 – 28 April 1884 | |
| Monarch | Guangxu |
| Preceded by | Guo Songtao |
| Succeeded by | Xu Jingcheng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1839 |
| Died | 12 April 1890 (aged 50) |
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| Known for | Signed Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881) |
| Writing career | |
| Notable works | China, the Sleep and the Awakening |
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| Traditional Chinese | 曾紀澤 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 曾纪泽 | ||||||||
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Marquis Zeng Jize (1839 – April 12, 1890; traditional Chinese: 曾紀澤; simplified Chinese: 曾纪泽, Zēng Jìzé), also formerly romanized Tseng Chi-tse, was a Chinese diplomat. As one of China's earliest ministers to London, Paris and Saint Petersburg, he played an important role in the diplomacy that preceded and accompanied the Sino-French War. He pioneered the use of telegrams for diplomatic correspondence between Qing legations and its foreign ministry, the Zongli Yamen.