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Zheng guanying

Zheng is a famous enlightenment thinker, industrialist and educator in modern China. He was the earliest theorist with complete reform ideas in modern China, and put forward the famous thought of "commercial warfare" with his works such as Dangerous Words in a Prosperous Age and Poems of Luo Fu, a Mountain Man.

Brief introduction of Zheng

Zheng (1842—1922), whose real name is Guan Ying, whose word is Zhengxiang, whose name is Tao Zhai and whose nickname is Qi Yousheng, was born in Heshan, Luofu in his later years. His ancestral home is Yongmo Village, sanxiang town, Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province (now Zhongshan City). He was the earliest theorist and enlightenment thinker with complete reform ideas in modern China, and also an industrialist, educator, writer, philanthropist and enthusiastic patriot. In the eighth year of Xianfeng (1858), he went to Shanghai to study and do business, and successively worked as a comprador in Baoshun Foreign Firm and Swire Steamship Company. He has served as general manager of Shanghai Telegraph Bureau, deputy director and general manager of China Shipping Investment Promotion Bureau. During the Sino-French War, I went to Siam, Saigon, Singapore and other places to investigate the enemy's situation and draw and post them one by one. At the beginning of the 11th year of Guangxu (1885), he passed through Hong Kong and was detained by Swire Steamship Company on the pretext of recovering "reparations". It was several years before he was released. After living in seclusion in Macao for nearly six years, he wrote a book "The Fears of Prosperity". After the 18th year of Guangxu (1892), it had a close relationship with Sheng Xuanhuai Group. In the winter of Guangxu 28th year (1902), Zheng resigned from China Merchants. In the first year (1909), Yuan Shikai was forced to return to his hometown to support his family, and helped Sheng Xuanhuai organize the business of China Merchants Steamship, so he joined China Merchants Steamship for the third time. Zheng's political performance in his later years was backward, supporting "constitutionalism" and opposing revolution. However, he was dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai's claim to be emperor, restoration and warlord scuffle. In the 11th year of the Republic of China (1922), he died in the dormitory of Shanghai Merchants College.

Children of Zheng's descendants

Zheng Yu gave birth to four children. The eldest son of this house, Zheng Runsen, died young, the second son, Zheng Runxin (the father of Zheng Jixiang), the third son, Zheng Jingkang, and the daughter, Zheng Miaoyong. Zheng Jingkang, one of the most famous photographers in China in the 20th century. China photojournalist. Zheng's son. Zhongshan, Guangdong. Born in 1904. I studied at Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts and studied photography after school. 1929 Become a professional photographer. He is the author of Jingkang Photography Collection and Photography Lecture.