Xu Jingcheng | |
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許景澄 | |
 A photograph of Xu Jingcheng | |
| Minister of Zongli Yamen | |
| In office 2 November 1898 – 28 July 1900 | |
| Chinese Ambassador to Germany (concurrently served as Ambassador to France) | |
| In office 28 April 1884 – 23 June 1887 | |
| Preceded by | Li Fengbao |
| Succeeded by | Lü Haihuan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Xu Guishen (許癸身) 1845 Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, Qing Empire |
| Died | 28 July 1900 (aged 54–55) Caishikou Execution Grounds, Beijing, Qing Empire |
| Cause of death | decapitation |
| Nationality | Qing Chinese |
| Education | Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination |
| Occupation | Diplomat, politician, government official |
| Courtesy name | Zhuoyun (倬畇) |
| Art name | Zhúyún (竹筠) |
| Posthumous name | Wensu (文肅) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 許景澄 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 许景澄 | ||||||||||
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Xu Jingcheng (Chinese: 許景澄; pinyin: Xǔ Jǐngchéng; Wade–Giles: Hsü Ching-ch'eng; 1845 – 28 July 1900) was a Chinese diplomat and Qing politician supportive of the Hundred Days' Reform.[1] He was envoy to Belgium, France, Italy, Russia, Austria, the Netherlands, and Germany for the Qing imperial court and led reforms in modernizing China's railways and public works.[2] As a modernizer and diplomat, he protested the breaches of international law in 1900 as one of the five ministers executed during the Boxer Rebellion. In Article IIa of the Boxer Protocol of 1901, the Eight-Nation Alliance that had provided military forces (Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States) successfully pressed for the rehabilitation of Xu Jingcheng by an Imperial Edict of the Qing government:[3]
Imperial Edict of the 13th February last rehabilitated the memories of Hsu Yung-yi, President of the Board of War; Li Shan, President of the Board of Works; Hsu Ching Cheng, Senior VicePresident of the Board of Civil Office; Lien Yuan, Vice-Chancellor of the Grand Council; and Yuan Chang, Vice-President of the Court of Sacrifices, who had been put to death for having protested against the outrageous breaches of international law of last year.
- ^ Leonhard, Robert R. "The China Relief Expedition Joint Coalition Warfare in China Summer 1900" (PDF). The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ 趙爾巽等撰; 趙爾巽; Zhao, Erxun (1976), Qing shi gao, 新華書店北京發行所發行, Beijing, OCLC 17045858
- ^ Wikisource:Boxer Protocol