Zuo Zongtang
Qing dynasty general (1812-1885)
Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠) (November 10, 1812 – September 5, 1885) was a Chinese statesman and military leader of the late Qing Dynasty.
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- We shall first confront them [the Russians] with arguments...and then settle it on the battlefields.
- John King Fairbank, Kwang-ching Liu, Denis Crispin Twitchett (1980). Late Ch'ing, 1800-1911. Cambridge University Press. p. 93. ISBN 0521220297. Retrieved on 2010-6-28.
- Bruce A. Elleman (2001). Modern Chinese warfare, 1795-1989. Psychology Press. p. 79. ISBN 0415214742. Retrieved on 2010-6-28.
- John Immanuel Chung-yueh Hsü (1995). The rise of modern China. Oxford University Press. p. 322. ISBN 0195087208. Retrieved on 2010-6-28.
- David Scott (2008). China and the international system, 1840-1949: power, presence, and perceptions in a century of humiliation. SUNY Press. p. 104. ISBN 0791476278. Retrieved on 2010-6-28.
