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Cheng Tsao-Ju

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Cheng Tsao-Ju
Minister of the Court of Imperial Entertainments
In office
April 19 – July 26, 1885
Serving with Yinian
Preceded byZhang Xukai
Succeeded byShao Yuelian
2nd Chinese Ambassador to the United States
In office
June 24, 1881 – July 26, 1885
Preceded byChen Lanbin
Succeeded byZhang Yinhuan
Personal details
Born1827
Zhongshan, Xiangshan County, Guangdong, China
Died1894 (aged 66–67)
Occupationpolitician, diplomat
Signature
Cheng Tsao-Ju
Traditional Chinese鄭藻如
Simplified Chinese郑藻如
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhèng Zǎorú
Wade–GilesCheng4 Tsao3-ju2
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzeng6 zou2 jyu4

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

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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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 清代職官年表 (in Chinese). Vol. 2. p. 1321. Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
Political offices
Preceded by Chinese Ambassador to the United States
(Accredited to Peru and Spain)

18271894
Succeeded by