Zhao Erfeng

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Zhao Erfeng (趙爾豊; 1845 – 1911; style name: 季和) was a Qing official and Chinese bannerman, who belonged to the Plain Blue Banner. He is known for being the last amban in Tibet, appointed in March, 1908. Formerly Director-General of the Sichuan - Hubei Railway and acting viceroy of Sichuan province, he was the infamous Chinese general of the late imperial era who led military campaigns throughout Kham (eastern Tibet) and eventually reaching Lhasa in 1910, thus earning himself the nickname "Zhao the Butcher".[1]

Zhao Erfeng was the younger brother of Zhao Erxun.

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  1. ^ Claude Arpi The Fate of Tibet (Har-Anand Publications)
  • Adshead, Samuel Adrian M. Province and politics in late imperial China : viceregal government in Szechwan, 1898-1911. Scandinavian Institute of Asian Studies monograph series. no. 50. London: Curzon Press, 1984.
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