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Lishan
Mongol bannerman and Imperial Household minister who, as minister of revenue in 1900, opposed war with the powers and was beheaded on a charge of colluding with foreigners
In the courtyard of a district government hall, a line of petitioners waits before a raised bench with a long table and document boxes; a blue umbrella stands beside it, a large drum stands at the gate where a few people wait, and a lake with sailboats lies beyond.
Also known as Zi Yufu
- Roles
- Statesman / Official
Lishan, courtesy name Yufu, of the Tumed clan, belonged to the Mongol Plain Yellow Banner. He served early on as imperial textile commissioner at Suzhou and then ran the palace parks in Beijing, spending most of his career in the Imperial Household Department, which he eventually headed with Cixi's trust. Promoted minister of revenue in 1900, he argued at the court conferences that war with the powers must not be started lightly, which set him against Prince Duan, Zaiyi, and Prince Zhuang, Zaixun. That August he was accused of secret dealings with foreigners and beheaded at Caishikou on the same day as Xu Yongyi and Lianyuan. His ranks were restored the following year, and in 1909 he received the posthumous name Zhongzhen.
Life and times
Dates Birth unknown–1900 CE