The term later acquired a political significance, denoting the imperial heartland. The position of Minister of Beiyang (北洋通商大臣) in the late Qing Dynasty was held by the Viceroy of Zhili, whose main responsibilities were trade relations and occasionally foreign affairs.
^Yuan Shikai and the Significance of his Troop Training at Xiaozhan, Tianjin, 1895–1899, Hong Zhang, The Chinese Historical Review Volume 26, 2019 - Issue 1
beiyang, other, uses, lufeng, guangdong, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, sc. For other uses see Beiyang Lufeng Guangdong This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Beiyang news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message The term Beiyang Chinese 北洋 pinyin Beiyang Wade Giles Peiyang literally means Northern Ocean 1 Initially a purely geographic term it originated toward the end of the Qing dynasty and it referred to the coastal provinces of Zhili Traditional Chinese 直隸 Simplified Chinese 直隶 pinyin Zhili today s Hebei Shandong and Liaoning that bordered the Yellow Sea itself a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean and surrounded the imperial capital of Beijing then known as Peking The term later acquired a political significance denoting the imperial heartland The position of Minister of Beiyang 北洋通商大臣 in the late Qing Dynasty was held by the Viceroy of Zhili whose main responsibilities were trade relations and occasionally foreign affairs See also editBeiyang Army Beiyang Fleet Beiyang Government Beiyang UniversityReferences edit Yuan Shikai and the Significance of his Troop Training at Xiaozhan Tianjin 1895 1899 Hong Zhang The Chinese Historical Review Volume 26 2019 Issue 1 41 00 N 123 00 E 41 000 N 123 000 E 41 000 123 000 nbsp nbsp This article related to the history of China is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Beiyang amp oldid 1145343041, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
