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name陳寶箴
name-style右銘清史稿·列傳二百五十一 李端棻 徐致靖子 仁鑄 陳寶箴 黃遵憲 曾鉌 楊深秀 楊鋭 劉光第 譚嗣同附:唐才常 林旭 康廣仁》:陳寶箴,字右銘,江西義寧人。
born1831
died1900
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link-wikipedia_zh陈宝箴
link-wikipedia_enChen_Baozhen
exam-statusexamstatus:舉人
    from-date 咸豐辛亥年
1851/2/1 - 1852/2/19
晚晴簃詩匯·卷一百五十三》:陳寶箴,字右銘,江西義寧人。咸豐辛亥舉人,官至湖南巡撫。
Chen Baozhen (陳寶箴 Chén Bǎozhēn; 1831-1900) was a Chinese statesman and reformer during the Qing Dynasty.

Chen was born in a Hakka family in Tingzhou (Now Shanghang County). His family originated from Xiushui County in Jiangxi province. He obtained the second highest degree in the imperial examinations in 1851. During the Self-Strengthening Movement, Chen became closely associated with Zeng Guofan's efforts to rearm China. In 1895, he was appointed governor of Hunan province, where he carried out a reform program with the aid of Tan Sitong and Liang Qichao. Chen's sympathies to the Hundred Days' Reform attracted criticism from his superiors, especially Empress Dowager Cixi who distrusted reformists such as Chen Baozhen.

He was dismissed from his post in 1898 after the failure of the Hundred days' Reform. Without the support of Guangxu Emperor Chen was no longer protected from conservatives' criticism. Chen died in Nanjing two years later.

During his term in Hunan, Chen promoted his reform with the goal of modernizing Hunan. It was one of the first actual reform carried out in modern China. He also founded the first school in Hunan province which was known for its revolutionary ideals. During the reform, Chen appointed Liang Qichao and Tan Sitong who were active advocator of modernization. Of course, Chen's move met with the resistance from Hunan's local conservative gentries. The conservatives disdained the implementation of Western schools in Hunan and set up obstacles for reformists. In order to silence his conservative opponents, Chen enforced censorship on local news papers. However, the conservative pressure on Chen's reform eventually brought an abrupt end to the reform.

Although Chen did not complete the modernization of Hunan, the younger elites of Hunan was influenced by his endeavour. By the early 20th century, Hunan had become one of the most radical reformist provinces in China. Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic of China, was among the younger elites who were influenced by the Hunanese reformist ideals.

Chen Baozhen's grandson Chen Yinke was an acknowledged historian of Chinese history. One of his great grandsons, Chen Fenghuai, was a pioneer of botanic studies in China.

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陳寶箴(1831年 - 1900年),字右銘,譜名觀善,江西義寧人,晚清維新派政治家。

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