Zuo Zongtang

thumb|Zuo Zongtang Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠) (November 10, 1812 – September 5, 1885) was a Chinese statesman and military leader of the late Qing Dynasty. Quotes We shall first confront them [the Russians] with arguments...and then settle it on the battlefields. http://books.google.com/books?id=pEfWaxPhdnIC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=We+shall+first+confront+them+%5Bthe+Russians%5D+with+arguments...and+then+settle+it+on+the+battlefields&source=bl&ots=jRX5wodmU9&sig=xZvdGcwnC8SwGFbdpfLoBqE1OJo&hl=en&ei=CchPS4_LE9KmlAfXkI26Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=We%20shall%20first%20confront%20them%20the%20russians%20with%20arguments%20and%20then%20settle%20it%20on%20the%20battlefields&f=false Late Ch'ing, 1800-1911 John King Fairbank, Kwang-ching Liu, Denis Crispin Twitchett 1980 Cambridge University Press 0521220297 93 754 2010-6-28 http://books.google.com/books?id=Md801mHEeOkC&pg=PA79&dq=We+shall+first+confront+them+%5Bthe+Russians%5D+with+arguments...and+then+settle+it+on+the+battlefields&hl=en&ei=ogqYTOn6KIL98AaQqrwq&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=We%20shall%20first%20confront%20them%20%5Bthe%20Russians%5D%20&f=false Modern Chinese warfare, 1795-1989 Bruce A. Elleman 2001 Psychology Press 0415214742 79 363 2010-6-28 http://books.google.com/books?ei=ogqYTOn6KIL98AaQqrwq&ct=result&id=1aBwAAAAMAAJ&dq=We+shall+first+confront+them+%5Bthe+Russians%5D+with+arguments...and+then+settle+it+on+the+battlefields&q=We+shall+first+confront+ The rise of modern China John Immanuel Chung-yueh Hsü 1995 Oxford University Press 0195087208 322 1017 2010-6-28 http://books.google.com/books?id=6U_DPS4vfO0C&pg=PA104&dq=We+shall+first+confront+them+%5Bthe+Russians%5D+with+arguments&hl=en&ei=rayuTJ2fHsL38Ab1uNCoCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false China and the international system, 1840-1949: power, presence, and perceptions in a century of humiliation David Scott 2008 SUNY Press 0791476278 104 2010-6-28 External links Category:Military leaders from China Category:Politicians from China Category:1885 deaths