What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Speaking of Qing Dynasty officials, most people have a unique impression of them on television, thanks to the invention of photos, we can understand more carefully and deeply, in fact, this is the real image of Qing Dynasty officials, and film and television dramas are very different.
The picture above is a group photo of the eight flags of the disciples, they are all serving in the imperial court, it is not difficult to find that the official hat on their heads, and the film and television drama in the big difference, in fact, the official hat of the Qing Dynasty is divided into two kinds, with the title of top hat and the light hat, the light hat is just like the middle man, most of them are worn for ordinary occasions, and the top hat has a brim around it, the material is mostly leather, and there are also used tweed, satin and cloth, depending on its weather changes. Honestly, this is obviously not aesthetically pleasing, so the brim of the hat is removed on TV.
Guo Songtao (1818-1891), a famous minister of the late Qing Dynasty, the founder of the Xiang Army, entered the army in 1847, and then served as a staff member of Zeng Guofan for a long time, and in 1876, Guo Songtao and 30 other people were ordered to go to Britain and set up an embassy in London, so he became China's first envoy abroad, Guo Songtao can be said to be the pioneer of modern foreign thinkers and diplomats, for which he was criticized by diehards, from the point of view, Guo Songtao is still relatively temperamental.
Yehenara Ruilin (1809-1874), photograph taken when he was the governor of Liangguang, five years after Tongzhi, Ruilin became the governor as Wu Tang's successor. At that time, the Qing Dynasty had a headache for Guangdong, how many military disturbances were due to this, and they had to deal with foreigners, so they had to choose a trusted spokesperson, and Ruilin, who had successively served as the minister of military aircraft and the waiter of the household department, became the first choice.
Mao Changxi (1817-1882), photographed in 1872, was appointed Minister of Works and Prime Minister Yamen. Mao Changxi was also born as a Daoguang jinshi, and followed the monk Gelinqin to suppress the Twist Army in Shandong, Anhui and other places and won military merits, and was appointed as a ceremonial attendant.
With the reform of the official system of the Qing Dynasty, the prime minister of state affairs was established, and then Mao Changxi began to deal with foreigners frequently, and in the "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty", Mao Changxi was written into the biography, and he and Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Yuan Shikai and others played an important contribution in modern history.
Liu Kunyi (January 21, 1830 – October 6, 1902), a famous military and politician in the late Qing Dynasty, a famous general in the Xiang Army, joined the Xiang Army and the Taiping Army in 1855, and then rose through the ranks. After the defeat of the war, Liu Kunyi even more realized the importance of reform, and put forward ideas such as promoting learning and cultivating talents, rectifying the government and government, and adopting the Western law, calling it "Jiang chu three folds", but he also opposed the "restoration movement" and believed that Kang Liang's change of law was too radical.
Finally, let's look at the corrupt official And yan, many people may still stay on the hezhen played by teacher Wang Gang, in fact, in the Qianlong period, Western realistic painting entered China, thus leaving a more realistic and restored sketching map for hezhen.
On the screen, He Yan's appearance is not bad, and he Yan looks like four beautiful men, in fact, when the British envoy Ma Jiaerni mastered a fluent English in the "Qianlong Ying Envoy's Visit", he was fully responsible for the reception, which left a deep impression on the British, he described it like this: "The appearance is white and handsome, the demeanor is dashing, the conversation and laughter are lively, between the bottles, the handover is calm, everything is big and small, and it really has the demeanor of a big country prime minister." In fact, He yan was able to be favored for decades, and he also served as a royal guard, so his appearance naturally made sense.