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General Tso (band)
General Tso may refer to: * Tso Tsung-t'ang (1812–1885), Qing Dynasty military leader who suppressed the 1862–1877 Dungan Revolt * Tso Shih-hai Jodbajab; (1873 or 1877 – 1945), also known under the courtesy name of Shih Hai () was an Inner Mongolian military officer and government official during the late Qing dynasty and Mengjiang governments. He was an ethnic Mongol belonging ... (1870s–1945), Qing Dynasty, Republic of China, and Mengjiang general and official in Inner Mongolia * General Tso's chicken, dish popular in American Chinese restaurants, believed to be named for Tso Tsung-t'ang See also * General Tsao (other) {{disambiguation, tndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tso Tsung-t'ang
Zuo Zongtang, Marquis Kejing ( also spelled Tso Tsung-t'ang; ; November 10, 1812 – September 5, 1885), sometimes referred to as General Tso, was a Chinese statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty. Born in Xiangyin County, Hunan Province, Zuo sat for the imperial examination in his youth but obtained only a '' juren'' degree. He then spent his time studying agriculture, geography and military strategy. In 1851, he started his career in the Qing military by participating in the campaign against the Taiping Rebellion. In 1862, he was recommended by Zeng Guofan to serve as the provincial governor of Zhejiang Province. During his term, he coordinated Qing forces to attack the Taiping rebels with support from British and French forces. For this success, he was promoted to Viceroy of Min-Zhe. After capturing Hangzhou from the Taiping rebels in 1864, he was enfeoffed as a first class count. In 1866, as part of the Qing government's Self-Strengthening Movem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tso Shih-hai
Jodbajab; (1873 or 1877 – 1945), also known under the courtesy name of Shih Hai () was an Inner Mongolian military officer and government official during the late Qing dynasty and Mengjiang governments. He was an ethnic Mongol belonging to the Plain and Bordered White Banner of Xilin Gol League.; an English translation is available in . Names Historical sources refer to him under a variety of names: *Jodubjab or Jodubdjabu, Roman spellings of his Mongolian name based on the Classical Mongolian alphabet *Jodovjav, a transcription of Mongolian Cyrillic Жодовжав *Shih Hai ( or ), his Chinese courtesy name *Tso Shih-hai (), a Chinese name which takes the first character of the Chinese transcription of his Mongolian name (, less commonly ), followed by his Chinese courtesy name Career During the Xinhai Revolution which overthrew the Qing, Khalkha Mongol banners declared independence as the state of Mongolia and occupied Dariganga, which was then under Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Tso's Chicken
General Tso's chicken (; ) is a sweet and spicy deep-fried chicken dish that is served in American Chinese cuisine, North American Chinese restaurants. The dish is named after Zuo Zongtang, formerly romanized "Tso Tsung-t'ang", a Qing dynasty statesman and military leader, although the dish has no recorded connection to Zuo nor is the dish known in Zuo's home province, Hunan. Name and origins The dish has been associated with Zuo Zongtang, Zuo Zongtang (Tso Tsung-t'ang) (1812–1885), a Qing dynasty statesman and military leader from Hunan, Hunan Province, but Zuo could not have eaten the dish or known of it. Text available aWiredNewYork.com/ref> The dish is found neither in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, nor in Xiangyin County, where Zuo was born. Moreover, Zuo's descendants, who are still living in Xiangyin County, when interviewed, said that they had never heard of such a dish. There are several stories concerning the origin of the dish. Eileen Yin-Fei Lo states in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
