Six First Detachment students on arrival in California

Liang Dunyan (; 1857, Foshan,

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, Qing Empire – May 10, 1924,

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, Republic of China) was a

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...

diplomat and politician. A graduate of

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, he served as the minister of foreign affairs in the first cabinet of China under

Yikuang Yikuang (Manchu: ''I-kuwang''; 16 November 1838 – 28 January 1917), formally known as Prince Qing (or Prince Ch'ing), was a Manchu noble and politician of the Qing dynasty. He served as the first Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet, a ...

(

Prince Qing Prince Qing of the First Rank ( Manchu: ; ''hošoi fengšen cin wang''), or simply Prince Qing, was the title of a princely peerage used in China during the Manchu-led Qing dynasty (1636–1912). It was also one of the 12 "iron-cap" princely p ...

) and later in the cabinet of

Yuan Shikai Yuan Shikai (; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese military and government official who rose to power during the late Qing dynasty and eventually ended the Qing dynasty rule of China in 1912, later becoming the Emperor of China. H ...

. A monarchist, he supported the

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of July 1917 and was the foreign minister under

Zhang Xun Zhang Xun (; September 16, 1854 – September 11, 1923), courtesy name Shaoxuan (), art name Songshoulaoren (), nickname Bianshuai (, ), was a Chinese general and Qing loyalist who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi in the Manchu ...

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1857 births 1924 deaths Premiers of the Republic of China Qing dynasty diplomats Politicians from Foshan Qing dynasty politicians from Guangdong Republic of China politicians from Guangdong Yale University alumni Foreign Ministers of the Qing dynasty {{s-end