On November 7, 1901, 100 years ago, Li Hongzhang passed away in humiliation and pain.

Li Hongzhang (February 15, 1823-November 7, 1901), a famous official in the late Qing Dynasty and one of the main leaders of the Westernization Movement, was born in Hefei, Anhui Province. The world often called him Li Zhongtang, also known as Li Zhongtang. Li Hefei, whose real name was Zhang Tong, was given the courtesy name Jianfu or Zifu, and his nickname was Shaoquan (Quan). In his later years, he was named Yisou, nicknamed Shengxin, and given the posthumous title Wenzhong.

As the founder and commander-in-chief of the Huai Army and the Beiyang Navy, the leader of the Westernization Movement, an important minister in the late Qing Dynasty, he served as the governor-general of Zhili and the minister of commerce in Beiyang. He was awarded the Bachelor of Wenhua Palace and once represented the Qing government. The "Vietnam Treaty", "Shimonoseki Treaty", "Sino-French Concise Treaty", etc. were signed.

Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi regarded him as "the only person in the Qing Empire who had the ability to compete with the world's great powers", and the Empress Dowager Cixi regarded him as "the person who recreated Xuanhuang". He is the author of "Li Wenzhonggong" Complete Works". Together with Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong, and Zuo Zongtang, he is known as the "Four Famous Ministers of ZTE", and together with Bismarck and Grant, he is known as the "Three Great Men of the World in the Nineteenth Century".