沈葆桢 / 沈葆楨

shěn​bǎo​zhēn

Shen Baozhen

Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), a prominent Qing dynasty official and Minister of the Navy who founded the [[船政学堂|船政學堂|chuan2 zheng4 xue2 tang2]] in 1866 and oversaw modernizing defenses in Taiwan.

沈 (literal) → 沈 · shěn · Shen 葆 (literal) → 葆 · bǎo · [bound form] 桢 (literal) → 桢/楨 · zhēn · mainstay

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM