Deng Shichang

Deng Shichang , courtesy name Zhengqing, posthumous name Zhuangjie, was a Chinese military officer who lived in the late Qing dynasty. He is best known for his service in the Beiyang Fleet during the First SinoJapanese War as the captain of the protected cruiser Zhiyuan. He participated in the Battle of the Yalu River onSeptember 1894 against the Imperial Japanese Navy. After the Zhiyuan was sunk in battle, he refused to be rescued and eventually drowned at sea. He was posthumously awarded the position of taizi shaobao by the Qing government and honoured as a hero in the Shrine of Loyalty in Beijing.

Deng was born in Longdaowei, Panyu, Guangdong, which is in presentday Haizhu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. His given name was originally Yongchang but was later changed to Shichang. He was born in a relatively wealthy family that ran a tea trading business. When he was a child, his father sent him to attend a missionary school in Shanghai, where he received a Western education.

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