Lin Weiyuan

Lin Weiyuan

Lin Weiyuan, an official of the Qing Dynasty, was born in Banqiao, Taipei on March 21, 1840. He died in Xiamen on June 16, 1905 at the age of 65.

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Lin Weiyuan

(1840.3.21-1905.6.16), Shi Fu, was born in Banqiao, Taipei. When he was a child, he was taught in Xiamen with his elder brother weirang. He returned to Taiwan in 1862 and formed Lin Benyuan with weirang.

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In 1863, he was awarded the third rank for his meritorious service in the Chaochun incident. In 1876, he donated 500000 yuan on behalf of the Lin family in response to the Fujian governor Ding Richang's establishment of coastal defense and won the title of secretary in the cabinet. In 1878, because of the death of weirang, he was officially in charge of the Lin family industry. The following year, he was ordered to supervise the construction of the small South Gate of Taipei City and was awarded the title of four grade secretary. In 1884, due to the outbreak of the Qing French war, he fled to Xiamen. In the following year, Liu Mingchuan, the governor of Taiwan, urged him to return to Taiwan and donated 500000 liang of money for the aftermath of the Qing French war. He was given the cabinet to serve as a minister. Later, he was promoted to Shaoqing of Taichang temple and was appointed as the regiment training minister. In 1886, he served as Assistant Minister of land reclamation and Assistant Minister of Taiwan Railway, and assisted Liu Mingchuan to clear the land. In 1890, he was promoted to minister of Taipu temple. Jianchang company was founded in 1887. It was born in Jianchang and Qianqiu two streets (today's Guide street in Taipei City) with Li Chun, a Yin merchant of Dadaocheng, to build foreign buildings and rent them to foreign merchants. In 1894, when the Sino Japanese war broke out, he served as the Minister of the regiment housing in Taiwan. The following year, the Qing government was defeated, and the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed. Taiwan was ceded to Japan. On May 5, Taiwan formed the Taiwan Democratic state to resist Japan, and was elected president of the Democratic National Assembly. Soon after, on May 13, Taiwan led its family away from Xiamen. After Japan ruled Taiwan, the Taiwan civil affairs chief, shinhei goto, went to Xiamen in person to urge him to return to Taiwan, but to no avail. In 1905, the Qing government granted the title of servant. He died on June 16 of the same year.

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