Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kubvira ipapo, Duanfang akatora nzvimbo yemutongi wedunhu reShaanxi, komisheni wekutonga, uye mumiririri gavhuna weShaanxi. Muna 1900, pashure pokunge Beijing yapambwa nemauto eEight-Nation Alliance pashure peHondo yeBeijing
, Mambokadzi Chirikadzi Cixi naMambo Guangxu vakatizira kuShaanxi. Duanfang akachinjirwa kunzvimbo itsva semutungamiriri wehurumende yeruwa rweHenan, ndokuzochinjirwa kuva gavhuna weHubei. Muna 1902, Duanfang akashanda saMutevedzeri waMambo weLiangjiang, Mushure meizvozvo, akaendeswa kunzvimbo nyowani saGavhuna weHunan. Mumigove yake yakatevedzana, akakurudzira vadzidzi kuti vadzidze kunze kwenyika, anozivikanwa semunhu akavhenekerwa, "anoshingairira ruzivo mune zvekunze uye zvemukati".