Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Feng Guifen (1809<unk>1874) ya nuna damuwa game da "karfafawa kai" na China a cikin jerin labaran da ya gabatar wa Zeng Guofan a 1861. Feng ya sami kwarewar yaƙi yayin da yake jagorantar rundunar sa kai a yakin da gwamnatin Qing ta yi da 'yan tawayen Taiping
Ka yi haƙuri. A shekara ta 1860 ya koma Shanghai, inda fasahar sojan Yammacin duniya ta burge shi sosai.