Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Zeng Guoquan (12 ga Oktoba 1824 <unk> 13 ga Nuwamba 1890), sunan ladabi Yuanfu, sunan fasaha Shuchun, ya kasance jami'in kasar Sin da shugaban soja na daular Qing. Shi ne ɗan'uwa na tara na Zeng Guofan, fitaccen ɗan siyasa da janar, kuma zuriyar masanin falsafa Zengzi. Ya yi aiki a cikin Sojojin Xiang, rundunar soji da ɗan'uwansa ya shirya don magance 'yan tawayen Taiping
, kuma an yi masa laƙabi da "Ninth Marshal" (). An san shi da ƙwarewar sa a yaƙin kewaye, musamman amfani da ramuka, saboda haka an kuma ba shi laƙabi da "Zeng the Iron Container" (Zeng mai ɗaukar ƙarfe). A lokacin da aka ci birnin Tianjing (Nanjing), babban birnin daular Taiping, Zeng ya shahara wajen amincewa da kisan gillar da aka yi wa mazauna birnin, wanda hakan ya sa aka kira shi "Zeng the Butcher" (Zeng mai yankan nama).