1823 (three years of Daoguang) from Hefei, Anhui.

1847 (twenty-seven years of Daoguang), he took an exam in Beijing and was admitted to imperial academy, Jishi Shu.

1850 (thirty years of Daoguang), awarded to the Hanlin Academy for editing.

1853 (three years of Xianfeng) went back to his hometown to participate in the group training assisted by Taiping Army.

1859 (nine years of Xianfeng) entered Zeng Guofan's door and was in charge of business.

186 1 year (the eleventh year of Xianfeng), the Huai army was established at the order of Zeng Guofan.

1862 (the first year of Tongzhi), led the Huai army to Shanghai and was promoted to the governor of Jiangsu.

1863 (two years of Tongzhi), Shanghai Cantonese Library was established to train foreign languages and learn western scientific and technological talents.

1865 (four years of Tongzhi), acting as the Governor of Liangjiang, founded Jiangnan General Manufacturing Bureau and Jinling Machinery Bureau.

1866 (Tongzhi five years), an imperial envoy, responsible for suppressing the Nian army.

1867 (Tongzhi six years), awarded to Governor Huguang.

1870 (nine years of Tongzhi), served as governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang trade.

1872 (11th year of Tongzhi), Shanghai Maritime Merchants Bureau was established, with the official supervision and commercial operation. Russia invaded Ili, China, and took the opportunity to put forward the idea of "changing local cars into railways", which failed to be implemented because of many opponents.

1874 (13th year of Tongzhi) signed the Beijing Special Agreement with Japanese representatives. He was called to Beijing to meet Prince Gong Yixin and urged China to build a railway, but it was not implemented because of too much resistance.

1875 (the first year of Guangxu), the Yantai Treaty was signed with the British representative because of the "Ma Jiali case". Kaiping Mining Bureau was established, and the government supervised the business department. He was ordered to supervise Beiyang coastal defense and began to form Beiyang Navy.

1879 (the fifth year of Guangxu), the electric wire between Dagu Beitang and Tianjin was completed. Set up Shanghai weaving layout, and the official supervises the business office.

1880 (the sixth year of Guangxu), Tianjin established the General Telegraph Office, and 1882 was changed to the official supervision and commercial office. Established Tianjin Navy Academy.

188 1 year (the seventh year of Guangxu), the Tangshan-Xugezhuang railway in Kaiping Coal Mine was completed, but it was not reported for construction, with a distance of about 10 km.

1885 (the 11th year of Guangxu), signed a new Sino-French covenant with French representatives.

1888 (14th year of Guangxu), Beiyang Navy officially became an army.

1889 (15th year of Guangxu), the imperial court formally agreed to build a railway, but denied Li Hongzhang's claim to build a Tianjin passage.

1890 (in the 16th year of Guangxu), on the grounds that Japan, Russia and other countries were spying on Korea and needed to strengthen northeast defense, the proposal to build the Kanto Railway inside and outside Shanhaiguan was put forward and approved by the court.

1894 (20th year of Guangxu), in order to celebrate the 60th birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi, the construction of Kanto Railway was stopped. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 broke out.

1895 (the 21st year of Guangxu), the Japanese army was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War, and the Beiyang Navy was wiped out. Go to Japan and negotiate with Japanese representatives to sign the treaty of shimonoseki. He lost his position as governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang, and has nothing to do since then.

1896 (the 22nd year of Guangxu), visited Russia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Britain and the United States.

1898 (twenty-four years of Guangxu), sympathized with the political reform and secretly defended some "new party" people. At the end of the year, he was appointed Minister of River Survey to survey the Yellow River Project in Shandong.

1899 (25th year of Guangxu), acting as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

1900 (the 26th year of Guangxu), he was ordered to make peace with Eight-Nation Alliance.

190 1 year (the 27th year of Guangxu), signed the treaty of mourning for ugliness with the representatives of Britain, America, Russia, Germany, Japan, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. 165438+ 10 died in October. Shi Wenzhong died at the age of 78.