page_title: Xu Yingkui
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Xu Yingkui / Family
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 許應騤贈友人書
context_page_description: First-rank court official Xu Yingkui, courtesy names Jun'an and Changde, was a 19th-century Qing dynasty politician who served as Viceroy of Min-Zhe, Governor of Fuzhou and General of Fujian from 1898 to 1903. He was one of the two Chinese representatives who signed the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory, the other being Li Hongzhang. During Kang Youwei's Hundred Days' Reform, Xu opposed the reform and personally filed a complaint against Kang's conduct and political orientations.
context_section_description: Xu was born in a prestigious gentry family from Guangzhou, Guangdong province, historically Panyu county of Guangzhou prefecture. His grandfather Xu Baiting was a salt trader who acquired the status of gentry with the grace of the Jiaqing Emperor. His uncle Xu Xiangguang supported and financed Hong Kong's military resistance against the British empire as well as the construction of Kowloon Walled City.
caption: Antithetical couplet by Xu Yingkui as a gift for his friend
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