Question: During which Chinese dynasty did this Chinese general, statesman and warlord had great influence, who was suspected of spreading rumours about infant-kidnapping by westerners in the late 19th century Korea?

 Rumours circulated that foreigners in Seoul were kidnapping young Korean infants and children, gouging out their eyes for use as camera lenses, grinding their internal organs for use in medicine, and eating them.  These rumours implicated both the western powers that were present in Korea at the time, as well as the Japanese.  These riots saw Koreans gathering outside hospitals, schools and churches run by foreigners to rail against the 'baby-snatchers' inside.  Many in the foreign community were alarmed by the ferocity of the riots and made preparations to leave Korea, and diplomatic representatives of the foreign legations pressed the Joseon government to repudiate the rumours, which they did reluctantly.  While it was initially speculated that the Heungseon Daewongun instigated the incident in a manner similar to the Imo Incident, or the combination of Catholic zeal and local anti-Christian sentiment, many began to speculate that these rumours were deliberately spread by the order of Yuan Shikai, the ambassador and representative of the suzerain Qing dynasty in China, either to scare off foreign investment in Korea or provoke a military intervention.  For his part, Yuan emphatically denied this to his superior, Li Hongzhang. The Baby Riots of 1888 took place in the summer of 1888 in Joseon Korea. <SEP> Daehanjiji (Korean: 대한지지 ; Hanja: 大韓地誌) is a Korean geography book about the Great Korean Empire, written by Hyeun Chae (Korean: 현채 ; Hanja: 玄采) and published by Gwangmun-sa (Korean: 광문사 ; Hanja: 廣文社), Seoul.  Hyeun Chae wrote "Daehanjiji," a two-volume set of Korean elementary school geography books, in 1899 translating and compiling Japanese and Korean sources.  The titles, authors, and chronologies of source material for the compilation are not always stated, yet Gomatsu Susumu(小松運)'s Chōsenhachidō-shi(朝鮮八道誌; Joseon Paldo-ji, 1887) and Matsumoto Nikichi(Kendo)(松本仁吉; a.k.a. 謙堂)'s Chōsenchishi Yoryaku (朝鮮地誌要略; Joseon Jiji Yoryak, 1894) and their styles are suspected as primary sources and models of emulation.  The author states in the postface that he employed several Japanese geographies on Korea, and that he supplemented these with the historical sections from Shinjeung Dongguk Yeojiseungram.  Daehanjiji was published in 1899 and reprinted in 1901.  It gave a summary description of late 19th century Korean geography with greater emphasis on physical geography.  The written language conformed to the then innovative Gukhanmun Honyongche, one combining han'geul and hanja, and was popular for the relative ease of deciphering.  As the first western style geography textbook published in late Joseon dynasty, it contributed to the Gaehwa movement, the opening up to enlightenment for the Korean masses and raising awareness and unity as a nation by inviting commoners to learn everything they could about the Korean Empire and its landscape, namely the Korean Peninsula at late 19th century.  It was foreworded by Lee Gyu-hwan (Korean: 이규환 ; Hanja: 李圭桓), Director of Editorial Office, Ministry of Education.  Daehanjiji was employed in the school system, but was banned, confiscated, and burned by Protectorate General by Notice No. 72 of Nov. 19, 1910. <SEP> Yuan Shikai (; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese general, statesman and warlord, famous for his influence during the late Qing dynasty, his role in the events leading up to the abdication of the last Qing Emperor, his autocratic rule as the first formal President of the Republic of China, and his short-lived attempt to restore monarchy in China, with himself as the Hongxian Emperor (). <SEP> The Beiyang Army (Pei-yang Army; ) was a powerful, Western-style Imperial Chinese Army established by the Qing Dynasty government in the late 19th century.  It was the centerpiece of a general reconstruction of Qing China's military system.  The Beiyang Army played a major role in Chinese politics for at least three decades and arguably right up to 1949.  It made the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 possible, and, by dividing into warlord factions known as the Beiyang Clique (Pei-yang Clique; ), ushered in a period of regional division.