Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Kemgbe ahụ, Duanfang were ọkwa onye ọka ikpe mpaghara Shaanxi, kọmishọna nchịkwa, na onye nnọchi anya gọvanọ Shaanxi. N'afọ 1900, mgbe ndị agha nke Mba Asatọ jikọrọ aka weghaara Beijing mgbe ndị agha nke
Agha nke Beijing, Empress Dowager Cixi na Emperor Guangxu gbagara Shaanxi. A kpọfere Duanfang n'ọkwa ọhụrụ dịka onye na-ahụ maka nchịkwa mpaghara Henan, wee bụrụ gọvanọ Hubei. N'afọ 1902, Duanfang jere ozi dị ka onye na-arụ ọrụ Viceroy nke Liangjiang, Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, a kpọfere ya n'ọkwa ọhụrụ dị ka Gọvanọ nke Hunan. N'ime ọkwa ya ndị na-esote, ọ gbara ụmụ akwụkwọ ume ka ha mụọ akwụkwọ na mba ọzọ, nke a maara dị ka onye nwere nghọta, "na-anụ ọkụ n'obi na ahụmịhe na mba ọzọ na nke ụlọ".