Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - 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 Eight-Nation Alliance weghaara Beijing mgbe Agha nke Beijing gasịrị
, Empress Dowager Cixi na Guangxu Emperor 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".