Liu Kunyi (1830- 1902) was born in Xinning, Hunan. Born in 1855, Lin participated in the battle between Chu Yong of Xiang Army and Taiping Army. Tired of knowing Zhili state, enjoy wearing Hualing. 1862 was promoted to Guangxi. 1864, promoted to the governor of Jiangxi. 1874, Governor of Liangjiang was transferred. 1in September, 875, he was awarded the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the next year he was appointed Minister of Nanyang Trade and Industry. 189 1 year, was ordered to "help naval affairs" and served as governor of the two rivers.

1 894 August1day, China and Japan formally declared war. On August 7, Liu Kunyi concurrently served as General Jiangning. On the 26th, he reported the day-and-night security preparations in Zhenjiang and Jiangning areas in his book "Renewing the Defence of Rivers and Seas". In order to prevent the Japanese army from "rushing into Nanyang in an attempt to share their worries," he specially "properly arranged the fighting and defense matters." 10 months later, the Japanese army captured many cities in Liaodong and southern Liaoning. In order to save the crisis, the Qing court appointed Liu Kunyi as an imperial envoy on 28th, and "both inside and outside the customs were restrained". And sent the governor of Hunan, Wu, and the governor of Sichuan as deputies. Liu Kunyi accepted the order and said, "Only by exhausting blood and being sincere can we respect and grasp the truth in all preventive measures? , carefully planned ... eager to remedy and quickly sweep away the crazy atmosphere. " But because he was "out of line and unprepared", he did not act quickly.

1895, Liu Kunyi began to strengthen military dispatch, sent Wu Dalun to command more than 200 battalions of Hunan and Chu armies to go through customs one after another, and appointed Xinjiang warlord Wei Guangtao as the former enemy.

1 At the beginning of the year, Gaiping (now Gaixian) fell, and the Qing court "ordered Liu Kunyi to enter the customs". 16 only entered the customs. At the same time, "transfer camps, send deputies, and set eight things." At that time, the Qing army assembled 70,000 to 80,000 people in Haicheng, Yingkou, Niuzhuang and Tianzhuangtai, while the Japanese army assembled only 20,000 people in Haicheng and Gaiping. Before the end of February, the Qing army attacked Haicheng four times and was defeated. In March, Anshan, Niuzhuang, Yingkou and Tianzhuangtai were lost. The retreat of the Qing army made Liu Kunyi's idea of reorganizing the army and trying to counterattack vanish. In less than 10 day, 60,000 to 70,000 Qing troops fled from the east bank of Liaohe River. Break the west, retreat from Shuangtaizi to Shishan Station.

1in April, 895, Liu Kunyi learned that the peace talks were about to be completed, and resolutely opposed the cession of Liaodong Peninsula and Taiwan Province Province. He said: "After compensation, we will cut down the land. We cut down the rich and undisturbed land. There is no way. The loss of Liaoning and Taiwan, the danger of the north and the south, the fear of all countries from now on, and the future trouble is unimaginable. " If the Japanese are afraid of attacking the capital and have to come up with this plan, then Guan, Jin and Jifu are all heavily left behind, so we can't fight? "On April 30th, Liu Kunyi wrote to the Ministry of Military Affairs again, saying that" war is better than peace ". He analyzed the situation that "Japanese slaves come from thousands of miles to the enemy, the subject and the object are both, and I am relaxed". He pointed out that "we must persevere and work hard, otherwise we will be on the defensive and the enemy will fight far away." How can he turn over after staying for a long time and being exhausted? "This plan. ..... The word "lasting" is really important for making Japanese pirates now. It means "Kun's position is in the army and closed by the clan society, but he is exhausted in blood and makes great efforts to govern." On May 2nd, Guangxu approved treaty of shimonoseki. On May 5, Liu Kunyi played again, explaining that "if you have to go to Liaotai, if you attach wings, China will have a curse of eating navel. "Liao, Taiwan and Japan are becoming increasingly powerful, and even if they ask for help from western powers in the future, they will be unable to control their own demise. This is a peace agreement, but if I let the Japanese do whatever they want, it will cause endless trouble. What can I imagine? " Liu Kunyi was unwilling to hand over Taiwan Province Province to the Qing court. On the 29th, he wrote to Tang, the governor of Taiwan Province Province, encouraging him to try to keep Taiwan Province Province. And said, "I am willing to shake my arm and shout, which is far from it ... but I can do my best." Yi Shunding, an aide, "crossed Taiwan with a letter" to convey support. He also expressed his willingness to provide material assistance for Liu Yongfu's anti-Japanese war in Taiwan Province, only because the Qing court got in the way and could not cash it.

1896, Liu Kunyi was transferred back to the post of Governor of Liangjiang, but he was not allowed to fill the vacancy. 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, and Liu Kunyi, Zhang Zhidong, Sheng Xuanhuai and Shanghai consulates signed the Southeast Mutual Insurance Charter. He died in 1902 and was awarded the title of first-class baron as a gift to a loyal teacher.