A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chang Yin-huan
127 Chang Yin-huan 張蔭桓 (T. 樵野). A purchase licentiate of Kuangtung, who in 1881 was Taot'ai at Wuhu. Summoned to Peking, he served in the Tsung-li Yamên from June to September 1884, when he was again appointed to be Taot'ai in Chihli. From 1885 to 1887 he was Minister to the United States, Spain, and Peru, and in 1890 returned to the Tsung-li Yamên, of which he was Vice President in 1894. In February 1895 he went to Japan to negotiate peace, but his powers were found to be inadequate. In 1896 he succeeded Li Hung-chang as negotiator of the commercial treaty with Japan.