A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Fang Yao
558 Fang Yao 方耀 (T. 照軒). A.D. 1834-1891. A native of the 普甯 P'u-ning District in Kuangtung. Entering the military service in 1851, he rose from the ranks, fighting against the T'ai-p'ing rebels in various provinces, to be Brigade General at Ch'ao-chou Fu, in which capacity he distinguished himself by the rigour, not to say brutality, of his measures for repressing local clan-fights and piracy. For these services he was rewarded with the Yellow Jacket. He established a College at Ch'ao-yang, and repaired the waterways so as to prevent floods. From 1877-79 he was acting Commander-in-chief at Hui-chou; but on the landing of the Japanese in Formosa, he returned to his previous post. In 1883 he was placed by a secret Decree in command of the forts at Bocca Tigris, and in 1885 he was gazetted Admiral. Known to foreigners as "General Fong."