In October 1888 he was appointed imperial commissioner for Togo.

In May he was sent as an imperial commissioner to the insurgent Palatinate, but recalled for overstepping his authority.

Nevertheless, he entered the service of the Empire, became cabinet secretary, and under Irene took part in the synod of 787 as imperial commissioner.

Four years later during the Second Opium War, he was appointed imperial commissioner in charge of leading the campaign against the British and French invasion.

A good man but not a stupid one, the Emperor sequestered Mantua, entrusting it to an imperial commissioner.

He also served at several German courts as imperial commissioner.

In June 1884 Liu was appointed imperial commissioner for the defense of Taiwan against a threatened French invasion.

In 1813, he entered the Austrian service, and was appointed imperial commissioner and major of the rifle corps in Tyrol.

His action being disapproved, Qishan had been degraded, sentenced to death, reprieved, then sent to Tibet as imperial commissioner.

From 1867 to 1874 he served as European director of the project which Shen Pao-chen, as the imperial commissioner, headed.