Cai Changling (蔡昌齡)

Overview

Cai Changling was a rebel.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

Beheaded
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 132

Attested activity

AD 1865 同治四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 132

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 132

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 430Volume 430 Biographies 217: Lei Zhengwan, Tao Maolin, Cao Kezhong, Hu Zhonghe, He Shengbi, Xiao Qinggao, Yang Fudong, Zhou Dawu, Li Huiwu, Tang Yougeng · 1 passage

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四年，中和偕總兵周達武往剿，毀龍王廟、三官殿賊壘，逼階州城下，掘地道轟城，克之，斬賊酋蔡昌齡，盡殲其黨。 In the fourth year Zhonghe joined brigade general Zhou Dawu in the campaign, destroyed the rebel forts at Longwang Temple and Sanguan Hall, pressed to the walls of Jiezhou, tunneled under the walls and blew them open, captured the city, beheaded the rebel chief Cai Changling, and wiped out his entire following.