Chang Qing (常青) | 24 Histories

Overview

Chang Qing was a Manchu Official and General.

Life and dates

Age

already seventy
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年八月 · Text already seventy 年已七十
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 43
over seventy
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Text over seventy 年逾七十
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 24

Attested activity

AD 1787 乾隆五十一年十二月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 9-10
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年四月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 18
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年八月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 42-43
AD 1786 乾隆五十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 5
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 13
AD 1736 to AD 1786 自寧郡王府長史累遷
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 4

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Antu (安圖)
father 父
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 3
Parent of Ximing (喜明)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 24

Origins and identity

Manchu 滿洲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 2
Clan Tunggiya 佟佳氏
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 2

Career and standing

General 將軍
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年四月 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 21
acting governor-general of Fujian and Zhejiang 署閩浙總督
AD 1786 乾隆五十一年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 5
governor-general of Fujian and Zhejiang 閩浙總督
AD 1786 乾隆五十一年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 8
chief steward of the Ning Commandery Prince's household 寧郡王府長史
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 4
commander-in-chief of Chahar 察哈爾都統
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 4
general at Fuzhou 福州將軍
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 4

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general at Hangzhou 杭州將軍
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 4
Huguang post 湖廣
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 17
double-eyed peacock feather 雙眼孔雀翎
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 35

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 2, 5
AD 1787 乾隆五十一年十二月
At Quanzhou 泉州 · Relation Traveled to
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 11
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年四月
At Taiwan 台灣 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 18
Organization Manchu Plain Blue Banner 滿洲正藍旗 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 2

Works and attributed material

AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 13, 25, 27-28
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Quoted memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 32-34, 45-47

Events and relationships

Advanced on Fengshan
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Military · Commander · At Fengshan 鳳山
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 29
Campaigned at Nantan
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Military · Commander · At Nantan 南潭
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 27
Defended prefectural city
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 22
Deployed forces
AD 1787 乾隆五十一年十二月 · Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 10-11
Encamped
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Military · Commander · At Tongpanzhan 桶盤棧
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 39
Fought at Zhugaocuo
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Military · Commander · At Zhugaocuo 竹篙厝 · With Yongqing (永慶)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 53

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Impeached
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Political · Impeacher · With Ren Chengen (任承恩)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 19
Impeached
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Political · Impeacher · With Huang Shijian (黃仕簡)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 19
Ordered to cross to Taiwan
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 18
Relation Subordinate of · Person Qianlong Emperor (乾隆)
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 5, 7

Assessments and attributes

AD 1787 乾隆五十二年八月
Assessment not blamed for failure but said unseasoned in field warfare at seventy · Mode ruler-judgment Source Person Id Qianlong Emperor (乾隆)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 43
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Assessment praised for pressing the fight at over seventy · Mode ruler-judgment Source Person Id Qianlong Emperor (乾隆)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 24
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Assessment rebuked for alarmism · Mode ruler-judgment Source Person Id Qianlong Emperor (乾隆)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 16
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Assessment rebuked for entrenching instead of destroying Zhuang Datian · Mode ruler-judgment Source Person Id Qianlong Emperor (乾隆)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 39-40
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Assessment rebuked for faulty deployment · Mode ruler-judgment Source Person Id Qianlong Emperor (乾隆)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 38
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Assessment rebuked for leaking plans and not driving troops forward · Mode ruler-judgment Source Person Id Qianlong Emperor (乾隆)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 50

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AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Assessment repeated edicts of approval · Mode ruler-judgment Source Person Id Qianlong Emperor (乾隆)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 57
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Assessment sternly rebuked for repeated rain-and-trail excuses · Mode ruler-judgment Source Person Id Qianlong Emperor (乾隆)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 49
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Item imperial thumb ring 御用搬指 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 24

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 2

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 328Volume 328 Biographies 115: Chang Qing, Lan Yuanmei, Cai Panlong, Liang Chaogui, Pu Ji Bao, Ding Chaoxiong, E Hui, Shu Liang · 12 passages

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常青，佟佳氏，滿洲正藍旗人。 Chang Qing, of the Tunggiya clan, belonged to the Manchu Plain Blue Banner.

常青自寧郡王府長史累遷察哈爾都統，杭州、福州將軍。 Chang Qing advanced step by step from chief steward in the Ning commandery prince's household to commander-in-chief of Chahar and then to general at Hangzhou and Fuzhou.

諸羅縣民楊光勳與其弟爭家業，糾眾立會，縣吏捕治不服，常青令按察使李永祺往按。 A Zhuluo county man named Yang Guangxun feuded with his brother over family property, rallied supporters into a sworn association, and resisted arrest when county officials moved against them; Chang Qing dispatched surveillance commissioner Li Yongqi to investigate.

常青檄水師提督黃仕簡自鹿耳門進，副將丁朝雄從海壇鎮總兵郝壯猷自淡水進，都司馬元勳屯鹿仔港，分道部署； Chang Qing directed naval commander-in-chief Huang Shijian to enter from Luerhmen, vice-general Ding Chaoxiong to move with Haitan garrison commander Hao Zhuangyou from Tamsui, and department commander Ma Yuanxun to hold Lugang, dividing his forces along several axes.

授李侍堯閩浙總督，而移常青湖廣。 Li Shiyao was made governor-general of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Chang Qing was reassigned to Huguang.

諭逮承恩，罷仕簡候命，而誅壯猷，遂授常青為將軍。 The court ordered Chengen arrested, relieved Shijian pending further orders, and executed Zhuangyou; Chang Qing was then appointed general.

賊攻府城，常青督諸軍禦戰，有所俘馘； When rebels assaulted the prefectural seat, Chang Qing led the troops in defense and won some captives and heads;

奏入，上以常青年逾七十，能如此勇往督戰，手詔嘉獎，授其子刑部筆帖式喜明三等侍衛，馳驛往省，並賜御用搬指。 When the memorial reached court, the emperor praised Chang Qing in a personal edict for pressing the fight at over seventy, made his son Ximing—a Ministry of Punishments clerk—a third-rank bodyguard, sent him post-haste to visit his father, and granted an imperial thumb ring.

上以兵分力薄，飭常青調度失當。 The emperor rebuked Chang Qing for poor coordination, saying his forces were spread too thin.

又諭：「常青駐軍桶盤棧，距南潭不過五里，不將賊目莊大田先行剿除，乃結營自守。 The court also said: "Chang Qing held Tongpanzhan only five li from Nantan yet failed to destroy the rebel chief Zhuang Datian first, instead digging in on the defensive.

諭常青，謂：「非責其師無功，特以年已七十，軍旅非所素習。 Chang Qing was told: "This is not to reproach you for failure in command, but at seventy you are not seasoned in field warfare.

上又聞賊诇知軍中暑濕多病，常青機事不密，又不督兵深入，屢詰責。 The court also learned that rebels had spied out the army's heat-sickness and that Chang Qing's plans leaked and he would not drive troops forward; he was rebuked again and again.