Chen Danchi (陳丹赤)

Overview

Chen Danchi was an official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xianzhi	獻之	Xianzhi
Posthumous name	Zhongyi	忠毅	Zhongyi

Life and dates

Death

AD 1674 康熙十三年六月
Murdered by Zu Hongxun · At Huagai Mountain, Wenzhou 華蓋山
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 253, passages 200-201

Attested activity

AD 1674 康熙十三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 253, passages 173, 201
AD 1660 順治十七年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 169

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Chen Yiqi (一夔)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 203

Career and standing

Circuit Intendant of Wenzhou-Chuzhou 溫處道
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 172
Zhongyi 忠毅
AD 1677 康熙十六年 · Granted posthumously
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 202

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 168
At Houguan, Fujian 福建侯官
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 168

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1660 順治十七年 · Credential provincial graduate 舉人
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 169

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passages 178, 188, 198-199

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 253Volume 253 Biographies 40: Mo Luo, Chen Fu, Wang Zhiding, Li Xingyuan, Chen Qitai, Chen Danchi, Ye Yingliu · 21 passages

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陳丹赤，字獻之，福建侯官人。 Chen Danchi, style name Xianzhi, came from Houguan in Fujian.

時張獻忠初滅，蜀東尚淪於賊，徵師四集，丹赤給餉不乏。 Zhang Xianzhong had just been destroyed, eastern Sichuan was still overrun, and expeditionary armies gathered on all sides, yet Danchi kept provisions flowing without fail.

丹赤歸至東昌，聞耿精忠亦叛，亟間道還。 Danchi reached Dongchang, heard that Geng Jingzhong had rebelled too, and hurried back by a hidden route.

適平陽叛將司定猷構精忠兵偪瑞安，丹赤獨居城上，泣諭父老，誓與城存亡。 Pingyang rebel Si Dingyou had joined Jingzhong's forces against Ruian. Danchi stood alone on the wall, weeping as he addressed the elders and swore to live or die with the city.

丹赤曰：「城以人為固，人以食為命。 Danchi said: 'A city stands firm through its people, and people live by food.

丹赤日馳牒乞援，晨夜徼循，以忠義厲士卒，皆感泣，願死守。 Danchi sent daily pleas for relief, patrolled day and night, and stirred the troops with loyalty and righteousness until all wept and vowed to die defending the city.

弘勳將以溫州叛，陽遣游擊馬文始助守，實以诇丹赤，丹赤誓以身殉。 Hongxun planned to surrender Wenzhou and pretended to send Mobile Battalion Commander Ma Wenshi to help defend while using him to spy on Danchi. Danchi swore to die for the cause.

六月甲午朔，弘勳陳甲仗華蓋山，集文武官計事，欲以脅丹赤。 On the first day of the sixth month Hongxun arrayed arms at Huagai Mountain and gathered officials, intending to coerce Danchi.

千總姚紹英知其謀，勸勿往，丹赤不顧，策馬去。 Battalion Commander Yao Shaoying learned of the plot and urged him not to go. Danchi ignored him and rode off.

丹赤曰：「提標前鋒五千人已集，且民心效死，戰即不足，守自有餘。 Danchi said: 'Five thousand vanguard troops have already assembled, and the people are ready to die in defense. If we cannot fight, we can still hold.

丹赤語通判白鼇宸曰：「河干泊舟不少，皆鄉民所棄。 Danchi told Acting Prefect Bai Aichen: 'Many boats lie along the riverbank, abandoned by the villagers.