Qing · Rebel Leader

Chen Decai 陳得才

Died AD 1864

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Decai was a rebel Leader.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1864 賊首陳得才仰藥死
Took poison
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 172

Attested activity

AD 1864 三年，粵匪陳得才等糾眾三十萬
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 166
AD 1864 賊首陳得才仰藥死
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 172

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Opposed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 166

Events and relationships

Led mass retreat from Shaanxi
AD 1864 三年，粵匪陳得才等糾眾三十萬 · Military · Rebel leader · At from Shaanxi toward Nanjing 自陝西回竄，圖救江寧
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 166

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 432Volume 432 Biographies 219: Xiao Qijiang, Zhang Yunlan, Tang Xunfang, Jiang Ningxue, Chen Shi, Li Yuandu · 2 passages

三年，粵匪陳得才等糾眾三十萬自陝西回竄，圖救江寧。 In 1864 Chen Decai and other Guangdong rebels gathered three hundred thousand men fleeing back from Shaanxi, aiming to relieve Nanjing.

路險，賊不虞兵猝至，多墜澗死，降者三四萬，賊首陳得才仰藥死。 On the narrow road the enemy was caught unawares; many plunged into ravines and died; thirty or forty thousand surrendered; rebel chief Chen Decai took poison and died.