Chen Kerang (陳克讓)

Overview

The translated histories identify Chen Kerang as an administrator and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Chen Kerang	陳克讓	Chen Kerang
Given	Kerang	克讓	Kerang
Posthumous	Loyal and Upright	忠節	Zhongjie

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:398:s0079

Roles

Administrator
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed in battle at Qingliang Hill / 殞於陣 · Place: Qingliang Hill / 清涼山 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐三年 · Western Year: AD 1853
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 咸豐三年 · Western Year: AD 1853
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Source Date: Text: 咸豐元年 · Western Year: AD 1851
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Source Date: Text: 道光三年 · Western Year: AD 1823
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Family

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Sibling of Chen Kecheng (克誠)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger
Kinship Term: elder brother / 兄 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Shared Parentage: full
Parent of Song'en (鬆恩)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological
Spouse of Li (李)
Kinship Term: husband / 夫 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage

Career and standing

Label: Jiang'an Grain Transport Commissioner / 江安糧道 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 咸豐元年 · Western Year: AD 1851
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Label: posthumous name Loyal and Upright / 諡忠節 · Action: granted
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Title: hereditary Commandant of Cavalry / 騎都尉世職 · Action: granted
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Places and affiliations

Place: Chengde, Fengtian / 奉天承德
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Learning and skills

Credential: jinshi / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光三年 · Western Year: AD 1823
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: upright and incorrupt in office · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 398Volume 398 Biographies 185: Zong Shixianghou, Huo Longwu, Fu Zhu Hong A, En Zhang, Chen Shengyuan, Qi Suzao, Chen Kerang, Liu Tongying, Rui Chang, Jie Chun, Xi Ling A · 7 passages

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宗室祥厚霍隆武福珠洪阿恩長陳勝元祁宿藻陳克讓劉同纓 Imperial clansman Xianghou; Huo Longwu; Fu Zhu Hong'a; En Chang; Chen Shengyuan; Qi Suzao; Chen Kerang; Liu Tongying

當城陷時，署布政使鹽巡道塗文鈞、江安糧道陳克讓、江寧知府魏亨逵、同知承恩、通判程文榮、上元知縣劉同纓、江寧知縣張行澍同死之。 When the city fell, Acting Commissioner Tu Wenjun, Grain Transport Commissioner Chen Kerang, Prefect Wei Hengkui, Subprefect Cheng En, Assistant Prefect Cheng Wenrong, Shangyuan magistrate Liu Tongying, and Jiangning magistrate Zhang Xingshu all died in the defense.

克讓，奉天承德人。 Chen Kerang was a native of Chengde in Fengtian.

克讓曰：「江寧東南都會，失則大局危。 Kerang replied: "Nanjing is the great metropolis of the southeast. If it falls, the whole strategic situation is lost.

宿藻死而不瞑，克讓撫之曰：「庫尚有儲金，當募死士以成君志。」 When Suzao died with his eyes still open, Kerang laid a hand on the body and said, "The treasury still holds reserve funds. We shall recruit die-hards to finish what you began."

克讓守清涼山，督兵戰，殞於陣。 Kerang held Qingliang Hill, led the troops in battle, and was killed on the field.

賜卹，予騎都尉世職，本籍請建專祠，追諡忠節。 The court granted mourning honors and a hereditary commandant-of-cavalry title. His home district petitioned for a dedicated shrine, and he was posthumously honored as Loyal and Upright.