Chen Yucheng (陳玉成)

Overview

Chen Yucheng was a rebel and General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1859 咸豐九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 103
AD 1858 咸豐八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 96
AD 1861 咸豐十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 107
AD 1860 咸豐十年正月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 105

Places and affiliations

Polity Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 96

Events and relationships

Broke from Taihu toward Qizhou
AD 1858 咸豐八年 · Military · Commander · At Taihu / Qizhou 太湖、蘄州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 96
Entered Huoshan and drove at Leer Ridge
AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Military · Commander · At Huoshan / Le'er Ridge 霍山、樂兒嶺
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 107
Held Xiaochi Post with over 100000
AD 1859 咸豐九年 · Military · Commander · At Xiaochi Post 小池驛
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 103
Turned from Luan to relieve Anqing
AD 1860 咸豐十年正月 · Military · Commander · At Lu'an / Anqing / Huoshan 六安、安慶、霍山
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 105

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 429Volume 429 Biographies 216: Jiang Zhongyi, Zhou Kuanshi, Shi Qingji, Yu Jichang, Lin Wencha, Zhao Deguang, Zhang Wende · 4 passages

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八年，陳玉成自太湖竄蘄州，際昌奉檄防皖、楚之交，敗賊南陽河，毀賊壘三十餘，擒賊目。 In 1858, when Chen Yucheng broke out of Taihu toward Qizhou, Jichang was ordered to hold the Anhui-Hubei border; he routed the rebels at Nanyang River, destroyed more than thirty forts, and took a rebel officer prisoner.

時大軍圍太湖急，陳玉成糾黨十餘萬相持小池驛。 While the main Qing force pressed the siege of Taihu, Chen Yucheng rallied more than a hundred thousand men and held them at bay at Xiaochi Post.

陳玉成自六安回援安慶，霍山复陷。 Chen Yucheng turned back from Lu'an to relieve Anqing, and Huoshan was lost again.

十一年，陳玉成入霍山，自黑石渡撲樂兒嶺。 In 1861, Chen Yucheng entered Huoshan and, crossing at Heishi Ford, drove at Le'er Ridge.