Overview
Ding Ruchang was a general.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 1895 二十一年正月Suicide by poison · At Weihai 威海Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 179
Attested activity
- AD 1894 光緒二十年Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passages 169, 171, 174
- AD 1895 二十一年正月Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passages 179-181
Career and standing
- posthumous condolence grants 卹AD 1895 二十一年正月 · RefusedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 180
Places and affiliations
- Polity Qing 清 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 169
Works and attributed material
- Wrote to surrender asking that remaining troops not be harmed 書降於敵，且要敵軍不得殘馀軍AD 1895 二十一年正月 · Document · Author · Paraphrased · Mode narrativeDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 179
Events and relationships
- Rejected adviceAD 1894 光緒二十年 · Military · Commander · With Huang Zulian (黃祖蓮) · Summary Would not follow Huang Zulian's plan and later again could not decide, and defeat followed 汝昌不從汝昌復不決，遂失利Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passages 171, 174
- SurrenderedAD 1895 二十一年正月 · Military · Commander · At Weihai 威海Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 179
Source notes
- Main narrative: he wrote the surrender then took poison. Alternate: forced by subordinates, suicide in anger, letter written after death by a foreign petty officer.Field surrender-authorshipDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passages 179, 181
- Some said he was forced to surrender by his own men, killed himself in anger, and that the surrender document was written after his death by a foreign petty officer. 或謂汝昌實為所部脅降，憤而自盡，降書則死後出洋弁手也。Field death-and-surrender · Mode rumorDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 181
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 169
References in the histories
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