Ding Shoucun 丁守存

Other names

Career and standing

• Acting Provincial Judge 署按察使
  Acted as
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 224
• Secretary in the Ministry of Revenue 戶部主事
  AD 1835 道光十五年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 210
• Grain-intendant of Hubei 湖北督糧道
  Appointed
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 224
• Vice Director 員外郎
  Promoted
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 217
• Provincial examination supervisor 鄉試監試
  Served as
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 225
• Grand Council clerk 軍機章京
  Served
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 210

Places and affiliations

• Polity Qing 清 · Relation Biographical subject
  Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 3
• Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 210
• At Rizhao, Shandong 山東日照
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 209
• AD 1860 十年
  At Shandong 山東 · Relation Returned to
  Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 220
• AD 1862 to AD 1864 同治初
  At Guangping, Zhili 直隸廣平 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 223

Learning and skills

• Earned
  AD 1835 道光十五年 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 210
• Skill instrument making 製器 · Level renowned
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 211
• Skill arts of Ren and Dun 壬遁之術 · Level versed
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 211
• Skill astronomy 天文 · Level versed
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 211
• Skill calendrical reckoning 曆算 · Level versed
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 211
• Skill wind divination 風角 · Level versed
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 211

Works and attributed material

• Secret Keys of Fire and Explosives 丙丁秘籥
  Relation Author · presented to throne; not circulated outside
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 228
• A New Treatise on Firearms 新火器說
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 229
• Origins of Natural Transformation 造化究原
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 229
• Sixteen proposals on attack and defense 戰守十六策
  Memorial · Author
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 219

Events and relationships

• Accompanied
  AD 1851 to AD 1853 咸豐初 · Military · Staff officer · With Saishang'a (賽尚阿) · At Guangxi 廣西
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 215
• Assassinated rebel chief by bomb
  Military · Designer · With Hu Yihuang (胡以晄) · Outcome Rebel chieftain killed
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 216
• Assisted militia
  Military · Organizer · At Zhili 直隸
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 219
• Attracted settlers
  Civil · Leader · At Dingjiabu 丁家堡 · Outcome Became a thriving settlement
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 222
• Built fort
  AD 1860 十年 · Military · Proposer · At Taoluo, Rizhao 日照濤雒
  Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 220
• Built forts
  AD 1862 to AD 1864 同治初 · Military · Builder · At Guangping 廣平 · more than two hundred fortified posts
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 223

Assessments and attributes

• Item Hand-Held Thunder Bomb 手捧雷 · Relation Devised
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 216
• Item stone thunder bombs and stone cannon 石雷、石砲 · Relation Made
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 218