Fengxiang (鳳翔) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Fengxiang as a general and military officer. This record brings together 13 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	Fengxiang	鳳翔	Fèngxiáng
Personal name	Fengxiang	鳳翔	Fèngxiáng
Courtesy	Jiting	集庭	Jítíng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:467:s0002

Roles

General
Military Officer

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died of wounds / vomited blood / 嘔血數升而死 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900
Explicit · qingshigao:467:s0187

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:467:s0170
Source Date: Text: 光緒二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1895
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:467:s0168

Family

Kin of Shoushan (壽山)
Kinship Term: clansman (junior) / 族孫 · Line: paternal

Origins and identity

Banner: Bordered Yellow Banner / 漢軍鑲黃旗
Explicit · qingshigao:467:s0166

Career and standing

Label: deputy lieutenant-general of Aihui / 愛琿副都統 · Action: promoted
Explicit · qingshigao:467:s0169

Places and affiliations

Place: Jilin garrison / 吉林駐防 · Relation: garrisoned-at
Explicit · qingshigao:467:s0166

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defended Aihui against Russians · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900
Explicit · qingshigao:467:s0170, qingshigao:467:s0171

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 467Volume 467 Biographies 254: Li Bingheng, Wang Tingxiang, Nie Shicheng, Luo Rongguang, Shou Shan Zu Sun : Rui Chang, Feng Xiang, Chong Yu · 13 passages

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李秉衡王廷相聶士成羅榮光壽山族孫瑞昌鳳翔崇玉等 Li Bingheng, Wang Tingxiang, Nie Shicheng, Luo Rongguang, and Shoushan's kinsmen Ruichang, Fengxiang, Chongyu, and others

遂檄愛琿副都統鳳翔禦北路，呼倫貝爾副都統依興阿禦西路，通肯副都統慶祺禦東路，令各嚴戒備毋浪戰； He ordered Deputy Lieutenant-General Fengxiang of Aihui to hold the northern route, Yixing'a of Hulunbuir the west, and Qingqi of Tongken the east, telling each to stand on guard and not fight recklessly;

鳳翔，字集庭，漢軍鑲黃旗人，吉林駐防。 Fengxiang, styled Jiting, was a Bordered Yellow Bannerman garrisoned in Jilin.

光緒二十一年，中日事起，將軍長順赴奉督師，鳳翔任餽運，給食不乏。 In 1895, when war broke out between China and Japan, General Chang Shun went to Fengtian to command; Fengxiang handled transport and food never ran short.

俄軍已自黑龍江下駛，翼日，俄官廓米薩爾名闊利士密德者，浮軍艦至，鳳翔遣軍拒之三道溝。 Russian troops had already sailed down the Amur; the next day the Russian officer Komissarov arrived with gunboats; Fengxiang sent troops to meet him at Sandao Gou.

鳳翔令統領王仲良率騎旅三百渡江擊之，始小挫，繼獲大勝。 Fengxiang ordered Commander Wang Zhongliang to lead three hundred cavalry across the river; at first they met a small setback, then a great victory.

壽山聞之，亟令鳳翔回援，弗及。 When Shoushan heard, he urgently ordered Fengxiang back, but too late.

鳳翔駐兜溝子，去愛琿七十里。 Fengxiang held Dougouzi, seventy li from Aihui.

踰月，俄軍復至，槍彈雨下，鳳翔以戰為守，相持累日。 A month later the Russians returned; bullets fell like rain; Fengxiang fought to hold and the standoff lasted many days.

黑龍江行軍故無棚帳，戰罷露宿，眾苦寒，以是軍有怨聲，鳳翔慮譁潰，復以地勢平衍難扼守，乃請壽山結陣徐退，抵內興安嶺軍焉，去兜溝子又百六十里。 The Heilongjiang troops had no tents and slept in the open after battle; the cold bred discontent; Fengxiang feared mutiny; the ground was too open to hold; he asked Shoushan to withdraw in order to the Inner Xing'an camp, another hundred sixty li beyond Dougouzi.

敵攻益亟，鳳翔悉甲出，令曰：「有後者斬！」 As the attack intensified Fengxiang sent out his whole force with the order: "Whoever retreats shall be beheaded!"

鳳翔戰既酣，右臂左足兩受彈傷，墜馬者三，輒复躍上，鏖戰不少休，既還，嘔血數升而死。 Fengxiang fought with all his might; his right arm and left foot were shot; three times he fell from his horse and leaped back up; he would not stop; after returning to camp he vomited blood and died.

榮光爭大沽，鳳翔守愛琿，雖已無救於大局，而至死不屈，外人亦為之奪氣，何其壯哉！ Rongguang fought at Dagu and Fengxiang held Aihui; though neither could alter the larger outcome, both died unbowed, and even the foreigners were struck with awe—how splendid their courage!