Han Chao 韓超

Other names

Career and standing

• acting governor of Guizhou 署貴州巡撫
  AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Acted as
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 32
• acting provincial judicial commissioner 署按察使
  AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Acted as
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 30
• acting sub-prefect of Qingjiang 清江通判
  AD 1852 咸豐二年 · Acted as
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 10
• acting magistrate of Dushan 獨山知州
  AD 1842 to AD 1851 尋以府經歷揀發貴州 · Acted as
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 4
• acting sub-prefect of Sanjiaotun 三角屯州同
  AD 1842 to AD 1851 尋以府經歷揀發貴州 · Acted as
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 4
• prefect of Shiqian 石阡知府
  AD 1855 咸豐五年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 17

Places and affiliations

• Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passages 2, 4, 32
• At Changli, Zhili 直隸昌黎
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 1
• AD 1852 咸豐二年
  At Qingjiang 清江 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 10
• AD 1842 道光二十二年
  At Tianjin 天津 · Relation Traveled to
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 3
• AD 1854 咸豐四年
  At Nandan, Guangxi 廣西南丹州 · Relation Campaign in
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 12
• AD 1854 咸豐四年
  At Zunyi 遵義 · Relation Campaign in
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 13

Learning and skills

• vice tribute examination 副貢
  AD 1834 道光十四年 · Passed
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 2
• Earned
  AD 1834 道光十四年 · Credential vice tribute student 副貢
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 2

Works and attributed material

• Luo Bingzhang and Hu Linyi recommended him 駱秉章、胡林翼交章論薦
  Memorial · Subject · With Luo Bingzhang (駱秉章)
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 19
• Tian Xingyu reported his successive battle merits 疏陳超前後戰功
  Memorial · Subject · With Tian Xingyu (田興恕)
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 31
• Wang Maoyin also recommended him 侍郎王茂廕亦疏薦之
  Memorial · Subject · With Wang Maoyin (王茂廕)
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 19

Events and relationships

• Blocked junction
  AD 1859 咸豐九年 · Military · Commander · At Qiongshui garrison 卭水汛 · Summary Camped at the center to keep Miao and sectarians apart and block the road into Hunan 駐軍卭水汛，扼其中，使苗、教不得合，且遏其下竄湖南之路
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 21
• Campaigned
  AD 1851 咸豐元年 · Military · Subordinate commander · At Wusha 烏沙 · With Hu Linyi (胡林翼) · Summary Joined Hu Linyi's campaign against the Wusha Miao through wind and snow; hundreds killed or captured 超從林翼進剿，馳風雪中，先後斬獲數百人
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 8
• Captured and executed
  AD 1854 咸豐四年 · Military · Commander · At Zhugezhang on the Si River 諸葛章司河 · With Yang Feng (楊鳳) · Summary Pursued, captured, and executed Yang Feng and wiped out remnant bands 复追敗諸葛章司河，擒楊鳳斬之，餘黨盡殲
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 14
• Defeated
  AD 1854 咸豐四年 · Military · Commander · At Dushan 獨山 · With Yang Yuanbao (楊元保) · Summary Met Dushan bandits allied with Cantonese rebels, struck from the rear, and captured Yang Yuanbao 超率兵練迎擊，分軍出賊後，攻其不備，擒賊首楊元保
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 12
• Fought
  AD 1855 咸豐五年 · Military · Commander · At Shibing and Zhenyuan 施秉、鎮遠 · Summary Drove a lone column through rebel trenches in dozens of battles 超以孤軍馳突其間，大小數十戰
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passages 16-17
• Pacified
  AD 1854 咸豐四年 · Military · Commander · At Nandan, Guangxi 廣西南丹州 · Summary Pushed into Nandan and pacified the remaining bandits 复深入廣西南丹州境，擊諸匪平之
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 12

Assessments and attributes

• won fame from that time 超由是知名
  Assessment became well known from Hu Linyi's recommendation · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 7
• blunt and upright, bold and resourceful 性剛直，有膽略
  Assessment blunt and upright, bold and resourceful; often argued with superiors · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 18
• AD 1861 咸豐十一年
  Item second-rank cap button 二品頂戴 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 32
• AD 1854 咸豐四年
  Item peacock feather 花翎 · Relation Bestowed
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 12
• AD 1859 咸豐九年
  Item rebel estates allotted as pay 叛產 · Relation Seized and allotted · Summary Registered rebel property and distributed it to surrendered people and displaced persons, paying troops with land 籍叛產分授降眾、流人，以田代餉
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 25

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 1
• made the pacification of all Guizhou his personal mission 以肅清全黔為己任
  Field mission · Statement Had long served in the field and took the pacification of all Guizhou as his own duty
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 33
• hungry troops fought on the march 飢師轉戰，往往求協助於鄰省
  Field supply-hardship · Statement Superiors charged him to suppress bandits while withholding pay; his hungry troops often sought aid from neighboring provinces
  Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 18