Qing · Official and Administrator

He Guiqing 何桂清

Attested AD 1835 - AD 1856

Passages: 10
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

He Guiqing was an official and Administrator.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Genyun	根雲	Genyun

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1835 道光十五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passages 127-129
AD 1852 咸豐二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 131
AD 1848 二十八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 130
AD 1854 四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passages 132-135
AD 1855 五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passages 136-145
AD 1856 六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passages 146-147

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AD 1835 to AD 1856 何桂清，字根雲，雲南昆明人。
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 126

Career and standing

Hanlin bachelor and compiler 庶吉士、編修
AD 1835 道光十五年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 127
Jiangsu educational commissioner 江蘇學政
AD 1852 咸豐二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 131
grain transport vice minister then Zhejiang governor 倉場侍郎、浙江巡撫
AD 1854 四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 133
vice minister of War 兵部侍郎
AD 1848 二十八年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 130
Grand Secretariat academician 內閣學士
Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 129
tutor in the Southern Study 贊善，直南書房
Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 128

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vice minister of Revenue 戶部侍郎
Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 130
Left office
AD 1848 二十八年 · In mourning
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 130

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 127
At Kunming, Yunnan 雲南昆明
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 126
At Kunming 昆明 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 126

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1835 道光十五年 · Credential Presented Scholar (jinshi) 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 127

Works and attributed material

AD 1854 四年
Memorial · Author · Paraphrased · Summary Memorial on military affairs impeaching timid frontier officials 疏陳兵事，劾疆吏巽耎僨事
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 132

Events and relationships

Defended zhejiang approaches
AD 1854 四年 · Military · Commander · At Zhejiang 浙江
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 135
Retaken huizhou
AD 1855 五年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 139
Retaken ningguo
AD 1856 六年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 146

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Wenzong took notice of his blunt impeachments · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 132

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 126
Subject of the He Guiqing biography
Field chapter-subject
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 126

References in the histories

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History

10 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 397Volume 397 Biographies 184: Lu Jianying, Yang Wending, Qing Lin, Chong Lun, He Guiqing · 10 passages

何桂清，字根雲，雲南昆明人。 He Guiqing (style name Genyun) was from Kunming, Yunnan.

粵匪擾江南，桂清疏陳兵事，劾疆吏巽耎僨事，侃侃無所避，文宗奇之。 When the Taiping rebels ravaged Jiangnan, Guiqing wrote on military affairs, impeaching frontier officials for timidity and failure—speaking bluntly without fear—and Emperor Wenzong took notice.

安徽徽州、寧國二府為浙江屏蔽，桂清嚴防要隘，別遣一軍屯守黃池，扼蘇、浙之衝，賊來犯，會提督鄧紹良擊卻之。 Huizhou and Ningguo in Anhui shielded Zhejiang; Guiqing sealed the key passes, posted another force at Huangchi to block the Jiangsu-Zhejiang corridor, and when rebels attacked, regional commander Deng Shaoliang drove them back.

桂清因言徽、浙脣齒，宜主客一心，事乃濟。 Guiqing argued that Huizhou and Zhejiang were interdependent—host and guest had to act as one before affairs could succeed.

時賊陷徽州各屬，桂清檄知府石景芬、副將魁齡等，攻复徽州府城及休寧，分佈所部於昌化、於潛、淳安，杜賊來路。 When rebels overran Huizhou's counties, Guiqing ordered prefect Shi Jingfen, vice commander Kui Ling, and others to retake Huizhou city and Xiuning and post troops at Changhua, Yuqian, and Chun'an to cut rebel routes.

安徽巡撫時移駐廬州，徽、寧二郡懸絕江南，不能遙制，命桂清兼轄之。 The Anhui governor had moved to Luzhou; Huizhou and Ningguo lay cut off south of the Yangzi and could not be governed from afar, so Guiqing was ordered to take them under his charge.

江西賊侵入浙境，陷開化，犯遂安，桂清檄鄧紹良等合擊之，賊退徽境。 Jiangxi rebels invaded Zhejiang, took Kaihua, and attacked Su'an; Guiqing ordered Deng Shaoliang and others to strike together, and the rebels withdrew into Huizhou.

桂清疏請添改鎮道員缺，俾專責成，以石景芬為徽寧池太道； Guiqing asked to add and revise circuit and prefect posts so duties were clear, appointing Shi Jingfen intendant of Huizhou, Ningguo, Chizhou, and Taiping;

又用桂清議，命前侍郎張芾駐皖南治團練，督辦徽、寧防務，尋命兼顧浙江衢、嚴兩郡，與桂清協力製賊。 Following Guiqing's plan, former vice minister Zhang Fu was posted to southern Anhui to organize militia and oversee Huizhou-Ningguo defense, soon also covering Zhejiang's Qu and Yan prefectures to work with Guiqing against the rebels.

朝廷益嘉桂清，思大用之。 The court praised Guiqing ever more highly and planned to give him greater responsibility.