Hu Linyi (胡林翼) | 24 Histories

Overview

Hu Linyi was an official and General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1859 咸豐九年冬
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passages 13, 15
AD 1860 咸豐十年正月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 19

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 13

Works and attributed material

AD 1860 咸豐十年正月
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passages 19-20

Events and relationships

With Zeng Guofan planned the Anhui campaign, concentrating forces at Qianshan and Taihu
AD 1859 咸豐九年冬 · Military · Planner · With Zeng Guofan (曾國籓)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 13

Assessments and attributes

Assessment without Bao's army the line could not have been held so long · About Person Id Bao Chao (鮑超) · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Hu Linyi (胡林翼)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 19
Assessment without Guochen's unexpected stroke danger could not have been turned to safety · About Person Id Jin Guochen (金國琛) · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Hu Linyi (胡林翼)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 20

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 433Volume 433 Biographies 220: Jin Guochen, Huang Chunxi, Wu Kunxiu, Kang Guoqi, Li Hezhang Younger Brother: Zhao Qing, Wu Yulan · 3 passages

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其冬，胡林翼、曾國籓規皖，精兵猛將萃於潛山、太湖。 That winter Hu Linyi and Zeng Guofan laid plans for Anhui, concentrating elite troops and veteran commanders at Qianshan and Taihu.

先是林翼以國琛行軍善規地勢，令率十四營冒雪趨天堂備援。 Earlier, because Linyi knew Guochen excelled at judging ground on campaign, he had sent him with fourteen battalions through the snow toward Tiantang to stand ready as reinforcements.

林翼疏陳：「非鮑軍之堅忍，不能久持； Linyi wrote in a memorial: "Without the steadfast endurance of Bao's army the line could not have been held so long;