Qing · Rebel

Hu Yihuang 胡以晄

Attested AD 1851 - AD 1853

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Hu Yihuang was a rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1851 to AD 1853 咸豐初
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passages 215-216

Family

Sibling of Hu Yiyang (胡以暘)
elder brother 兄 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 215

Events and relationships

Delivered bomb to rebel chief
Military · Courier · Outcome Chieftain killed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 216

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 505Volume 505 Biographies 292: Yi Shu Si · 2 passages

咸豐初，從大學士賽尚阿赴廣西參軍事，會獲賊黨胡以暘，使招降其兄以晄，守存制一 In the early Xianfeng reign he accompanied Grand Secretary Saishanga to Guangxi as a staff officer. When the rebel Hu Yiyang was taken, Shoucun was charged with winning over his brother Yihuang to surrender, and he devised a

匣曰手捧雷，偽若緘書其中，俾以晄致之賊酋，酋啟匣炸首死。 case he named the Hand-Held Thunder Bomb, disguised to look like a sealed letter inside; Yihuang was made to carry it to the rebel chieftain, who opened the case and was blown apart.