Huang Degong (黃得功)

Overview

Huang Degong was a general.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Nickname	Yellow Charger	黃闖子	Huang Chuangzi

AD 1645 時大清兵已渡江
Suicide after an arrow wound to the throat · At Wuhu 蕪湖
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passages 262-263

AD 1645 四月
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passages 248-250
AD 1644 初
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passages 228, 232, 238
AD 1645 明年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passages 243-245, 247
AD 1645 時大清兵已渡江
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passages 252-253, 263

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

junior officer 偏裨
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 275
Left Pillar of State 左柱國
AD 1645 明年 · Granted
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 251
living shrines 生祠
Received · At Luzhou, Tongcheng, and Dingyuan 廬州、桐城、定遠
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 278
marquis 侯
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 276
Entered
AD 1644 初 · Mourning
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 238

Polity Southern Ming 南明 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passages 228, 251, 276
AD 1645 四月
At Digang 荻港 · Relation Encamped at
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passages 249, 258
AD 1645 四月
At Tongling 銅陵 · Relation Fought at
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 250
AD 1644 初
At Gaoyou 高郵 · Relation Traveled to
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 230
AD 1644 初
At Tuqiao 土橋 · Relation Fought at
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 232
AD 1644 初
At Yangzhou 揚州 · Relation Departed from
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 230

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AD 1644 初
At Yizhen 儀真 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 228
AD 1645 明年
At Luzhou 廬州 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 247
AD 1645 明年
At Pi and Xu 邳、徐 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 244
AD 1645 明年
At Taiping 太平 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 251
AD 1645 明年
At Yizhen 儀真 · Relation Returned to
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 245
AD 1645 時大清兵已渡江
At Wuhu 蕪湖 · Relation Encamped at
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 253
At Yizhen, Mount Fang 儀真方山 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 279

memorial on the northern crown prince 北來太子疏
Relation Author
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 270
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passages 270-271
Speech · Speaker · With Liu Liangzuo (劉良佐) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 261
Speech · Speaker · With Prince of Fu (福王) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passages 254-255, 257

Appealed for decisive battle
AD 1644 初 · Legal · Petitioner · With Gao Jie (高傑)
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 236
Argued crown prince not necessarily false
Legal · Advocate · With Northern Crown Prince (北來太子)
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passages 270-272
Defeated
AD 1645 四月 · Military · Commander · With Zuo Menggeng (左夢庚) · At Tongling 銅陵
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 250
Directed eight commanders from a boat
AD 1645 時大清兵已渡江 · Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 259
Escaped ambush
AD 1644 初 · Military · Combatant · At Tuqiao 土橋
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passages 232-234
Led cavalry to meet
AD 1644 初 · Military · Traveler · With Huang Fei (黃蜚) · At Gaoyou 高郵
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 230

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Ordered to guard
AD 1645 明年 · Military · Garrison commander · With Liu Liangzuo (劉良佐) · At Pi and Xu 邳、徐
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 244
Planned to attack families
AD 1645 明年 · Military · Planner · With Gao Jie (高傑) · At Yangzhou 揚州
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 268, passage 246
Tore up edicts and cursed messengers
Political · Recipient
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 268
Relation Sworn brother of · Person Huang Fei (黃蜚)
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 229

Assessment among the three most loyal and brave, and his death in service was among the fiercest · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 282
Assessment drank several dou of wine before each battle and grew fiercer when warmed by drink · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 273
Assessment loyal indignation that would not yield in the northern crown-prince case · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 272
Assessment loyalty and righteousness were inborn; he humbled himself at once when admonished on state affairs · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 269
Assessment rough, fierce, and barely literate · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 266
Assessment strict march discipline; people were moved by his virtue · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 277

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arm wounded nearly to the point of being severed at Digang
Physical description
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 258
Item iron whip 鐵鞭 · Relation Used
Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passages 232, 274