Huang Yisheng (黃翼升)

Overview

Huang Yisheng was a Military Officer and Naval Commander.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Changqi	昌岐	Chāngqí
Posthumous name	Wujing	武靖	Wǔjìng
Alternate name	Deng	鄧	Dèng

Life and dates

Death

AD 1894 光緒二十年
died on duty 卒於軍 · At Jiangning 江寧
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 85

Attested activity

AD 1894 光緒二十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 84
AD 1889 光緒十五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 82
AD 1892 光緒十八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 83
AD 1868 同治七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 74, 126
AD 1864 同治三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 62
AD 1863 同治二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 54, 180; Draft History of Qing 431, passage 17

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AD 1866 同治五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 71
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 36; Draft History of Qing 431, passage 227
AD 1862 同治元年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 435, passages 18, 38
AD 1867 同治六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 72
AD 1872 同治十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 80, 160
AD 1865 同治四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 69
AD 1857 咸豐七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 20
AD 1859 咸豐九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 26
AD 1855 咸豐五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 13
AD 1856 咸豐六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 15
AD 1851 to AD 1853 咸豐初
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 3
AD 1861 咸豐十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 29
AD 1860 咸豐十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 28, 119
AD 1854 咸豐四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 4
AD 1851 to AD 1894 咸豐至光緒
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 253
AD 1868 黃翼升
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 223

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Huang Zongyan (黃宗炎)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 86

Kinship Role parents · Count 0 · Negated true · [object Object]
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 2

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Jiangnan naval commander 江南水師提督
AD 1864 同治三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 63
acting Jiangnan naval commander 署江南水師提督
AD 1862 同治元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 45
mobile brigade commander of the Left Battalion of the Zhili provincial command 直隸提標左營游擊
AD 1857 咸豐七年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 20
boat captain / whistle-boat commander 哨長
AD 1851 to AD 1853 咸豐初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 3
regional commander of Huaiyang 淮陽鎮總兵
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 28
battalion officer 營官
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 9

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company commander 千總
AD 1854 咸豐四年 · Breveted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 4
brevet provincial military commander 提督銜
AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Granted
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 31, 35
Yangtze river navy commander 長江水師提督
AD 1868 to AD 1872 同治七年至十一年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 78, 81
Major General 總兵
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 435, passage 38
platoon leader of Changsha garrison banner 長沙協標隊長
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 2
marked for provincial commander 以提督記名
AD 1862 同治元年 · Noted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 43
brigade general 副將
AD 1857 咸豐七年 · Promoted
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 20, 25
coordinator 都司
Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 8
garrison commander 守備
Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 7
Yangtze river navy commander 長江水師提督
AD 1892 光緒十八年 · Reappointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 83
brevet minister rank 尚書銜
AD 1894 光緒二十年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 84
posthumous name Wujing and shrine 諡武靖，立功地建專祠
AD 1894 光緒二十年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 85
portrait in Hall of Purple Splendor 繪像紫光閣
AD 1889 光緒十五年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 82
riding in the Forbidden City 紫禁城騎馬
AD 1892 光緒十八年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 83
yellow riding jacket 黃馬褂
AD 1863 同治二年 · Granted
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 54, 58
Gangyong Baturu 剛勇巴圖魯
AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 31
third-rank baron 三等男爵
AD 1868 同治七年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 77
hereditary First Class Commandant of Light Chariots 一等輕車都尉世職
AD 1864 同治三年 · Granted
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 63, 68
hereditary Fourth Class Cavalry Captain 雲騎尉世職
AD 1863 同治二年 · Granted
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 54, 60

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 435, passage 38
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 223; Draft History of Qing 415, passages 3, 20, 28, 36, 63, 69, 78; Draft History of Qing 431, passages 17, 227
At Changsha, Hunan 湖南長沙
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 1
AD 1863 同治二年正月
Organization Ever-Victorious Army 常勝軍 · Relation Cooperated with
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 54

Events and relationships

Accepted surrender
AD 1859 咸豐九年 · Military · Receiver of surrender · With Wei Zhijun (韋志俊) · At Chizhou 池州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 26
After recovery of
AD 1864 同治三年 · Military · Commander · At Jiangning 江寧
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 68
Assumed command
AD 1864 同治三年 · Military · Commander · At outer Yangtze fleet 外江水師
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 67
Attacked
AD 1856 咸豐六年 · Military · Commander · At Nankang 南康
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 15, 19
Attacked
AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Military · Commander · At Yuncao 運漕鎮
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 31, 34
Attacked
AD 1854 咸豐四年 · Military · Officer · At Yuezhou 岳州 · With Yang Yuebin (楊岳斌)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 4

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Besieged
AD 1863 同治二年 · Military · Commander · At Suzhou 蘇州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 59-60
Campaign against
AD 1863 同治二年 · Military · Commander · With Miao Peilin (苗沛霖) · At Linhuai 臨淮
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 61
Campaigned in
AD 1851 to AD 1853 咸豐初 · Military · Commander · At Guangxi 廣西
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 3
Captured
AD 1863 同治二年 · Military · Commander · At Jiangyin 江陰
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 57-58
Captured
AD 1863 同治二年正月 · Military · Commander · At Fushan 福山
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 54
Captured
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Commander · At Dongliangshan 東梁山
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 41
Captured
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Commander · At Hanshan and Hezhou 含山、和州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 37
Captured
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Commander · At Wuhu 蕪湖
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 42
Captured
AD 1862 同治元年四月 · Military · Commander · At Jinzhu Pass 金柱關
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 38, 40
Captured
AD 1857 咸豐七年 · Military · Commander · At Hukou 湖口
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 20, 24
Captured
AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Military · Commander · At Chizhou 池州 · With Wang Mingshan (王明山)
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 31-32
Captured
AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Military · Commander · At Dongguan 東關 · With Chen Shi (陳湜)
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 31, 35
Captured
AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Military · Commander · At Tongling 銅陵
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 29-30
Commanded inner lake fleet
Military · Fleet commander · With Xiao Jiesan (蕭捷三)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 12
Defeated rebels burned fleet
Military · Commander · At Qizhou 蘄州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 8
Defeated rebels
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Commander · At Chaohu 巢湖
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 36
Defeated rebels
AD 1856 咸豐六年 · Military · Commander · At Tujiabu 塗家埠 · With Peng Yulin (彭玉麟)
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 15, 17
Defeated rebels
AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Military · Commander · At Huangpen and Fangcun 黃盆鎮、方村
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 29
Defeated rebels
AD 1854 咸豐四年 · Military · Commander · At Chenglingji 城陵磯
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 4-5
Defended
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Commander · At Qingpu and Shanghai 青浦、上海
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 45, 47
Destroyed rebel boats
AD 1857 咸豐七年 · Military · Commander · At Meijiazhou 梅家洲
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 20, 23
Destroyed rebel boats
AD 1855 咸豐五年 · Military · Commander · At Xiazhongyan 下鐘岩
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 13
Destroyed rebel boats
Military · Commander · At Hukou 湖口
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 10
Fought inner lake
Military · Commander · At Gutang 姑塘
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 11
Fought
AD 1862 同治元年五月 · Military · Commander · At Jiufuzhou 九洑洲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 44
Fought
Military · Commander · At Jinkou 金口
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 6
Guarded provincial capital
AD 1856 咸豐六年 · Military · Commander · At Wucheng 吳城鎮
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 15
Joint strike
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Commander · At Huangdu 黃渡 · With Li Hongzhang (李鴻章)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 51
Recovered
AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Military · Commander · At Wuwei and Tongling 無為、銅陵
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 31
Seized boats and broke
AD 1857 咸豐七年 · Military · Commander · At Pengze and Xiaogushan 彭澤、小孤山
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 20, 25
Supported
AD 1863 同治二年 · Military · Naval commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 17
Supported
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Naval commander · At Fushan 福山
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 227
Took brunt at Hukou
AD 1857 咸豐七年 · Military · Commander · At Hukou 湖口
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 20-21
Relation Subordinate of · Person Peng Yulin (彭玉麟)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 17, 26
Relation Colleague of · Person Li Hongzhang (李鴻章)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 45
Relation Subordinate of · Person Zeng Guofan (曾國籓)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 3, 12, 28
Relation Colleague of · Person Zeng Guoquan (曾國荃)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 39-40
Relation Colleague of · Person Liu Mingchuan (劉銘傳)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 57
Relation Subordinate of · Person Yang Yuebin (楊岳斌)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 4
Relation Colleague of · Person Guo Songlin (郭松林)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 57, 62
Relation Colleague of · Person Li Chengmou (李成謀)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 254
Relation Colleague of · Person Wang Mingshan (王明山)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 32
Relation Colleague of · Person Li Chaobin (李朝斌)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 253
Relation Colleague of · Person Chen Shi (陳湜)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 35
Relation Colleague of · Person Li Chaobin (李朝斌)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 38
Relation Colleague of · Person Xiao Jiesan (蕭捷三)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 12

Source notes

Raised by the Deng family and temporarily took the Deng surname 育於鄧氏，冒其姓
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 2

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 405Volume 405 Biographies 192: Ceng Guofan · 1 passage

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國籓遣黃翼升領水師助剿，大破賊於荏平。 Zeng Guofan sent Huang Yisheng with the river fleet to assist, and government forces crushed the bandits at Renping.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 415Volume 415 Biographies 202: Huang Yisheng, Ding Yifang, Wang Ji, Wu Jiabang, Li Chengmou, Li Chaobin, Jiang Fushan, Liu Peiyuan · 50 passages

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黃翼升，字昌岐，湖南長沙人。 Huang Yisheng, styled Changqi, was from Changsha in Hunan.

咸豐初，從征廣西，曾國籓創水師，調為哨長。 Early in Xianfeng he campaigned in Guangxi; when Zeng Guofan established the river navy, Yisheng was reassigned as a boat captain.

戰於城陵磯，賊以十餘舟來誘，翼升知其詐，追至擂鼓台、荊河腦，伏賊突出，翼升駕舢板奮擊，後隊繼之，賊大敗。 At Chenglingji the rebels tried to bait him with a dozen boats; Yisheng saw through the trick and chased them to Leigutai and Jinghenao, where ambushers leaped out. He took a sampan straight at them while his rear echelon closed up, routing the enemy completely.

克武漢後，進攻蘄州，翼升自蒜花出戰敗賊，焚其舟，擢都司。 Once Wuhan fell he pushed on Qizhou; Yisheng struck from Suanhua, routed the rebels, burned their fleet, and was raised to coordinator.

時水師在內湖者無大船，既與外江阻絕，曾國籓令添造，並撥江西長龍、快蟹諸船，以翼升及蕭捷三分領之，各為一軍。 The inner-lake flotilla had no heavy hulls and was sealed off from the Yangtze main channel, so Zeng Guofan ordered new builds and sent Jiangxi long-dragon and fast-crab craft; Yisheng and Xiao Jiesan each took one of the two new fleets.

五年，屢會諸軍攻湖口，未克，蕭捷三戰死，翼升大憤，衝入賊卡，盡毀下鐘岩賊船。 In year five repeated joint assaults on Hukou failed; Xiao Jiesan fell in battle. Yisheng, furious, rammed the rebel barrier and wiped out every rebel craft at Xiazhongyan.

六年，賊犯撫州，南昌戒嚴，翼升奉檄泊吳城鎮，衛省城。 In year six rebels struck Fuzhou and Nanchang went on alert; Yisheng was ordered to Wucheng to shield the provincial seat.

湖口之賊尾至，結土匪窺吳城，翼升分兵由前河包鈔，自赴後河擊陸路之賊，走之。 Hukou stragglers arrived and teamed with local bandits to probe Wucheng; Yisheng sent a detachment to envelop along the front channel while he hit the land column on the rear river and put them to flight.

會彭玉麟至軍，令翼升專攻陸路，敗賊於塗家埠，毀浮橋二、船百餘。 Peng Yulin joined the command and set Yisheng on the land front; at Tujiabu he routed the rebels and smashed two pontoon bridges and over a hundred boats.

賊复冒民船來犯，翼升合軍圍擊，敗之。 The rebels tried again in disguised civilian craft; Yisheng closed the ring and beat them back.

楊岳斌師至九江，彭玉麟與約夾攻湖口，軍分六隊，翼升率內湖右營當其衝，轉鬥而前。 Yang Yuebin's corps reached Jiujiang; Peng Yulin coordinated a pincer on Hukou in six columns, with Yisheng's Inner Lake Right Battalion taking the shock and fighting its way forward.

砲丸冒船過，他營失利，賊逐之，翼升待其還，縱擊，斬殺過當。 Shot flew over the decks; sister units broke and rebels chased them. Yisheng held his fire until they doubled back, then struck and killed far out of proportion.

九年，池州守城賊韋志俊投誠，彭玉麟令翼升往受降，賊酋古隆賢、楊輔清等來爭，擊卻之。 In year nine Chizhou's garrison commander Wei Zhijun defected; Peng Yulin sent Yisheng to take the surrender. Rebel leaders Gu Longxian and Yang Fuqing rushed to dispute it and were beaten back.

十年，曾國籓規江南，奏設淮陽水師，薦翼升領之，即授淮陽鎮總兵。 In year ten, as Zeng Guofan mapped the Jiangnan campaign, he proposed a Huaiyang river force and named Yisheng to lead it; Yisheng was at once made regional commander of Huaiyang.

又進攻無為州，毀泥汊口、神塘河賊壘，無為、銅陵同复，賜號剛勇巴圖魯。 He pushed on Wuwei, smashed rebel forts at Nizhakou and Shentanghe, and retook Wuwei and Tongling together, receiving the title Gangyong Baturu.

翼升進擊，諸軍乘之，焚賊舟，賊遁銅城徬。 Yisheng struck; allied troops followed up, burned rebel craft, and the enemy fled toward Tongcheng.

同治元年，追賊入巢湖，賊聚湖口以遏歸路，翼升掘堤岸引船出，反拊賊背夾擊，大敗之，城賊遁。 In Tongzhi year one he chased rebels into Chaohu; they clogged Hukou to cut his retreat. Yisheng breached the levee to float his boats out, hit them from behind in a pincer, and routed them; the garrison bolted.

四月，會攻金柱關，李朝斌臨上游，翼升等遏下游，賊牽於水師，不暇內顧。 In the fourth month they jointly assaulted Jinzhu Pass: Li Chaobin on the upper river, Yisheng on the lower. The rebels were pinned by the fleet and could not look inland.

翼升夜督隊逾壕，縱火焚西門，賊突出，揮士卒登岸短兵接，立克金柱關。 Yisheng led a night column over the ditch and torched the west gate; rebels poured out and he drove his men ashore in close combat, taking Jinzhu Pass at once.

時李鴻章至上海，規蘇、常，翼升移師會剿，詔署江南水師提督，松江、上海諸水軍悉歸節制。 Li Hongzhang had reached Shanghai to retake Suzhou and Changzhou; Yisheng shifted south to join him and was named acting Jiangnan naval commander, with every craft from Songjiang and Shanghai under his orders.

翼升所部十營，分二營駐浦口，四營駐揚州，親率四營，六月，抵松江，就上海增造舢板、飛劃諸船，移守青浦。 His ten battalions split—two at Pukou, four at Yangzhou, four with him. In the sixth month he reached Songjiang, ordered more sampans and flying-scull boats built in Shanghai, and moved to hold Qingpu.

賊酋譚紹光合嘉、湖、蘇、昆諸賊圖犯上海，屢撲青浦，翼升與陸軍合擊走之。 Tan Shaoguang rallied rebels from Jiaxing, Huzhou, Suzhou, and Kunshan to strike Shanghai and hammered Qingpu again and again; Yisheng and the land forces beat them back together.

賊繞犯北新涇大營，又走吳淞，翼升駛往，相持至夜，毀賊營七。 They swung at the Beixinjing headquarters, then slipped to Wusong; Yisheng raced there, fought through the night, and burned seven rebel camps.

翼升兵少，調揚州駐營來會剿。 Short-handed, he called up the Yangzhou garrison battalions.

鴻章約合攻黃渡，翼升由趙屯橋截擊，追至三江口，盡平沿岸橋、壘。 Hongzhang scheduled a joint strike on Huangdu; Yisheng cut them off at Zhaotun Bridge, chased them to Sanjiangkou, and flattened every bridge and redoubt along the bank.

常熟守賊駱國忠以城降，譚紹光來爭，陷福山，翼升赴援，進攻河西、白茅、徐六涇諸口。 Changshu's commander Luo Guozhong surrendered the city; Tan Shaoguang contested it and seized Fushan. Yisheng hurried to help and pushed the passes at Hexi, Baimao, and Xuliujing.

二年正月，翼升會常勝軍克福山，駱國忠見西山火起，突圍出，圍乃解。 In the first month of year two he and the Ever-Victorious Army took Fushan; Luo Guozhong saw flames on West Mountain, broke out, and the siege lifted.

楊舍汛為沿江衝要，賊守之以蔽江陰，翼升沿江兜剿，迭破援賊，克之。 Yangshe, a river choke point shielding Jiangyin, was held by rebels; Yisheng swept the shoreline, broke every relief column, and took it.

賊酋陳坤書來援，翼升扼江乾誘賊出戰，與郭松林、劉銘傳合擊，大破之。 Chen Kunshu marched to relieve; Yisheng held the bank to draw them out, then with Guo Songlin and Liu Mingchuan shattered the relief army.

九月，由無錫進攻蘇州，詔翼升赴臨淮會剿苗沛霖，鴻章疏留勿遣。 In the ninth month he pushed from Wuxi on Suzhou; the court ordered him to Linhuai against Miao Peilin, but Hongzhang pleaded to keep him.

是年冬，再克無錫，率五營赴臨淮，苗沛霖尋走死，餘黨瓦解，翼升仍回江蘇。 That winter Wuxi fell again; he took five battalions to Linhuai; Miao Peilin soon died in flight and his bands broke up, and Yisheng returned to Jiangsu.

翼升所授，當是新設，請敕部鑄頒新印。」 Yisheng's appointment must be a new establishment; please order the ministry to cast and issue a new seal."

會楊岳斌督師江西，翼升接統外江水師。 When Yang Yuebin took command in Jiangxi, Yisheng assumed the main-river fleet.

四年，詔翼升赴清江浦防捻匪，至則賊已敗竄山東，進駐邳、宿之間。 In year four he was ordered to Qingjiangpu against the Nian; the enemy had already broken toward Shandong, so he advanced between Pi and Su.

會僧格林沁戰歿，捻氛益熾，犯雉河，翼升駛援，賊又走。 After Sengge Rinchen's death the Nian flared hotter and struck Zhihe; Yisheng sailed to help and they scattered again.

六年，調守清江，東捻賴文光敗竄淮安，翼升督諸軍追擊，文光為道員吳毓蘭所擒。 In year six he was posted to Qingjiang; eastern Nian leader Lai Wenguang broke toward Huai'an; Yisheng led the pursuit and Wenguang was taken by circuit intendant Wu Yulan.

七年，西捻張總愚竄畿輔，諸軍為長圍困之，鴻章調翼升率師船入運河設防。 In year seven western Nian Zhang Zongyu broke into the capital approaches; allied columns penned him in a long cordon; Hongzhang sent Yisheng's fleet into the Grand Canal to block him.

張總愚奔至，冒官軍喚渡，翼升部將徐道奎察其偽，轟擊之，大軍環集，總愚溺水死。 Zongyu ran there disguised as government troops asking a ferry; Yisheng's officer Xu Daokui saw through it and opened fire; the main force closed the ring and Zongyu drowned.

長江水師營製定，仍以翼升為提督。 When the Yangtze river navy was formally organized, Yisheng remained its commander.

彭玉麟終制回籍，長江事宜悉付翼升主之。 After Peng Yulin finished mourning and went home, Yisheng took charge of all Yangtze affairs.

翼升以傷病請代奏乞退，詔斥馭軍不嚴，濫收候補將弁二百餘人之多，念前功，從寬免議，許其開缺回籍養疴。 Yisheng, pleading wounds and illness, had another submit his resignation; the throne rebuked his lax discipline and hoard of more than two hundred candidate officers, but spared him for past service and let him vacate his post to recover at home.

光緒十五年，皇太后歸政，以翼升舊勳，予議敘，繪像紫光閣。 In Guangxu fifteen, when the Empress Dowager handed back rule, Yisheng's old service earned him a merit review and a portrait in the Hall of Purple Splendor.

日本兵事起，翼升由岳州赴江寧籌江防，卒於軍，賜卹，諡武靖，立功地建專祠。 When war with Japan broke out he left Yuezhou for Jiangning to organize river defense and died on duty; the court granted mourning honors, posthumous name Wujing, and a shrine at the scene of his victories.

咸豐十年，從黃翼升破賊殷家匯，樅陽，遂歸其部下。 In Xianfeng ten he followed Huang Yisheng at Yinjiahui and Zongyang and then transferred to his command.

從黃翼升援上海，迭破賊北新涇、四江口，敗援賊於江陰，賜號敢勇巴圖魯。 With Huang Yisheng he relieved Shanghai, cleared Beixinjing and Sikoujiang, and beat relief forces at Jiangyin, earning the title Ganyong Baturu.

七年，從黃翼升赴直隸防運河。 In year seven he followed Huang Yisheng to Zhili to guard the Grand Canal.

十一年，彭玉麟整頓長江水師，罷提督黃翼升，薦成謀樸誠堪膺重任，即以代之。 In year eleven Peng Yulin reorganized the Yangtze fleet, removed Huang Yisheng, praised Chengmou's integrity, and put him in command instead.

朝斌一師，原為規复江、浙而設，九洑洲既克，會黃翼升淮揚水師同援上海，由長江直下，與總兵程學啟會師夾浦，督水師百艘攻沿湖賊壘，下之，進破澹台湖賊壘； Chaobin's division had been raised to retake Jiangsu and Zhejiang; after Jiufuzhou he joined Huang Yisheng's Huaiyang fleet for Shanghai, ran down the Yangtze, met Cheng Xueqi at Jiapu, led a hundred boats against lakeside forts, took them, and stormed the Tantai Lake redoubt;

黃翼升、李朝斌當其任。 Huang Yisheng and Li Chaobin held those commands.

其後設長江水師為經制，翼升與李成謀迭相更代，為東南重鎮。 The Yangtze navy was then made a standing force; Yisheng and Li Chengmou alternated in command as the southeast's main river power.

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銘傳進北漍攻其左，松林進南漍攻其右，周盛波等進麥市橋為中路，黃翼升以水師助之。 Mingchuan pushed on Beigang against their left flank, Songlin on Nangang against their right, Zhou Shengbo and others up the center at Maishi Bridge, and Huang Yisheng's fleet supported from the water.

鴻章令潘鼎新、劉銘傳、張樹珊以三千人趨福山，與黃翼升水師並進。 Hongzhang sent Pan Dingxin, Liu Mingchuan, and Zhang Shushan with three thousand men to Fushan, marching in concert with Huang Yisheng's fleet.

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俄偽慕王譚紹光復來犯，薄西門，與總兵黃翼升各軍擊之，賊潰，奔北岸，華爾毀其七營。 Soon the Taiping commander Tan Shaoguang attacked again and pressed the west gate; Ward joined Major General Huang Yisheng's forces in driving the rebels back across the north bank and destroying seven of their camps.