Qing · Official

Kai Tai 開泰

Kaitai

Attested AD 1762 - AD 1763

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Kai Tai was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1762 to AD 1763 金川再亂
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 326, passage 221

Assessments and attributes

Assessment advocated letting natives fight natives and hesitated until the moment was lost · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 326, passage 221

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 326Volume 326 Biographies 113: Kai Tai, A Er Tai, Gui Lin, Wen Fu · 2 passages

論曰：金川再亂，開泰、阿爾泰皆主以番攻番，遲回坐誤。 Commentary: When Jinchuan rebelled again, both Kai Tai and Aertai advocated letting natives fight natives, hesitating until the moment for action was lost.

溫福銳進，似勝開泰輩，乃又剛愎，有董天弼不能用，予兵至少，令僻處軍後，卒致僨潰，徒以身殉，豈不惜哉？ Wen Fu pressed forward boldly, seeming to surpass Kai Tai and his like, yet he was also stubborn; he had Dong Tianbi but would not use him, gave him too few troops, and posted him in a remote rear position—at last bringing on total collapse and dying alone for nothing. Is it not lamentable?