Kuo Er Kun (擴爾坤) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Kuo Er Kun as a general and military officer. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Kuo Er Kun	擴爾坤	Kuò'ěrkūn
Personal name	Kuo Er Kun	擴爾坤
Clan or house name		薩克達氏	Sakda shi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:259:s0111

Roles

General
Military Officer

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十四年 · Western Year: AD 1675 · Cause: wounded and fell in battle / 力戰中創，殞於陣
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:259:s0129

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 康熙初至十四年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1662 · End: AD 1675
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:259:s0119, qingshigao:259:s0129

Family

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Descendant of Yegude (葉古德)
Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Child of Xifu (喜福)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Sunzhaqi (遜扎齊)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Origins and identity

Label: Manchu / 滿洲
Explicit · qingshigao:259:s0111

Career and standing

Label: Mongol deputy commander of the Bordered Red Banner / 鑲紅旗蒙古副都統 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙初 · Western Year: AD 1662
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:259:s0119
Label: niru commander / 牛錄額真 · Action: appointed
Explicit · qingshigao:259:s0117
Label: imperial sacrifices and burial / 賜祭葬 · Action: bestowed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十四年 · Western Year: AD 1675
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:259:s0129
Title: third-class Ashan i hafan / 三等阿思哈尼哈番 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十四年 · Western Year: AD 1675
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:259:s0129

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:259:s0111
Place: Namudulu / 那穆都魯
Explicit · qingshigao:259:s0111
Organization: Bordered Red Banner / 鑲紅旗 · Relation: member-of
Explicit · qingshigao:259:s0111

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Wu Zhimao (吳之茂) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十三年至十四年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1674 · End: AD 1675
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:259:s0123, qingshigao:259:s0128

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 259Volume 259 Biographies 46: Yi Li Bu, Ha Ke San, A Er Hu, Lu Shen, Ya Ji, Kuo Er Kun, Wang Chengye · 8 passages

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擴爾坤，薩克達氏，滿洲鑲紅旗人，世居那穆都魯。 Kuo Er Kun, of the Sakda clan, was a Manchu of the Bordered Red Banner from Namudulu.

擴爾坤初授牛錄額真。 Kuo Er Kun began as company commander.

三桂將吳之茂犯廣元，遣兵敗之，復分水陸兼進，又擊之敗去。 Sangui's general Wu Zhimao attacked Guangyuan; Kuo Er Kun defeated him by land and water and drove him off.

之茂遣裨將賀騰龍劫糧二郎關，擴爾坤馳擊，獲騰龍。 Zhimao sent He Tenglong to raid supplies at Erlang Pass; Kuo Er Kun rode hard, attacked, and captured him.

之茂復遣裨將何德成犯廣元，分兵渡河擊卻之，逐北三十餘裡。 Zhimao sent He Decheng against Guangyuan; Kuo Er Kun crossed the river, repulsed him, and pursued more than thirty li.

十四年，漢中乏餉，將軍錫卜臣領兵還城固，擴爾坤率右翼兵殿後。 In Kangxi 14 (1675) Hanzhong ran short of supplies. General Xibuchen withdrew to Chenggu while Kuo Er Kun covered the rear with the right wing.

三桂將彭時亨等擁眾八千據險邀阻，擴爾坤擊潰之，且戰且行三晝夜，次洋縣金水河，七戰皆捷。 Peng Shiheng and eight thousand men blocked the route. Kuo Er Kun routed them, fighting three days and nights to Jinshui River in Yang County, winning seven battles in succession.

諸軍前行，仍令擴爾坤殿，俄賊環偪，力戰中創，殞於陣，賜祭葬，進世職三等阿思哈尼哈番。 The main force marched on while Kuo Er Kun again covered the rear. Rebels surrounded him; he fought on, was wounded, and fell. The court granted sacrifices and burial and raised his hereditary rank to third-class Ashan i hafan.