Lan Yuanmei (藍元枚)

Overview

Lan Yuanmei was a general.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Jianhou	簡侯	Jianhou
Posthumous name	Xiangyi	襄毅	Xiangyi
Nickname	Little Xiangyi	小襄毅	Xiao Xiangyi

Life and dates

Death

AD 1787 八月
At in camp 於軍 · Died of illness after forcing himself into battle
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 92

Attested activity

AD 1787 七月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 75, 90
AD 1766 乾隆三十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 72
AD 1787 五十二年正月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 75
AD 1787 八月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 75, 91-92
AD 1787 六月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 75, 79
AD 1784 四十九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 74

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Lan Tingzhen (藍廷珍)
grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Lan Richong (藍日寵)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 69
Kin of Qineng (啟能)
clansman 族人 · paternal line
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 85
Child of Lan Richong (藍日寵)
father 父
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 70

Kinship Role clansmen · Count 79 · Kinship Term kinsmen 族人
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 85

Career and standing

acting Fujian land-forces commander-in-chief 署福建陸路提督
AD 1787 五十二年正月 · Acting appointment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 75
naval commander-in-chief 水師提督
AD 1787 五十二年 · Appointed in place of · Predecessor Person Id Huang Shijian (黃仕簡)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 78
deputy commander of the Haimen camp 海門營參將
AD 1766 乾隆三十一年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 72
outer-sea naval deputy commander 外海水師參將
AD 1766 乾隆三十一年 · Appointed · At Guangdong 廣東
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 72
campaign assistant (canzan) 參贊
AD 1787 五十二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 78
Jiangnan commander-in-chief 江南提督
AD 1784 四十九年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 74

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garrison commander-in-chief 總兵
Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 73
third-class chariot commandant 三等輕車都尉
Inherited · Hereditary true
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 71
peacock feather 孔雀翎
AD 1787 五十二年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 78
imperial sacrifices and burial 賜祭葬
AD 1787 八月 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 92
posthumous name Xiangyi 諡襄毅
AD 1787 八月 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 92
double-eyed peacock feather 雙眼孔雀翎
AD 1787 六月 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 80
Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent 太子太保
AD 1787 八月 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 92

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 69
At Zhangpu, Fujian 福建漳浦
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 69
AD 1766 乾隆三十一年
At Guangdong 廣東 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 72
AD 1766 乾隆三十一年
At Haimen 海門 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 72
AD 1787 五十二年
At Fuzhou 福州 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 76
AD 1787 五十二年正月
At Hanjiang 蚶江 · Relation Encamped at
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 75

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AD 1787 五十二年正月
At Quanzhou 泉州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 75
At Kinmen 金門 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 73
At Susong 蘇松 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 73
At Taiwan 台灣 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 73

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Paraphrased · Addressed to 上
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 81, 86
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · Addressed to 上
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 76

Events and relationships

Advanced and burned rebel villages
AD 1787 五十二年 · Military · Commander · At Xiluo 西螺
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 84
Fell ill
AD 1787 七月 · Medical · Patient
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 90
Fought and killed rebels
AD 1787 五十二年 · Military · Commander · At Adongshe, Pitouzhuang, and Dadu Creek 阿棟社、埤頭莊、大肚溪
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 83
Fought despite illness
AD 1787 八月 · Military · Commander · At Zhuzijiao, Dadu Creek, and Chaikengzi 竹子腳、大肚溪、柴坑仔
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 91-92
Joined forces and attacked
AD 1787 六月 · Military · Commander · With Pu Jibao (普吉保) · At Lugang 鹿仔港
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 79
Killed many rebels
AD 1787 六月 · Military · Commander · At Chaikengzi and Dawulong 柴坑仔、大武隴
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 79

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Ordered to cross at Lugang
AD 1787 五十二年 · Military · Commander · At Lugang 鹿仔港
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 78
Proposed joint assault on Douliumen
AD 1787 五十二年 · Military · Commander · With Chai Daji (柴大紀) · At Douliumen 鬥六門
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 82
AD 1787 五十二年
Relation Joined in campaign · Person Chang Qing (常青)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 78

Assessments and attributes

AD 1787 五十二年
Item brocade python robe 緙絲蟒袍 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 87
AD 1787 五十二年
Item imperial purse 上佩荷包 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 87
AD 1787 八月
Item one thousand taels of silver for funeral expenses 白金千兩 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 92

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 69
posthumous name matched Tingzhen; contemporaries called him Little Xiangyi to distinguish them
With Lan Tingzhen (藍廷珍)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 93

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 328Volume 328 Biographies 115: Chang Qing, Lan Yuanmei, Cai Panlong, Liang Chaogui, Pu Ji Bao, Ding Chaoxiong, E Hui, Shu Liang · 14 passages

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藍元枚，字簡侯，福建漳浦人，提督廷珍孫。 Lan Yuanmei (style Jianhou), a native of Zhangpu in Fujian, was grandson of commander Tingzhen.

元枚襲三等輕車都尉世職。 Yuanmei inherited the hereditary rank of third-class chariot commandant.

五十二年正月，台灣民林爽文為亂，命元枚馳驛往泉州，署福建陸路提督，駐蚶江策應。 In the first month of Qianlong 52 (1787) Lin Shuangwen rebelled in Taiwan; Yuanmei was rushed to Quanzhou as acting Fujian land-forces commander, encamping at Hanjiang to support the campaign.

水師提督黃仕簡率兵討爽文，坐逗留奪官，以命元枚，並賜孔雀翎，授參贊，趣率兵渡鹿仔港，會總督常青進討。 Naval commander Huang Shijian had been dismissed for delay against Shuangwen; Yuanmei replaced him, received the peacock feather and a staff role, and was urged to cross at Lugang and join governor-general Chang Qing.

六月，元枚率兵次鹿仔港，與總兵普吉保師會，即夜，師分道自柴坑仔、大武隴入，殺賊甚眾。 In the sixth month Yuanmei reached Lugang, united with commander Pu Jibao, and that night their columns entered by Chaikengzi and Dawulong, killing many rebels.

元枚所將止浙江兵二千，奏請益師，上命總督李侍堯發福建兵二千、廣東兵三千益元枚。 Yuanmei had only two thousand Zhejiang troops; he asked for reinforcements, and the emperor ordered governor-general Li Shiyao to send two thousand from Fujian and three thousand from Guangdong.

時總兵柴大紀堅守諸羅，元枚使告大紀，期會兵攻鬥六門。 Commander Chai Daji was holding Zhuluo under siege; Yuanmei sent word to coordinate a joint assault on Douliumen.

元枚族人啟能等七十九人自賊中出，使為導。 Seventy-nine of Yuanmei's kinsmen, including Qineng, escaped from rebel lines and served as guides.

元枚奏聞，並言如察出啟能等已從賊，當立誅。 Yuanmei reported this and pledged that if Qineng and the others were found to have served the rebels, he would have them executed immediately.

諸羅被圍已兩月，大紀屢就告急，上屢趣元枚赴援，諭：「廷珍平硃一貴，七日而事定。 Zhuluo had been under siege for two months and Daji pleaded for help repeatedly; the emperor pressed Yuanmei to relieve the city, saying: "Your grandfather Tingzhen put down Zhu Yigui in seven days.

元枚當效法其祖，毋負委任。」 Yuanmei should follow his grandfather's example and not betray the trust placed in him."

七月，元枚病作。 In the seventh month Yuanmei fell ill.

元枚力疾出戰，病益劇，越十日，卒於軍，贈太子太保，發白金千兩治喪，賜祭葬，諡襄毅。 Yuanmei dragged himself into battle despite fever; ten days later he died in camp. He was posthumously made grand guardian of the heir apparent, given a thousand taels for his funeral, granted state burial rites, and honored as Xiangyi.

元枚諡同廷珍，時稱小襄毅以別之。 His posthumous name matched his grandfather's, and contemporaries called him "Little Xiangyi" to distinguish the two.