Overview
The translated histories identify Lao Chongguang as an administrator, official, and statesman. This record brings together 25 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Lao Chongguang | 勞崇光 | Lao Chongguang |
| Given | Chongguang | 崇光 | Chongguang |
| Given | Chongguang | 崇光 | |
| Personal name | Chongguang | 崇光 | Chongguang |
| Surname | Lao | 勞 | Lao |
| Personal name | Lao Chongguang | 勞崇光 | |
| Personal name | Lao Chongguang | 勞崇光 | Lao Chongguang |
| Posthumous | Wenyi | 文毅 | Wenyi |
| Courtesy | Xingai | 辛陔 | Xingai |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · qingshigao:393:s0115, qingshigao:423:s0015
- Sex: maleExplicit · qingshigao:396:s0122
Roles
- Administrator
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同治六年 · Western Year: AD 1867Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0168
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 同治三年 · Western Year: AD 1864Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0162
- Source Date: Text: 同治二年 · Western Year: AD 1863Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:396:s0106, qingshigao:396:s0122
- Source Date: Text: 同治二年前後 · Western Year: AD 1863Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:423:s0109
- Source Date: Text: 同治五年 · Western Year: AD 1866Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0167, qingshigao:396:s0123
- Source Date: Text: 同治元年 · Western Year: AD 1862Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0157
- Source Date: Text: 同治六年 · Western Year: AD 1867Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0168
- Source Date: Text: 同治四年 · Western Year: AD 1865Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0166
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐七年 · Western Year: AD 1857Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0148
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐九年 · Western Year: AD 1859Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0150
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年 · Western Year: AD 1852Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0132
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐元年 · Western Year: AD 1851Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0095, qingshigao:393:s0129
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐八年 · Western Year: AD 1858Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0149
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐十一年 · Western Year: AD 1861Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0156
- Source Date: Text: 道光三十年 · Western Year: AD 1850Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0122
- Source Date: Text: 道光二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1841Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0116
- Source Date: Text: 道光二十九年 · Western Year: AD 1849Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0120
- Source Date: Text: 道光二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1848Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0118
- Source Date: Text: 道光十二年 · Western Year: AD 1832Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0115
Career and standing
- Title: acting governor-general of the Two Guangs / 兩廣總督 · Action: acted-as · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐九年 · Western Year: AD 1859Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0150
- Title: acting governor of Guangxi / 廣西巡撫 · Action: acted-asExplicit · qingshigao:393:s0126
- Title: governor of Guangdong / 廣東巡撫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐九年 · Western Year: AD 1859Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0150
- Title: governor-general of the Two Guangs / 兩廣總督 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐九年 · Western Year: AD 1859Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0150, qingshigao:393:s0153
- Title: provincial treasurer of Guangxi / 廣西布政使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光三十年 · Western Year: AD 1850Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0122
- Title: prefect of Pingyang / 山西平陽知府 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1841Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0116
- Title: Hubei provincial treasurer / 湖北布政使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十九年 · Western Year: AD 1849Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0120
- Title: Hanlin compiler / 編修 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光十二年 · Western Year: AD 1832Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0115
- Label: governor-general / 總督 · Action: appointedExplicit · qingshigao:396:s0122
- Title: governor of Guangxi / 廣西巡撫 · Action: appointedExplicit · qingshigao:393:s0134
- Title: governor-general of Yunnan-Guizhou / 雲貴總督 · Action: appointedExplicit · qingshigao:393:s0159
- Title: Guangxi judicial commissioner / 廣西按察使 · Action: appointedExplicit · qingshigao:393:s0117
- Title: Jining circuit intendant / 冀寧道 · Action: appointedExplicit · qingshigao:393:s0117
- Title: prefect of Taiyuan / 太原知府 · Action: appointedExplicit · qingshigao:393:s0117
- Title: peacock feather / 花翎 · Action: bestowedExplicit · qingshigao:393:s0121
- Title: Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent / 太子太保 · Action: conferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同治六年 · Western Year: AD 1867Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0169
- Title: Wenyi / 文毅 · Action: posthumous-nameExplicit · qingshigao:393:s0169
- Label: demoted three ranks for failure to detect corruption / 降三級調用 · Action: demoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同治元年 · Western Year: AD 1862Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0157
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Qing / 清 · Relation: servedExplicit · qingshigao:393:s0115
- Place: Shanhua, Hunan / 湖南善化Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0114
Learning and skills
- Credential: jinshi / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光十二年 · Western Year: AD 1832Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0115
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured Qujing; executed Ma Rong and Ma Liansheng · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同治四年春 · Western Year: AD 1865 · Other Person Ids: Ma Rong (馬榮), Ma Liansheng (馬連升)Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0166
- Kind: administrative · Role: remote-director · Action: directed Yunnan military from Guiyang; entered Yunnan in Tongzhi 5 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同治五年 · Western Year: AD 1866Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0123
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: drove Shi Dakai remnants from Suiyang · Other Person Id: Shi Dakai (石達開)Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0161
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: enrolled Zhang Jiaxiang and renamed him Guoliang · Other Person Id: Zhang Guoliang (張國樑)Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0125
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: entered Guangzhou while British still occupied the city · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐九年 · Western Year: AD 1859Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0152
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: envoy · Action: mission to Vietnam to confer investiture · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1848Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0118
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: pacified Li Yuanfa rebellion in Xinning theater · Other Person Id: Li Yuanfa (李沅發) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十九年 · Western Year: AD 1849Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0120, qingshigao:393:s0121
- Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Zhang Guoliang (張國樑)Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0125
- Relation: recommended-by · Person Id: Wu Wenrong (吳文鎔)Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0134
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: resourceful; walked among tigers without being bitten · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · qingshigao:393:s0175
- Assessment: steadfast and capable; held office in the Two Guangs and Yunnan-Guizhou without shunning hardship · Provenance: Mode: edictExplicit · qingshigao:393:s0169
References in the histories
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