Qing · Official and General

Le Bao 勒保

Attested AD 1798 - AD 1799

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Le Bao was an official and General.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1798 前年總督勒保至川
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 212
AD 1799 嘉慶四年春
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 356, passages 214, 220

Career and standing

Governor-General 總督
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 212

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 212
At Sichuan 川 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 212

Events and relationships

Condemned predecessors in proclamations
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 212
Jointly clear each province
Military · Proposed colleague
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 220

Assessments and attributes

Assessment earnest-but-may-be-hamstrung · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Gu Jiqi (谷際岐)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 214

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 356Volume 356 Biographies 143: Hong Liangji, Guan Shiming, Gu Jiqi, Li Zhongzhao, Shi Chengzao · 3 passages

'前年總督勒保至川，大張告示，痛責前任之失，是其明證。 The year before, when Governor-General Le Bao reached Sichuan, he put up broad proclamations bitterly condemning his predecessors' failures—that itself was proof enough.

今宜綿、惠齡、秦承恩縱慢於左，景安怯玩於右，勒保縱能實力剿捕，陝、楚賊多，起滅無時，則勒保終將掣肘。 Yi Mian, Hui Ling, and Qin Cheng'en are slack and negligent on one flank; Jing An is timid and indifferent on the other. Even if Le Bao fights in earnest, rebels in Shaanxi and Hubei rise and fall without end, and Le Bao will in the end be hamstrung.

請旨懲究，另選能臣，與勒保會同各清本境，則軍令風行，賊必授首。 I beg Your Majesty to punish and investigate, choose other able men, and send them with Le Bao to pacify each province in its own territory. Then army orders will run like the wind, and the rebels will surely lose their heads.