Qing · General

Lebao 勒保

Attested AD 1736 - AD 1820

Passages: 6
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Lebao as a general, military officer, official, and strategist. This record brings together 6 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	Lebao	勒保	Lebao
Personal name	Lebao	勒保	Lebao
Personal name	Lebao	勒保	Lèbǎo

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0038, qingshigao:392:s0113

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official
Strategist

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 乾、嘉時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1736 · End: AD 1820
Explicit · qingshigao:392:s0113
Source Date: Text: 嘉慶元年 · Western Year: AD 1796
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:340:s0030, qingshigao:340:s0038
Source Date: Text: 嘉慶四年 · Western Year: AD 1799
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:355:s0018

Career and standing

Label: commander-in-chief / 統領 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:340:s0038

Places and affiliations

Polity: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:392:s0113

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 340Volume 340 Biographies 127: Wang Jie, Dong Gao, Zhu Gui · 1 passage

勒保雖為統領，而統兵大員名位相等，人人得專摺奏事，於是賊至則畏避不前，賊去則捏稱得勝。 Although Lebao was commander-in-chief, the senior field commanders were equal in rank; each could memorialize the throne directly—so when rebels came they hung back, and when rebels left they claimed victories they had not won.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 355Volume 355 Biographies 142: Kui Lun, Guang Xing, Chu Peng Ling · 4 passages

魁倫屢於上前自稱昔治四川啯匪功，謂賊不難辦，請赴軍前，時上督責諸將平賊甚急，經略勒保未稱帝意，命魁倫赴四川，逮勒保治罪，即代署總督，駐達州治軍餉。 Before the throne Kui Lun often boasted of his earlier success against the Gelo bandits in Sichuan, claiming the rebels would be easy to crush, and begged to take the field. The emperor was then urgently pressing his generals to end the rebellion; Commander-in-Chief Lebao had failed to please him. Kui Lun was sent to Sichuan, Lebao was arrested for punishment, and Kui Lun immediately became acting governor-general, basing himself at Dazhou to oversee army provisions.

勒保獲譴由蜚語，既就逮，所部訴其冤，乞代奏，魁倫稍稍為置辯，終以玩誤軍務讞擬重闢，軍心因之渙散，不為用。 Lebao’s disgrace sprang from slander; after his arrest his troops protested his innocence and asked that their plea be forwarded. Kui Lun offered a measure of defense, yet the final verdict still charged him with bungling the campaign and recommended the heaviest penalty. Morale collapsed and the army would not follow Kui Lun.

復起勒保為四川提督，偕德楞泰進剿川西、川北。 Lebao was restored as Sichuan provincial military commissioner and marched with Delin Tai to suppress the west and north of the province.

四月，賊伺川西備嚴，乘間竄渡潼河，焚太和，逼成都，上怒魁倫屢失機縱賊，褫職逮問，命勒保代署總督。 In the fourth month the rebels, finding western Sichuan well defended, stole across the Tong River, burned Taihe, and threatened Chengdu. The emperor raged that Kui Lun had again lost his chance and let them escape, stripped him and ordered his arrest, and appointed Lebao acting governor-general.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 392Volume 392 Biographies 179: Sai Shang A, Ne Er Jing E · 1 passage

乾、嘉時，如阿桂、福康安、勒保、額勒登保等，皆胸有韜略，功在旂常。 Under Qianlong and Jiaqing, men such as Agui, Fukang'an, Lebao, and Eledengbao were all skilled strategists whose achievements were entered in the court's rolls of honor.