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Li Dingguo was an Adoptive Son of Zhang Xianzhong.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 248Volume 248 Biographies 35: Xu Dingguo, Zuo Menggeng, Tian Xiong, Zhang Tianlu, Sun Kewang · 6 passages
從張獻忠為賊，與李定國、劉文秀、艾能奇並為獻忠養子。
He followed Zhang Xianzhong in rebellion, and together with Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi was adopted as Xianzhong's son.
可望與定國等率殘眾南竄，道重慶、綦江、遵義入貴陽。
Kewang, Dingguo, and the others led the remnant forces south through Chongqing, Qijiang, and Zunyi into Guiyang.
可望入雲南會城，遣定國徇迤東，而與文秀率兵西出，得副使楊畏知，相誓扶明室，與俱至楚雄，略迤西諸府。
Kewang entered the Yunnan provincial capital, sent Dingguo to secure the eastern circuit, and marched west with Wenxiu. He won over Vice Commissioner Yang Weizhi, and together they swore to restore the Ming. They advanced to Chuxiong and subdued the prefectures of the western circuit.
定國亦定迤東諸府。
Dingguo likewise pacified the prefectures of the eastern circuit.
定國、文秀故等夷，不為可望下。
Dingguo and Wenxiu had originally been his equals and would not bow to Kewang.
可望假事杖定國，欲以威眾，隙益深。
Kewang used a pretext to have Dingguo beaten with the staff, hoping to intimidate the others. The breach between them only deepened.