Li Hengsong (李恆嵩)

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Hengsong as a military officer. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Li Hengsong	李恆嵩	Li Hengsong
Personal	Li Hengsong	李恆嵩	Lǐ Héngsōng
Given		恆嵩	Héngsōng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0025

Roles

Military Officer

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 同治元年 · Western Year: AD 1862
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:435:s0025, qingshigao:435:s0018

Career and standing

Label: Assistant General / 參將 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0025

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0025

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: deputy · Action: served-under-Ward · Other Person Id: Ward (華爾)
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0025

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 435Volume 435 Biographies 222: Hua Er, Lei Bo Lei Dong, Fa Er Di Fu, Ge Deng, Ri Yi Ge, De Ke Bei, He De, Bo Li · 3 passages

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會李鴻章帥師至滬，乃隸戲下，令立常勝軍，益募兵三千俾教練，參將李恆嵩副之，餉倍發。 When Li Hongzhang brought his army to Shanghai, Ward entered his service; Li formed the Ever Victorious Army, added three thousand recruits for Ward to drill, appointed Assistant General Li Hengsong as his second, and doubled the corps' pay.

時恆嵩扼趙屯港、四江口，屢失利，嘉、青复危。 Li Hengsong held Zhaotun Harbor and Sikou River but met repeated defeats, and Jiading and Qingpu were threatened once more.

譚紹光構悍賊來爭，與諸軍大破之，薄昆城，偕李恆嵩夾擊，賊酋偽朝將先期逸去。 Tan Shaoguang rallied fierce rebel troops to meet them; Gordon and the allied armies routed them, closed on Kunshan, and with Li Hengsong attacked from both sides while the rebel commander, the false Court General, had already fled.