Qing · Official and General

Li Xingyuan 李星沅

Lǐ Xīngyuán

Died AD 1851

Passages
22
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Xingyuan as a general, official, and statesman. This record brings together 22 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Li Xingyuan 李星沅 Lǐ Xīngyuán
Surname Li Li
Personal name Li Xingyuan 李星沅 Lǐ Xīngyuán
Personal Li Xingyuan 李星沅 Li Xingyuan
Courtesy Shiwo 石梧 Shiwo
Posthumous Wengong 文恭 Wengong
Given Xingyuan 星沅 Xingyuan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Place: in the army / 於軍 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐元年 · Western Year: AD 1851
  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐元年四月 · Western Year: AD 1851 · Place: Wuxuan / 武宣 · Manner: died of illness in camp / 力疾卒於軍

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Mother of Li Xingyuan
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
  • Parent of Li Huan (李桓)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Title: acting governor-general of Shaanxi-Gansu / 陝甘總督 · Action: acted-as · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十二年 · Western Year: AD 1842
  • Title: acting governor of Yunnan / 雲南巡撫 · Action: acted-as · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1846
  • Title: director-general of rivers / 河督 · Action: acted-as
  • Title: Imperial Commissioner / 欽差大臣 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光三十年 · Western Year: AD 1850
  • Title: governor of Shaanxi / 陝西巡撫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十二年 · Western Year: AD 1842
  • Title: governor of Jiangsu / 江蘇巡撫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十五年 · Western Year: AD 1845
  • Title: governor-general of Yunnan-Guizhou / 雲貴總督 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1846
  • Title: Hanlin compiler / 編修 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光十二年 · Western Year: AD 1832
  • Title: Guangdong provincial education commissioner / 廣東學政 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光十五年 · Western Year: AD 1835
  • Title: governor-general of the Two Jiangs / 兩江總督 · Action: appointed
  • Title: Henan grain intendant / 河南糧道 · Action: appointed
  • Title: Jiangsu provincial judicial commissioner / 江蘇按察使 · Action: appointed
  • Title: Jiangsu provincial treasurer / 江蘇布政使 · Action: appointed
  • Title: Jiangxi provincial treasurer / 江西布政使 · Action: appointed
  • Title: prefect of Hanzhong / 陝西漢中知府 · Action: appointed
  • Title: Shaanxi provincial judicial commissioner / 陝西按察使 · Action: appointed
  • Title: Sichuan provincial judicial commissioner / 四川按察使 · Action: appointed
  • Title: peacock feather / 花翎 · Action: bestowed
  • Title: Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent / 太子太保 · Action: conferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十七年 · Western Year: AD 1847
  • Title: Wengong / 文恭 · Action: posthumous-name
  • Status: leave-of-absence · Action: requested
  • Label: rebuke for shirking responsibility / 詔斥推諉 · Action: rebuked

Places and affiliations

  • Polity: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
  • Place: Xiangyin, Hunan / 湖南湘陰
  • Place: Wuxuan / 武宣 · Relation: traveled-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐元年四月 · Western Year: AD 1851
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:393:s0053
  • Place: Liuzhou, Guangxi / 廣西柳州 · Relation: posted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光三十年十二月 · Western Year: AD 1850

Learning and skills

  • Credential: jinshi / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光十二年 · Western Year: AD 1832
  • Skill: drafting memorials / 掌章奏 · Level: experienced

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: loyal and diligent but did not grasp military essentials · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Assessment: unequal-to-the-task · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 392Volume 392 Biographies 179: Sai Shang A, Ne Er Jing E · 4 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 393Volume 393 Biographies 180: Li Xingyuan, Zhou Tianjue, Lao Chongguang · 18 passages