Li Yuandu (李元度) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Yuandu was an official, General, and Writer.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1887 十三年
At in office 於官
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 269

Attested activity

AD 1882 光緒八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 267
AD 1887 十三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 269
AD 1860 十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 250
AD 1862 同治初
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 266
AD 1861 杭州陷
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 432, passages 257-262, 264-265

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Li Yuandu
mother 母 · maternal line
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 267

Career and standing

acting provincial administration commissioner 署布政使
AD 1861 杭州陷 · Acted as
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 258
brevet provincial administration commissioner 布政使銜
AD 1860 十年 · Added
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 256
provincial surveillance commissioner of Guizhou 貴州按察使
AD 1882 光緒八年後服闋 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 268
Ningchi-Tai circuit intendant of Anhui 安徽寧池太道
AD 1860 十年 · Appointed · At Huizhou 徽州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 250
Zhejiang salt transport commissioner 浙江鹽運使
AD 1861 杭州陷 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 258
provincial surveillance commissioner of Yunnan 雲南按察使
AD 1862 同治初 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 266

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brevet provincial surveillance commissioner 按察使銜
AD 1860 十年 · Restored
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 256
original office restored 復原官
AD 1862 同治初 · Restored
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 266
provincial administration commissioner of Guizhou 貴州布政使
AD 1882 光緒八年後服闋 · Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 268
Received
AD 1860 十年 · Arrest ordered · Authority Zeng Guofan (曾國籓)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 254
Received
AD 1860 十年 · Stripped of office · Authority Zeng Guofan (曾國籓)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 254
Received
AD 1861 杭州陷 · Stripped of office · Authority Zeng Guofan (曾國籓)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 259
Received
AD 1861 杭州陷 · Under investigation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 260
Received
AD 1861 杭州陷後 · Pardoned
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 265
Sentenced
AD 1861 杭州陷 · Exile
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 264

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 250
AD 1860 十年
At Huizhou 徽州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 250
AD 1860 十年
At Liuyang 瀏陽 · Relation Defended
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 256
AD 1860 十年
Organization Anyue Army 安越軍 · Relation Commander of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 255

Learning and skills

Skill military theory 兵 · Level fond-of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 270
Skill literary composition 文章 · Level gifted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 270

Works and attributed material

Collected Writings from the Tianyue Mountain Studio 天嶽山館文集
Relation Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 271
Records of Former Worthies 先正事略
Relation Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 271

Events and relationships

Defeated rebels
AD 1860 十年 · Military · Commander · At Liuyang 瀏陽
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 256
Held
AD 1861 杭州陷 · Military · Defender · At Quzhou 衢州 · With Li Ding (李定)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 258
Marched into
AD 1861 杭州陷 · Military · Commander · At Zhejiang 浙
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 258
Observed mourning
AD 1882 光緒八年 · Ritual · Mourner
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 267
Raised army
AD 1860 十年 · Military · Recruiter · Organization Anyue Army 安越軍
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 255
Retreated
AD 1860 十年 · Military · Commander · At prefectural seat of Huizhou 郡城
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 253

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Sent relief
AD 1860 十年 · Military · Commander · At Congshan Pass, Jixi 績溪叢山關
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passages 251-252
Suppressed sect rebels
AD 1862 同治初 · Military · Commander · At Guizhou 貴州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 266
Relation Recommended by · Person Peng Yulin (彭玉麟)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 265
Relation Recommended by · Person Li Hongzhang (李鴻章)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 265
Relation Recommended by · Person Bao Chao (鮑超)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 265
Relation Placed under orders of · Person Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 259
Relation Recommended by · Person Shen Baozhen (沈葆楨)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 265
Relation Requested for service by · Person Wang Youling (王有齡)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 255
Relation Commander of · Person Shan Suifu (單綏福)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 252
Relation Commander of · Person Tong Meihua (童梅華)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 252
Relation Colleague of · Person Li Ding (李定)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 258

Assessments and attributes

Assessment a literary man whose deeds fell short of his words, yet the army still respected his long service · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 275
Assessment as a field commander he often failed · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 270
Assessment fell and rose again · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 274
Assessment Hangzhou did not fall because he lingered; after losing office he demanded pay and tried to leave without regard to the larger situation · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passages 262-263
Assessment Huizhou loss excusable because he had only just arrived · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Zeng Guofan (曾國籓)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 261

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 432Volume 432 Biographies 219: Xiao Qijiang, Zhang Yunlan, Tang Xunfang, Jiang Ningxue, Chen Shi, Li Yuandu · 9 passages

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十年，曾國籓督師皖南，調元度安徽寧池太道，防徽州。 In 1860 Zeng Guofan directed operations in southern Anhui and transferred Yuandu to the Ningchi-Tai circuit intendant post to defend Huizhou.

賊趨郡城，元度退走。 The rebels marched on the prefectural seat and Yuandu fell back.

會浙江巡撫王有齡奏調援浙，元度不待命，回籍募勇八千，號安越軍。 When Governor Wang Youling of Zhejiang requested him for the relief of Zhejiang, Yuandu did not wait for orders, went home, raised eight thousand men as the Anyue Army.

元度率軍入浙，與李定太守衢州，授浙江鹽運使，署布政使。 Yuandu marched into Zhejiang, joined Li Ding in holding Quzhou, was made salt transport commissioner of Zhejiang, and served as acting provincial administration commissioner.

國籓以元度罪未定，不聽勘遽回籍，复劾革職，交左宗棠差遣。 Guofan, holding that Yuandu's case was unsettled, objected to his leaving for home, impeached him again, stripped his rank, and placed him under Zuo Zongtang's orders.

國籓奏：「徽州之失，元度甫至，情有可原。」 Guofan wrote: "In the loss of Huizhou, Yuandu had only just arrived; that may be excused."

元度擅文章，好言兵，然自將屢僨事。 Yuandu was a gifted writer and fond of military theory, yet as a field commander he often failed.

陳湜、李元度皆躓而復起。 Chen Shi and Li Yuandu both fell and rose again.

元度文學之士，所行不逮其言，軍中猶以宿望推之爾。 Yuandu was a literary man whose deeds fell short of his words, yet the army still respected his long service.