Liang Bi (良弼) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Liang Bi as a military officer, official, and strategist. This record brings together 6 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	Liang Bi	良弼	Liáng Bì
Courtesy	Baichen	賚臣	Làichén

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:470:s0002

Roles

Military Officer
Official
Strategist

Life and dates

Death

Manner: died three days after a bomb assassination; wine was given before death · Place: Beijing / 北京 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 遜位詔下前十日內 · Western Year: AD 1912
Explicit · qingshigao:470:s0049, qingshigao:470:s0053, qingshigao:470:s0054

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 遜位詔下前十日內 · Western Year: AD 1912
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:470:s0054

Family

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Descendant of Yilibu (伊里布)
Kinship Term: grandfather / grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: grandfather · Object Role: grandson
Child of Father of Liang Bi
Kinship Term: father / 孤 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Child of Mother of Liang Bi
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: commander of the First Brigade of the Imperial Guard / 禁衛軍第一協統領 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:470:s0042
Status: girdled bannerman · Source Label: girdled bannerman / 紅帶子
Explicit · qingshigao:470:s0038

Places and affiliations

Organization: Bordered Yellow Banner / 鑲黃旗 · Relation: enrolled-in
Explicit · qingshigao:470:s0038

Learning and skills

Institution: Japanese Army School / 日本陸軍學校 · Action: graduated
Explicit · qingshigao:470:s0040

Events and relationships

Kind: military reform · Role: planner · Actions: reformed the army system, trained new forces, founded military schools
Explicit · qingshigao:470:s0043

Assessments and attributes

Item: commemorative shrine / 祠 · Relation: honored-at · Place: Beijing / 北京
Explicit · qingshigao:470:s0051

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 470Volume 470 Biographies 257: Zhi Rui, With: Liu Congde, Chun Xun, Liang Bi, Zong Shizaimu, Wan Xuan With: De Pei, Tong Yuan, Wen Rui With: Cheng Yan, Ke Meng E, Heng Ling With: De Pei, Pu Shou, Xie Baosheng, Yao Aiyun, Huang Zhonghao, Yang Rang Li Cong Zi Xu : Chen Qi · 6 passages

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志銳劉從德春勳良弼宗室載穆萬選德霈同源 Zhi Rui; with Liu Congde, Chun Xun, Liang Bi, Zongshi Zaimu, Wan Xuan; with De Pei and Tong Yuan

良弼，字賚臣，紅帶子，隸鑲黃旗，大學士伊里布孫。 Liang Bi, styled Baichen, was a girdled bannerman enrolled in the Bordered Yellow Banner and a grandson of Grand Secretary Yilibu.

平日以知兵名，改軍制，練新軍，立軍學，良弼皆主其謀。 He was widely known as a military expert. Army reform, training of new forces, and founding military schools—all bore his stamp.

良弼獨與三數才傑朝夕規畫，外聯群帥，內安當國，思以立憲弭革命，圖救大局，上下皆恃以為重。 Liang Bi alone, with a handful of able men, plotted day and night—rallying commanders in the provinces, steadying those who held power in the capital—hoping constitutional rule might halt the revolution and save the dynasty. Court and country alike looked to him.

一日，良弼議事歸，及門，有人遽擲炸彈，三日而卒。 One day, as Liang Bi returned from a meeting and reached his gate, an assassin hurled a bomb. He died three days later.

良弼剛果有骨氣，頗自負，雖參軍務，無可與謀，常以不得行其志為恨，日有憂色。 Liang Bi was resolute and proud. Though he took part in military affairs, he had no true partner in counsel and brooded that he could not put his plans into effect; worry showed on his face every day.