Lin Fengxiang (林鳳祥)

Overview

The translated histories identify Lin Fengxiang as a rebel. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Lin Fengxiang	林鳳祥	Lin Fengxiang
Personal name	Lin Fengxiang	林鳳祥	Lin Fengxiang
Personal name	Lin Fengxiang	林鳳祥	Lín Fèngxiáng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:390:s0115, qingshigao:392:s0083

Roles

Rebel

Life and dates

Death

Manner: captured and executed / 擒伏誅 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐四年 · Western Year: AD 1854
Explicit · qingshigao:392:s0106

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 1853
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:392:s0081, qingshigao:392:s0083
Source Date: Text: 咸豐三年 · Western Year: AD 1853
Explicit · qingshigao:390:s0115
Source Date: Text: 咸豐五年 · Western Year: AD 1855
Explicit · qingshigao:398:s0107
Source Date: Text: 咸豐四年 · Western Year: AD 1854
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:392:s0106

Career and standing

Status: captured · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐五年 · Western Year: AD 1855
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:398:s0107

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: raided-capital-region · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐三年 · Western Year: AD 1853
Explicit · qingshigao:390:s0115

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 390Volume 390 Biographies 177: Jia Zhen, Zhou Zupei, Zhu Fengbiao, Dan Maoqian · 1 passage

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未幾，悍賊林鳳祥等竄畿輔，复偕楨、心存等奏陳預籌守城事宜。 Before long the fierce rebel Lin Fengxiang and others broke into the capital region; Fengbiao again joined Zhen, Xincong, and others in memorializing on preparations for the capital's defense.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 392Volume 392 Biographies 179: Sai Shang A, Ne Er Jing E · 2 passages

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令總兵花里雅遜布屯延津防河，雙祿守彰德為後繼，而賊酋林鳳祥、李開芳已自汜水渡河，陷溫縣，犯懷慶。 Brigade General Hualiyaxunbu was posted at Yanjin to guard the river and Shuang Lu at Zhangde as reserve, but rebel chiefs Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang had already crossed at Sishui, taken Wen County, and were threatening Huaiqing.

逾年始殄賊，先後擒首逆林鳳祥、李開芳伏誅，畿輔肅清。 More than a year passed before the rebels were finally destroyed; chief leaders Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang were captured and executed in turn, and the capital region was pacified.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 398Volume 398 Biographies 185: Zong Shixianghou, Huo Longwu, Fu Zhu Hong A, En Zhang, Chen Shengyuan, Qi Suzao, Chen Kerang, Liu Tongying, Rui Chang, Jie Chun, Xi Ling A · 1 passage

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賊首林鳳祥就擒，被詔嘉獎，命赴本任。 When the rebel leader Lin Fengxiang was captured, the throne commended him and ordered him to take up his post at Hangzhou.