Lin Taiceng (林泰曾)

Overview

The translated histories identify Lin Taiceng as a military officer. This record brings together 4 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	Lin Taiceng	林泰曾	Lin Taiceng
Title	Huochunzhu Batulu	霍春助巴圖魯	Huochunzhu Batulu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:460:s0104

Roles

Military Officer

Life and dates

Death

Manner: suicide-by-drowning · Cause: shame after ship struck reef · Place: Weihai / 威海
Explicit · qingshigao:460:s0106

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 光緒二十年 · Western Year: AD 1894
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:460:s0105, qingshigao:460:s0096

Career and standing

Label: commander of Zhenyuan / 管鎮遠 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:460:s0105
Label: left-wing commander / 左翼總兵 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:460:s0056, qingshigao:460:s0104
Label: Huochunzhu Batulu / 霍春助巴圖魯 · Action: granted
Explicit · qingshigao:460:s0105

Places and affiliations

Place: Houguan / 侯官
Explicit · qingshigao:460:s0104

Learning and skills

Institution: Naval Academy / shipyard academy / 船政學堂 · Relation: graduate
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: fought · Place: Dadonggou / 大東溝
Explicit · qingshigao:460:s0105

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 460Volume 460 Biographies 247: Zuo Baogui Younger Brother: Bao Xian, Yong Shan, Deng Shichang, Liu Buchan, Lin Taiceng, Dai Zongqian · 4 passages

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左寶貴弟寶賢等永山鄧世昌劉步蟾林泰曾等戴宗騫 Zuo Baogui (and his younger brother Bao Xian and others), Yong Shan, Deng Shichang, Liu Buchan, Lin Taiceng and others, and Dai Zongqian

時定海軍經制，借補中軍副將，而以汝昌為提督，其左右翼總兵則閩人林泰曾、劉步蟾也。 When the navy's permanent organization was fixed, he was made acting central vice commander under Admiral Ding Ruchang; the left and right wing commanders were the Fujian men Lin Taiceng and Liu Buchan.

其左翼總兵林泰曾，亦籍侯官，同為船政學堂卒業生。 His left-wing commander Lin Taiceng was also a native of Houguan and a fellow graduate of the Naval Academy.

管鎮遠，戰大東溝，發砲敏捷，士卒用命，撲救火彈甚力，機營砲位無少損，賜號霍春助巴圖魯。 Commanding the Zhenyuan at Dadonggou, he fired with speed and precision; his crew obeyed without flinching and fought hard to put out incendiary shells, so that the engine-room batteries were scarcely touched; he was granted the title Huochunzhu Batulu.