Liu Changyou (劉長佑)

Overview

Liu Changyou was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1856 咸豐六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 123
AD 1857 to AD 1858 八月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 241, 243
AD 1867 劉長佑
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 214
AD 1863 同治二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 133, passages 182-183; Draft History of Qing 423, passage 104
AD 1862 同治元年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 139, passages 156-157
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 157; Draft History of Qing 429, passage 27

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AD 1857 咸豐七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 8
AD 1857 咸豐七年正月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 432, passages 20-22
AD 1859 咸豐九年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 432, passages 31, 48
AD 1856 咸豐六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 225; Draft History of Qing 432, passage 11

Key source chapters

Career and standing

governor 巡撫
AD 1857 八月 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 243
governor of Guangxi 廣西巡撫
AD 1862 同治元年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 27
Governor 巡撫
AD 1862 同治元年 · At Guangxi 廣西 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 157
overall commander of the armies relieving Jiangxi 總統諸軍
AD 1856 咸豐六年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 11
Zhili Governor-General 督臣
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 133, passage 183

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 133, passage 183
Qing 清
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 139, passage 157
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 243; Draft History of Qing 405, passage 214; Draft History of Qing 420, passage 123; Draft History of Qing 424, passage 157; Draft History of Qing 429, passages 8, 27; Draft History of Qing 432, passages 11, 48

Works and attributed material

asked to retain Jiang Zhongyi in Guangxi
AD 1862 同治元年 · Memorial · Author · Paraphrased · With Jiang Zhongyi (江忠義)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 27
Letter · Addressee · With Shen Bingyuan (沈炳垣)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 243

Events and relationships

Assaulted Yuanzhou from the southwest while Qijiang attacked from the northeast
AD 1856 咸豐六年 · Military · Commander · With Xiao Qijiang (蕭啟江) · At Yuanzhou 袁州
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 432, passages 11, 16-17
Defeated at Taipingxu; camp overrun; rebels then struck Yingang Ridge
AD 1857 咸豐七年正月 · Military · Commander · At Taipingxu 太平墟
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 432, passages 20-22
Marched to relieve Jiangxi; Xiao Qijiang served under him at Liuyang
AD 1856 咸豐六年 · Military · Commander in chief · With Xiao Qijiang (蕭啟江) · At Jiangxi 江西
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 11
Ordered to select brave officers for foreign methods
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 139, passage 157
Ordered to weigh Zhili militia draft
Administrative · Official
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 133, passage 183
Relief of Jiangxi stalled at Linjiang
AD 1857 咸豐七年 · Military · Commander · At Linjiang, Jiangxi 江西臨江
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 8

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Relieved
AD 1856 咸豐六年 · Military · Commander · At Jiangxi 江西
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 123
Returned home on account of illness; succeeded by Liu Kunyi
AD 1857 咸豐七年正月 · Personal · Subject · With Liu Kunyi (劉坤一)
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 432, passages 20, 25
Went to direct pacification
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Commander · At Xunzhou 潯州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 157
With Li Xuyi lifted Baoqing siege and pursued to Baiya; joined Xiao Qijiang
AD 1859 咸豐九年 · Military · Commander · With Li Xuyi (李續宜) · At Baoqing 寶慶
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 432, passages 31, 48
Relation Superior of · Person Xiao Qijiang (蕭啟江)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 11
Relation Colleague of · Person Li Xuyi (李續宜)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 48
Relation Predecessor of · Person Liu Kunyi (劉坤一)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 25
Relation Recruiter of · Person Xi Baotian (席寶田)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 123
Relation Colleague of · Person Xiao Qijiang (蕭啟江)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 48

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 123

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 133Volume 133 Treatises 108: Military 4, Local Militia · 1 passage

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其直隸抽練團丁，督臣劉長佑權其利害，是否可行，如有窒礙之處，即據實以聞。」 As for Zhili's plan to draft militiamen for training, Governor Liu Changyou should weigh the pros and cons and report any obstacles frankly.'

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 139Volume 139 Treatises 114: Military 10, Training · 1 passage

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又以廣東、福建營伍久弛，飭耆齡、劉長佑等於旗、綠營營內，擇驍勇員弁，習外國兵法。 Because Guangdong and Fujian camps had long been slack, Qiling, Liu Changyou, and others were ordered, within banner and Green Standard camps, to select brave officers to study foreign military methods.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 399Volume 399 Biographies 186: Lv Xianji, Zou Minghe, Dai Xi, Tang Yifen, Zhang Fei, Huang Cong, Tao Tingjie, Feng Peiyuan, Sun Mingen, Shen Bingyuan, Zhang Xigeng · 1 passage

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久之，乘間為書致巡撫劉長佑，請出兵襲城，密約城內民夾擊。 After a long time he seized an opportunity to write to Governor Liu Changyou, asking that troops be sent to strike the city and secretly arranging with people inside for a pincer attack.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 405Volume 405 Biographies 192: Ceng Guofan · 1 passage

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東捻由河南竄登、萊、青，李鴻章、劉長佑建議合四省兵力堵運河。 The Eastern Nian fled from Henan into Dengzhou, Laizhou, and Qingzhou; Li Hongzhang and Liu Changyou proposed pooling four provinces' forces to block the Grand Canal.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 415Volume 415 Biographies 202: Huang Yisheng, Ding Yifang, Wang Ji, Wu Jiabang, Li Chengmou, Li Chaobin, Jiang Fushan, Liu Peiyuan · 1 passage

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六年，改陸軍，領長字營，從劉長佑援江西。 In year six he switched to the land army, commanded the Chang Battalion, and followed Liu Changyou into Jiangxi.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 420Volume 420 Biographies 207: Han Chao, Tian Xingshu, Ceng Biguang, Xi Baotian · 1 passage

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六年，劉長佑援江西，招參軍事，遂從轉戰，積功累擢同知直隸州。 In the sixth year Liu Changyou went to relieve Jiangxi, recruited him as a military aide, and he fought through successive campaigns until merit raised him to sub-prefect of Zhili prefecture.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 423Volume 423 Biographies 210: Zong Jichen, Yin Gengyun, Wang Zheng, Mu Jixianga, You Baichuan, Shen Huai · 1 passage

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請密敕直隸督臣劉長佑計調來營，暴其罪而誅之。 I beg a secret order to Zhili governor Liu Changyou to lure him to camp, expose his crimes, and put him to death.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 424Volume 424 Biographies 211: Wu Zhenyu, Zhang Liangji, Mao Hongbin, Zhang Kaisong · 1 passage

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同治元年，巡撫劉長佑赴潯州籌剿撫，留凱嵩經畫後路。 In the first year of Tongzhi, Governor Liu Changyou went to Xunzhou to direct pacification; Kaisong was left to manage logistics on the rear lines.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 429Volume 429 Biographies 216: Jiang Zhongyi, Zhou Kuanshi, Shi Qingji, Yu Jichang, Lin Wencha, Zhao Deguang, Zhang Wende · 2 passages

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七年，劉長佑援江西，攻臨江不利，時忠義在籍，巡撫駱秉章檄率新練勇千人往助之，至則破石達開於平墟。 In 1857, when Liu Changyou's relief of Jiangxi stalled at Linjiang, Zhongyi was at home; Governor Luo Bingzhang summoned him with a thousand fresh recruits, and he routed Shi Dakai at Pingxu.

皖南賊熾，曾國籓疏調援皖，廣西巡撫劉長佑請留不遣，命署廣西提督。 When rebels flared in southern Anhui, Zeng Guofan asked for him; Liu Changyou, governor of Guangxi, pleaded to keep him, and he was ordered to serve as acting provincial military commander of Guangxi.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 432Volume 432 Biographies 219: Xiao Qijiang, Zhang Yunlan, Tang Xunfang, Jiang Ningxue, Chen Shi, Li Yuandu · 7 passages

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六年，劉長佑援江西，總統諸軍，啟江屬焉，駐師瀏陽。 In 1856, Liu Changyou marched to relieve Jiangxi as overall commander; Qijiang served under him and stationed his troops at Liuyang.

進攻袁州，啟江與長佑分地扼賊。 In the attack on Yuanzhou, Qijiang and Changyou divided the approaches to block the enemy.

長佑攻西南，啟江攻東北，盡平城外賊屯。 Changyou assaulted from the southwest while Qijiang attacked from the northeast, and they cleared every rebel camp outside the city.

賊勢以孤，乃潛約撫、建、新淦援賊趨太平墟，犯長佑營。 With their position growing desperate, the rebels secretly called in reinforcements from Fuzhou, Jian, and Xin'gan, marched on Taipingxu, and struck Changyou's camp.

長佑戰失利，營陷，賊乘勢回犯陰岡嶺。 Changyou was beaten and his camp overrun; the enemy then wheeled about and assailed Yingang Ridge.

長佑尋以病歸，劉坤一代之。 Changyou soon went home ill, and Liu Kunyi succeeded to his command.

劉長佑、李續宜解寶慶圍，追至白牙，啟江會軍夾擊，擒其酋楊家廷、馬繼昌於陣。 Liu Changyou and Li Xuyi lifted the siege of Baoqing and pursued the enemy to Baiya; Qijiang joined in a converging attack and took the rebel leaders Yang Jiating and Ma Jichang on the field.