Qing · Official and Military Officer

Liu Qing 劉清

First attested AD 1796; died AD 1828

Passages
30
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

Liu Qing was an official and Military Officer.

PeriodQing
IdentityHistorical · Male

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Tianyi 天一 Tianyi
Nickname Liu the Blue Sky 劉青天 Liu Qingtian

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Source notes

  • Over seven years induced more than 30,000 to surrender; among former rebel chiefs who later won merit: Gou Chongxun, Gou Wenyao, Li Bin, Xin Wen, Li Shiyu, Zhao Wenxiang

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 361Volume 361 Biographies 148: Liu Qing, Fu Nai, Yan Ruyi Son: Zheng Ji · 30 passages
承平久,兵習晏安,清躡草屩先之,以五百人敗賊於仿山,复定陶,又敗之於韓家廟,殪賊二千,進攻扈家集,縱火焚柵,賊突出皆死,誅賊首硃成良、王奇山,自滑縣奔至者並殲焉,兩閱月而事平。 Long peace had made the army slack; Qing led in straw sandals; with five hundred men he beat the rebels at Fang Mountain, retook Dingtao, routed them at Han Family Temple, killed two thousand, stormed Huji Stockade, burned the fence, and rebels who burst out all died; chiefs Zhu Chengliang and Wang Qishan were executed, fugitives from Hua County were destroyed, and in two months order returned.