Liu Rong (劉蓉) | 24 Histories

Overview

Liu Rong was an official.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1860 咸豐十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 51

Events and relationships

Relation Recommender of · Person Huang Chunxi (黃淳熙)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 51

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 433Volume 433 Biographies 220: Jin Guochen, Huang Chunxi, Wu Kunxiu, Kang Guoqi, Li Hezhang Younger Brother: Zhao Qing, Wu Yulan · 1 passage

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駱秉章奉命赴四川督師，湘軍名將勁兵多從曾國籓、胡林翼，劉蓉薦淳熙兵精善戰，秉章遂以淳熙與劉岳昭從行。 When Luo Bingzhang was ordered to Sichuan to take command, most of the Hunan army's star generals and crack troops had gone with Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi; Liu Rong recommended Chunxi's force as elite and battle-hardened, so Bingzhang took Chunxi and Liu Yuezhao with him.