Qing · Tribal Leader and Military Officer

Lu Dingkun 祿鼎坤

Lù Dǐngkūn

First attested AD 1726; died AD 1728

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lu Dingkun was a Tribal Leader and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1728 六年
Cause Execution
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 43

Attested activity

AD 1726 雍正四年夏
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 514, passages 11-12
AD 1728 六年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 514, passages 24, 43

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Lu Wanfu (祿萬福)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 25
Kin of Lu Wanzhong (祿萬鍾)
uncle 叔 · paternal line
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 12
Sibling of Parent of Lu Wanzhong
Uncertain siblings · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 12

Career and standing

Brigade Vice-Commander in Henan 河南參將
AD 1728 六年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 24
Held
Held military authority
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 12
Executed
AD 1728 六年 · Execution
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 43

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Active in
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 24
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Surrendered to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 13

Events and relationships

Attacked at
Military · Target · At Ludian 魯甸 · With Lu Wanzhong (祿萬鍾)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 14
Attacked
Military · Commander · At Zhenxiong 鎮雄
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 16
Promoted for merit
AD 1728 六年 · Appointment · Appointee
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 24
Surrendered
Military · Surrendering party · With Ortai (鄂爾泰)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 13

Assessments and attributes

Assessment resentful and discontented after promotion · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 24

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 514, passage 24

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 514Volume 514 Biographies 301: Native Chieftain Biographies 3: Yunnan · 6 passages

時烏蒙土府祿萬鍾、鎮雄土府隴慶侯皆年少，兵權皆握于其叔祿鼎坤、隴聯星。 The native prefects of Wumeng and Zhenxiong—Lu Wanzhong and Long Qinghou—were both young men, and real military authority rested with their uncles Lu Dingkun and Long Lianxing.

鄂爾泰令總兵劉起元屯東川，招降祿鼎坤。 Ortai stationed Regional Commander Liu Qiyuan at Dongchuan and sought to win Lu Dingkun's surrender.

惟祿萬鍾制于漢奸，約鎮雄兵三千攻鼎坤于魯甸，鄂爾泰遣遊擊哈元生敗之； Lu Wanzhong, however, was controlled by a Han collaborator; he arranged for three thousand troops from Zhenxiong to attack Dingkun at Ludian; Ortai dispatched Mobile Corps Commander Ha Yuansheng, who routed them;

鄂爾泰復招降隴聯星，而鼎坤亦以兵三千攻鎮雄之脅，兩酋皆遁四川，於是兩土府旬日平。 Ortai again induced Long Lianxing to surrender, while Dingkun in turn led three thousand men against Zhenxiong's flank. Both chieftains fled into Sichuan, and within ten days the two native prefectures were subdued.

軍甫定，祿鼎坤以功擢河南參將，怏怏失望。 Hardly had the army been settled when Lu Dingkun, rewarded for his service with promotion to Brigade Vice-Commander in Henan, grew resentful and discontented.

即日抵烏蒙，賊見元生旗，即反走，克三關，祿萬福兄弟、祿鼎坤均伏誅。 That same day they reached Wumeng. At sight of Yuansheng's banner the rebels turned and fled. Three passes were taken, and Lu Wanfu, his brothers, and Lu Dingkun were all put to death.