Luo Bingzhang (駱秉章)

Overview

The translated histories identify Luo Bingzhang as an administrator, general, official, and statesman. This record brings together 7 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Luo Bingzhang	駱秉章	Luo Bingzhang
Given	Bingzhang	秉章	Bingzhang
Title	Governor	巡撫
Surname	Luo	駱	Luo
Personal name	Luo Bingzhang	駱秉章	Luo Bingzhang
Personal name	Luo Bingzhang	駱秉章

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:384:s0001, qingshigao:393:s0148, qingshigao:394:s0059
Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0077, qingshigao:458:s0077

Roles

Administrator
General
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 同治元年 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1862
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:458:s0084
Source Date: Text: 咸豐八年 · Regnal Year: 8 · Western Year: AD 1858
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:458:s0077
Source Date: Text: 咸豐七年 · Western Year: AD 1857
Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0148
Source Date: Text: 咸豐三年 · Western Year: AD 1853
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0077
Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年 · Western Year: AD 1852
Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0059
Source Date: Text: 咸豐十一年至同治元年 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1861 · End: AD 1862
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:396:s0081, qingshigao:396:s0087, qingshigao:396:s0093
Source Date: Text: 晚在籍為駱秉章所倚任 · Western Year: AD 1851
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:384:s0100, qingshigao:384:s0095

Career and standing

Label: Governor / 巡撫 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐三年 · Western Year: AD 1853
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0077
Action: impeached-and-dismissed · Other Person Id: Tang Jiong (唐炯) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐八年 · Regnal Year: 8 · Western Year: AD 1858
Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0077

Places and affiliations

Polity: Qing · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0077

Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: consultant · Action: consulted by Pan Duo and Zhang Liangji in Sichuan
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0087
Relation: relied-on · Person Id: Huang Mian (黃冕)
Explicit · qingshigao:384:s0100

References in the histories

Open any source group to read the Chinese and English passage in context.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 384Volume 384 Biographies 171: Lin Peihou, Li Xiangkun, Li Zongchuan, Wang Fengsheng, Huang Mian, Yu De Yuan, Yao Ying · 1 passage

Open chapter

冕仕宦初為陶澍、林則徐所知，晚在籍為駱秉章所倚任。 Early in his career he won the notice of Tao Shu and Lin Zexu; in later years, while living at home, he was entrusted by Luo Bingzhang.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 393Volume 393 Biographies 180: Li Xingyuan, Zhou Tianjue, Lao Chongguang · 1 passage

Open chapter

崇光乞師於湖南，七年，駱秉章令蔣益澧率湘軍赴援，屢破賊，復興安、靈川，入屯省城，乃誅反側，易守軍，桂林始安。 Chongguang requested troops from Hunan; in 1857 Luo Bingzhang ordered Jiang Yili to lead Hunan Army forces to his relief; they repeatedly defeated the rebels, recovered Xing'an and Lingchuan, entered and garrisoned the provincial capital, executed disloyal elements and replaced the garrison troops, and Guilin was finally secured.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 394Volume 394 Biographies 181: Xu Guangjin, Ye Mingchen, Huang Zonghan · 1 passage

Open chapter

十月，至衡州，賊攻長沙甚急，駱秉章、張亮基力守，屢挫賊，乃下竄岳州。 In the tenth month he reached Hengzhou. The rebels were pressing Changsha hard; Luo Bingzhang and Zhang Liangji held the city and beat them back repeatedly, and the rebels finally broke south toward Yuezhou.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 396Volume 396 Biographies 183: Wu Wenrong, Pan Duo, Deng Erheng · 2 passages

Open chapter

三年，巡撫駱秉章至，乃以病乞罷，許之。 In the third year (1853) Governor Luo Bingzhang arrived, and he then requested dismissal on grounds of illness; permission was granted.

鐸、亮基先後取道四川，與駱秉章籌商，冀資其兵力以規進取。 Duo and Liangji successively took the route through Sichuan and consulted with Luo Bingzhang, hoping to borrow his military strength to plan an advance.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 458Volume 458 Biographies 245: Xu Yanxu, Tang Jiong, He Jing, Zhang Zhaodong · 2 passages

Open chapter

已而湘、黔軍閧州署，駱秉章劾罷之。 Soon afterward Hunan and Guizhou troops rioted at the prefectural yamen, and Luo Bingzhang impeached him and had him removed.

秉章詢寇勢，時寇退滇邊，聲入黔，炯曰：「此誘我軍東下耳。 Bingzhang asked about the rebels. They had withdrawn toward the Yunnan border while spreading word into Guizhou. Jiong said: 'This is a feint to draw our army east.