Luo Rongguang (羅榮光)

Overview

Luo Rongguang was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1900 二十六年
died at Dagu forts 赴難 · At Dagu 大沽 · Age Value: 67 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 467, passages 127, 129

Age

67
AD 1900 二十六年 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 467, passage 129

Attested activity

AD 1900 二十六年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 467, passage 122
AD 1881 光緒七年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 467, passage 118
AD 1884 光緒十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 201
AD 1867 六年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 467, passage 110
AD 1862 to AD 1864 同治初
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 467, passage 103
AD 1900 聯軍
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passage 122

Family

Kinship Role household-dependents · Count 2 · Approximate true
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 467, passage 126

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Career and standing

provincial commander of Kashgar 喀什噶爾提督
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 467, passage 122
regional commander of Tianjin 天津鎮總兵
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 467, passage 120
Provincial Commander / Commissioner 提督
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passage 122

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 201; Draft History of Qing 465, passage 122
At Qianzhou, Hunan 湖南乾州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 467, passage 101

Events and relationships

Defended Dagu forts
AD 1900 二十六年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 467, passage 122
Refused allied demands defeated
AD 1900 大沽 · Military · Defender
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passage 122
Relation Subordinate of · Person Li Hongzhang (李鴻章)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 201

References in the histories

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History

15 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 411Volume 411 Biographies 198: Li Hongzhang · 1 passage

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乃檄提督宋慶、水師統領提督丁汝昌守旅順，副將羅榮光守大沽，提督唐仁廉守北塘，提督曹克忠、總兵葉志超守山海關內外，總兵全祖凱守煙台，首尾聯絡，海疆屹然。 He ordered Commander Song Qing and naval commander Ding Ruchang to hold Lüshun, Deputy Commander Luo Rongguang to hold Dagu, Commander Tang Renlian to hold Beitang, Commanders Cao Kezhong and Brigadier Ye Zhichao to hold the inner and outer defenses at Shanhaiguan, and Brigadier Quan Zukai to hold Yantai. The line from end to end was linked, and the coast stood firm.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 465Volume 465 Biographies 252: Xu Tong With: Yu Shi, Yu Shi Son: Cheng Yu, Gang Yi, Zhao Shuqiao, Qi Xiu, Ying Nian, Yu Lu With: Ting Yong, Yu Xian With: Li Tingxiao · 1 passage

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聯軍索益堅，提督羅榮光不允，戰失利，而裕祿且上天津團民殺敵狀，於是朝廷以團民為可恃，宣戰詔書遂下，而不知大沽已先數日失矣。 The allies pressed harder; Commissioner Luo Rongguang refused and was defeated; yet Yu Lu also reported Tianjin militia victories, and the court, believing the militia dependable, declared war—unaware the Taku forts had fallen days earlier.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 467Volume 467 Biographies 254: Li Bingheng, Wang Tingxiang, Nie Shicheng, Luo Rongguang, Shou Shan Zu Sun : Rui Chang, Feng Xiang, Chong Yu · 13 passages

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李秉衡王廷相聶士成羅榮光壽山族孫瑞昌鳳翔崇玉等 Li Bingheng, Wang Tingxiang, Nie Shicheng, Luo Rongguang, and Shoushan's kinsmen Ruichang, Fengxiang, Chongyu, and others

羅榮光，湖南乾州人。 Luo Rongguang came from Qianzhou in Hunan.

攻常州，先登，城复，遷副將，賜號果勇巴圖魯。 At the assault on Changzhou he was first over the wall; when the city fell he was made deputy commander and granted the title Guoyong Batulu.

六年，東捻擾魯疆，榮光以偏師游弋淮南北，敗捻於運。 In 1867, when the eastern Nian raided Shandong, Rongguang led a detached column along the Huai and defeated them on the Grand Canal.

明年，西捻窺滑、濬，我師躡之，榮光戰數挫，而勇氣彌厲。 The next year the western Nian probed Hua and Jun; as our forces pursued them, Rongguang suffered several defeats, yet fought all the more fiercely.

鴻章謀困之黃、運間，緣河築長壘，榮光壁當敵衝，相持凡三閱月。 Li Hongzhang planned to trap them between the Yellow River and the Grand Canal and built long earthworks along the waterways; Rongguang's rampart lay in the enemy's path, and the standoff lasted three months.

會霖雨，寇多陷淖死，榮光復躡之東北，勢益蹙，張總愚自沉於河。 When torrential rains came, many rebels sank in the mud and died; Rongguang pursued them northeast; their plight grew desperate, and Zhang Zongyu drowned himself in the river.

既而北塘、山海關相繼設，皆受成於榮光。 Beitang and Shanhaiguan soon followed with similar units, all trained under Rongguang's supervision.

二十六年，擢喀什噶爾提督，未之官而拳亂起，八國兵艦入寇，榮光守大沽砲台。 In 1900 he was promoted to provincial commander of Kashgar, but before he could take office the Boxer uprising broke out; the fleets of eight powers invaded, and Rongguang held the Dagu forts.

榮光備益嚴，乃佯就款，使人言於裕祿，謂第得四五艘入口護僑商，無他意，裕祿許之。 Rongguang tightened his defenses; the enemy then feigned negotiation and told Yulu through an envoy that only four or five ships wished to enter to protect their nationals, with no other intent—and Yulu consented.

榮光聞而大驚，力阻，而敵艦已踵入，將及台，遽出砲仰擊。 Rongguang was appalled and tried to stop them, but the enemy ships had already entered; as they neared the forts he opened fire at once.

榮光再謁裕祿乞發戰令，諜者已報台毀，榮光憤極，歸，拔刀殺眷屬，曰：「毋令辱外人手！」 Rongguang again begged Yulu for the order to fight; spies had already reported the forts lost; in fury he returned, drew his sword, and killed his family, crying: "They must not be shamed by foreigners!"

榮光爭大沽，鳳翔守愛琿，雖已無救於大局，而至死不屈，外人亦為之奪氣，何其壯哉！ Rongguang fought at Dagu and Fengxiang held Aihui; though neither could alter the larger outcome, both died unbowed, and even the foreigners were struck with awe—how splendid their courage!