Peng Ershu (彭而述) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Peng Ershu as an administrator and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Peng Ershu	彭而述	Peng Ershu
Given	Ershu	而述
Surname	Peng	彭
Courtesy	Ziliu	子籛	Ziliu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Administrator
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: sudden · Statement: died suddenly without illness thirty li outside the provincial capital
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 明崇禎 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1628 · End: AD 1644
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Source Date: Text: 順治初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1644 · End: AD 1650
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Family

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Child of Mother of Peng Ershu (彭而述母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Magistrate of Yangqu / 陽曲知縣 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明崇禎 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1628 · End: AD 1644
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Label: Educational intendant / 提學僉事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1644 · End: AD 1650
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Label: Governor of Guizhou / 貴州巡撫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1644 · End: AD 1650
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Label: Right Administrative Commissioner of Guangxi / 廣西右布政使 · Action: appointed
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Label: Assistant administrator of Yongzhou Circuit / 永州道參議 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1644 · End: AD 1650
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Label: Left Administrative Commissioner of Yunnan / 雲南左布政使 · Action: recommended
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Status: mourning-leave · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明崇禎 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1628 · End: AD 1644
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Status: dismissed · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1644 · End: AD 1650
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Places and affiliations

Place: Dengzhou, Henan / 河南鄧州
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Learning and skills

Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明崇禎 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1628 · End: AD 1644
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Works and attributed material

Kind: counsel · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Wu Sangui (吳三桂) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1644 · End: AD 1661
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated-rebels · Place: Jingzhou / 靖州 · Other Person Id: Chen Youlong (陳友龍) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1644 · End: AD 1650
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: withdrew-to · Place: Baoqing / 寶慶 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1644 · End: AD 1650
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: had talent and strategic ability; rooted in integrity and diligence · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 247Volume 247 Biographies 34: Peng Ershu, Lu Zhenfen, Yao Yanzhu, Bi Zhenji, Fang Guodong, Yu Pengju, Wang Tianjian, Yue Tingbiao · 8 passages

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彭而述，字子籛，河南鄧州人。 Peng Ershu, courtesy name Ziliu, came from Dengzhou in Henan.

順治初，英親王徇湖廣，薦為提學僉事，遷永州道參議。 In the early Shunzhi period, when the Prince of Ying led troops through Huguang, Peng was recommended as educational intendant and soon promoted to assistant administrator of Yongzhou Circuit.

孔有德定湖南，薦而述授貴州巡撫，予兵三千以行。 After Kong Youde pacified Hunan, he had Ershu appointed governor of Guizhou and supplied him with three thousand soldiers for the expedition.

次靖州，降將陳友龍叛，圍州城，而述夜開西門出，營山下，選勁騎乘霧衝陣，賊潰且走，副將賀進才戰死。 Near Jingzhou the surrendered general Chen Youlong rose in revolt and besieged the city. Ershu slipped out through the west gate by night, made camp below the hills, and sent picked cavalry charging through the mist; the rebels broke and fled, though Vice-General He Jincai was killed in the fighting.

城兵大噪，欲與友龍合，而述拔眾退守寶慶，告有德益師，與賊相持紫陽河上。 The city garrison clamored to join Chen Youlong, but Ershu pulled his men back to hold Baoqing, asked Youde for reinforcements, and fought the enemy to a standstill on the Ziyang River.

吳三桂徵水西土司安坤，而述謀曰：「烏蒙、烏撒、鎮雄、東川四府與水西為脣齒，土司隴安籓又與安氏婚媾。 When Wu Sangui marched against An Kun, the Shuixi chieftain, Ershu counseled him: "Wumeng, Wusa, Zhenxiong, and Dongchuan stand with Shuixi like lip and teeth, and the chieftain Long Anfan is tied to the An family by marriage as well.

三桂薦為雲南左布政使，而述乞歸，三桂留之，會有詔召，遂行，出會城三十里，一夕無疾卒。 Sangui recommended him for Left Administrative Commissioner of Yunnan. Ershu asked to retire, but Sangui kept him until an imperial summons came; he then departed, and thirty li outside the capital he died suddenly in the night without any known illness.

而述、振芬、振姬、天鑑皆有才略，根本尤在廉勤。 Ershu, Zhenfen, Zhenji, and Tianjian all had talent and strategic ability; above all they were rooted in integrity and diligence.