Peng Yulin (彭玉麟) | 24 Histories

Overview

Peng Yulin was a Military Officer and Naval Commander.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1876 to AD 1883 光緒初年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 113
AD 1885 光緒十一年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 133, passages 198, 200
AD 1856 六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passages 87, 93
AD 1853 to AD 1854 募水陸萬人
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 46
AD 1868 to AD 1872 同治七年至十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 79-80
AD 1863 同治二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 414, passage 115

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AD 1863 同治二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 113
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 177
AD 1872 同治十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 160
AD 1859 咸豐九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 26, 103
AD 1856 咸豐六年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 15, 17
AD 1851 to AD 1864 咸豐至同治
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 256
AD 1884 尚書彭玉麟
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 437, passages 116, 119
AD 1861 to AD 1862 杭州陷後薦舉
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 265
AD 1862 玉麟
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 156
AD 1885 諒山之捷
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 467, passage 20

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Minister 尚書
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 113
naval commander 水軍領之
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 46
supervisor of Guangdong military affairs 督辦廣東軍務大臣
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 133, passage 200
Impeached
Impeachment target · Authority Sheng Yu (盛昱)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 113

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 133, passage 200
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passages 46, 93, 156; Draft History of Qing 415, passages 17, 103; Draft History of Qing 432, passage 265; Draft History of Qing 444, passage 113
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 414, passage 115

Works and attributed material

AD 1863 同治二年
Advice · Speaker · With Liu Lianjie (劉連捷) · Paraphrased
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 414, passage 115

Events and relationships

Reached Nanchang to help
Military · Officer
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 93
Recommended
AD 1861 to AD 1862 杭州陷後 · Political · Recommender · With Li Yuandu (李元度)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 265
Recruited village militia
Military · Recruiter · At Qinzhou and Lianzhou 欽州、廉州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 133, passage 200
Repeatedly declined office
Refusal of office · Subject
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 113
Urged breakout
AD 1863 同治二年 · Military · Adviser · With Liu Lianjie (劉連捷)
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 414, passage 115
Relation Commander of · Person Huang Yisheng (黃翼升)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 17, 26

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Relation Predecessor of · Person Huang Yisheng (黃翼升)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 79
Relation Removed · Person Huang Yisheng (黃翼升)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 160
Relation Subordinate of · Person Zeng Guofan (曾國籓)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 46
Relation Recommender of · Person Li Yuandu (李元度)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 265
Relation Recommender of · Person Li Chengmou (李成謀)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 160

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 414, passage 115

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 133Volume 133 Treatises 108: Military 4, Local Militia · 1 passage

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督辦廣東軍務大臣彭玉麟以欽州、廉州地廣兵單，招募鄉團協守。 Peng Yulin, supervising Guangdong military affairs, recruited village militia to help garrison Qinzhou and Lianzhou, where territory was broad and troops were few.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 405Volume 405 Biographies 192: Ceng Guofan · 4 passages

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募水陸萬人，水軍以褚汝航、楊載福、彭玉麟領之，陸軍以塔齊布、羅澤南領之。 He raised ten thousand men for combined land and river operations: Chu Ruhang, Yang Zaifu, and Peng Yulin commanded the fleet, while Taqibu and Luo Zinan led the land forces.

玉麟聞江西警，芒鞋走千里，穿賊中至南昌助守。 When Peng Yulin heard the alarm in Jiangxi, he walked a thousand li in straw sandals, passed through enemy lines, and reached Nanchang to help hold the city.

林翼以此軍創始國籓，楊、彭皆其舊部，請起國籓視師。 Hu Linyi, pointing out that Zeng Guofan had created this army and that Yang Zaifu and Peng Yulin were both his old officers, asked that Zeng Guofan be recalled to command the forces.

於是國荃有搗金陵之師，鴻章有徵蘇、滬之師，載福、玉麟有肅清下游之師； Thus Zeng Guoquan had an army to strike Jinling, Li Hongzhang an army to recover Suzhou and Shanghai, and Yang Zaifu and Peng Yulin an army to clear the lower reaches;

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 414Volume 414 Biographies 201: Li Chendian, Xiao Fusi, Zhu Hongzhang, Liu Lianjie, Peng Yuju, Zhang Shiri, Wu Weishou, Zhu Nangui, Luo Fengyuan, Li Xianghe, Xiao Qingyan, Wu Zongguo · 1 passage

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二年，李秀成困以長圍，軍糧垂盡，彭玉麟勸突圍出，連捷誓死守。 In the second year Li Xiucheng tightened a long siege around them until provisions nearly ran out; Peng Yulin urged a breakout, but Lianjie vowed to hold to the last.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 415Volume 415 Biographies 202: Huang Yisheng, Ding Yifang, Wang Ji, Wu Jiabang, Li Chengmou, Li Chaobin, Jiang Fushan, Liu Peiyuan · 13 passages

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會彭玉麟至軍，令翼升專攻陸路，敗賊於塗家埠，毀浮橋二、船百餘。 Peng Yulin joined the command and set Yisheng on the land front; at Tujiabu he routed the rebels and smashed two pontoon bridges and over a hundred boats.

楊岳斌師至九江，彭玉麟與約夾攻湖口，軍分六隊，翼升率內湖右營當其衝，轉鬥而前。 Yang Yuebin's corps reached Jiujiang; Peng Yulin coordinated a pincer on Hukou in six columns, with Yisheng's Inner Lake Right Battalion taking the shock and fighting its way forward.

九年，池州守城賊韋志俊投誠，彭玉麟令翼升往受降，賊酋古隆賢、楊輔清等來爭，擊卻之。 In year nine Chizhou's garrison commander Wei Zhijun defected; Peng Yulin sent Yisheng to take the surrender. Rebel leaders Gu Longxian and Yang Fuqing rushed to dispute it and were beaten back.

彭玉麟終制回籍，長江事宜悉付翼升主之。 After Peng Yulin finished mourning and went home, Yisheng took charge of all Yangtze affairs.

十一年，詔起玉麟巡閱，劾不職將弁百餘人。 In year eleven Peng Yulin was recalled to inspect the river service and impeached more than a hundred unfit officers.

入水師，隸彭玉麟部下，積功至守備。 He joined the river navy under Peng Yulin and rose by merit to garrison commander.

同治元年，從彭玉麟迭克沿江諸隘，擢副將。 In Tongzhi year one he followed Peng Yulin in clearing the Yangtze forts one by one and was made brigade general.

咸豐九年，入水師，隸彭玉麟部下。 In Xianfeng nine he joined the river navy under Peng Yulin.

二年，曾國籓、彭玉麟合疏薦吉勇敢誠樸，堪勝總兵之任，授狼山鎮總兵。 In year two Zeng Guofan and Peng Yulin jointly praised his courage and integrity and made him regional commander of Langshan.

十八年，卒，附祀彭玉麟祠。 He died in Guangxu eighteen and was enshrined alongside Peng Yulin.

十一年，彭玉麟整頓長江水師，罷提督黃翼升，薦成謀樸誠堪膺重任，即以代之。 In year eleven Peng Yulin reorganized the Yangtze fleet, removed Huang Yisheng, praised Chengmou's integrity, and put him in command instead.

彭玉麟督水師會陸軍進規沿江要隘，令朝斌率所部遊奕上下游，兜剿環攻，連克金柱關、蕪湖、東梁山，以提督記名。 Peng Yulin coordinated fleet and army against the Yangtze forts; Chaobin patrolled up- and downstream, encircled rebel positions, and took Jinzhu Pass, Wuhu, and Dongliangshan in turn, earning mark for provincial commander.

劉培元亦彭、楊舊部，戰績可稱，用並列之。 Liu Peiyuan, another veteran of Peng and Yang, also earned a solid record and is listed here with them.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 432Volume 432 Biographies 219: Xiao Qijiang, Zhang Yunlan, Tang Xunfang, Jiang Ningxue, Chen Shi, Li Yuandu · 1 passage

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沈葆楨、李鴻章、彭玉麟、鮑超等交章薦其才，代繳台費，免罪歸。 Shen Baozhen, Li Hongzhang, Peng Yulin, Bao Chao, and others recommended him and paid his Taiwan fee; he was pardoned and returned.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 437Volume 437 Biographies 224: Rong Lu, Wang Wenshao, Zhang Zhidong, Qu Hongji · 2 passages

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當是時，雲貴總督岑毓英、廣西巡撫潘鼎新皆出督師，尚書彭玉麟治兵廣東。 At that time Cen Yuying, governor-general of Yunnan and Guizhou, and Pan Dingxin, governor of Guangxi, were both in the field, while Minister Peng Yulin directed forces in Guangdong.

朝議和戰久不決，之洞至，言戰事氣自倍，以玉麟夙著威望，虛己聽從之。 The court long wavered between peace and war; Zhidong's arrival redoubled the war party's confidence, and he deferred to the long-respected Peng Yulin.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 444Volume 444 Biographies 231: Huang Tifang, Zong Shibaoting, Zong Shishengyu, Zhang Peilun, Deng Chengxiu, Xu Zhixiang · 1 passage

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尚書彭玉麟數辭官不受職，劾其自便身圖，啟功臣驕蹇之漸。 When Minister Peng Yulin repeatedly refused office, Sheng Yu impeached him for putting personal ease first and encouraging the arrogance of meritorious officials.

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 · 1 passage

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諒山之捷，彭玉麟等疏言：「兩臣忠直，同得民心，亦同功最盛。」 After the victory at Lang Son, Peng Yulin and others wrote: "These two ministers are loyal and upright, equally trusted by the people, and their achievements are equally outstanding."