Ming · General

Qi Jiguang 戚繼光

Attested AD 1550 - AD 1585

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Qi Jiguang was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1555 to AD 1585 戚繼光遺法
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 256, passage 116
AD 1550 to AD 1585 明戚繼光
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 30

Key source chapters

History of Ming, Chapter 256 Volume 256 Biographies 144: Cui Jingrong, Huang Kezuan, Bi Ziyan, Li Zhanggeng, Liu Zhifeng 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 405 Volume 405 Biographies 192: Ceng Guofan 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 256, passage 116
Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 30

Learning and skills

Skill naval and land combat training methods 水軍先習陸戰 · Level legacy-model
Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 116

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 116
Zeng Guofan adopted Qi Jiguang's leftover training methods for the Hunan Braves
Method legacy
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 30
Cited for legacy methods later applied to Tianjin naval training under Bi Ziyan; activity interval is Qi Jiguang's own Mid-Ming career, not the Tianqi narrative date.
Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 116

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 256Volume 256 Biographies 144: Cui Jingrong, Huang Kezuan, Bi Ziyan, Li Zhanggeng, Liu Zhifeng · 1 passage

及熊廷弼建三方布置策，天津居其一，增設鎮海諸營，用戚繼光遺法，水軍先習陸戰，軍由是可用。 When Xiong Tingbi devised the three-front disposition strategy, Tianjin was one of the three fronts; additional camps such as Zhenhai were established. Following Qi Jiguang's legacy methods, the navy trained first in land combat, and the force thereby became effective.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 405Volume 405 Biographies 192: Ceng Guofan · 1 passage

取明戚繼光遺法，募農民樸實壯健者，朝夕訓練之。 Adopting the methods left by the Ming general Qi Jiguang, he recruited plain, sturdy farmers and drilled them from dawn to dusk.