Qing · General and Official

Qing Cheng 慶成

First attested AD 1796; died AD 1812

Passages: 15
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Qing Cheng was a general and Official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1812 十七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 121

Attested activity

AD 1802 七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 112
AD 1797 二年正月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 84
AD 1801 六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 108
AD 1806 十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 116
AD 1812 十七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 121
AD 1796 嘉慶元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 76

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Wufu (五福)
grandson 孫 · 2 generations
grandfather 祖父 · 2 generations
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 86
Child of Father of Qing Cheng (慶成之父)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 113

Career and standing

brigadier of Shaan'an 陝安鎮總兵
AD 1800 五年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 104
General of Chengdu 成都將軍
AD 1799 四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 99
provincial commander 提督
AD 1801 六年 · Substantive appointment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 108
junior guardian of the heir apparent 太子少保
AD 1796 嘉慶元年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 77
Xiangke 襄恪
Posthumous
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 121
grand guardian of the heir apparent 太子太保
AD 1796 嘉慶元年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 78

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grand guardian of the heir apparent 太子太保
AD 1802 七年 · Restored
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 112
Commuted to Ili exile then recalled to Shaanxi service
AD 1800 五年正月 · Exile
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 102
Stripped and arrested after Mingliang accusation; estate confiscated
AD 1799 四年 · Arrest
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passages 100-101
Stripped for deceiving throne; exiled to Heilongjiang
AD 1806 十一年 · Exile · At Heilongjiang 黑龍江
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 119
Stripped of court rank, peacock feather, brave title
AD 1796 嘉慶元年十一月 · Demotion
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 82

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 76

Works and attributed material

claimed double-eyed peacock feather grants blocked by Heshen
Speech · Speaker · With Jiaqing Emperor (清仁宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passages 117-118

Events and relationships

Defeated Yao Zhifu and Liu Zhixie with Heng Rui
AD 1796 嘉慶元年 · Military · Commander · With Hengrui (恆瑞)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 76
Returned to banner to observe mourning for father
AD 1802 七年 · Ritual · Mourner
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 114
Shot and captured Liu Qirong
AD 1797 二年正月 · Military · Commander · With Liu Qirong (劉起榮)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 346, passage 85

References in the histories

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History

15 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 346Volume 346 Biographies 133: Heng Rui, Qing Cheng, Qi Shi Wu, Fu Zhina, Liang Lu · 15 passages

賊屯棗陽丫兒山，分踞張家垱，連營十餘裡，遮官軍，慶成先進，襲其寨，大破之，擒宋廷貴、陳正五，追敗餘匪於紅土山，擒黃玉貴，加太子少保。 The rebels held Ya'er Mountain in Zaoyang and Zhangjiadang in a chain of camps more than ten li long that blocked the imperial army; Qing Cheng led the assault, overran their stockade, captured Song Tinggui and Chen Zhengwu, ran down the survivors at Hongtu Mountain and took Huang Yugui, and was made junior guardian of the heir apparent.

之富竄鍾祥，合劉起榮、張富國等眾五六萬，偕永保等冒雨攻克之，晉太子太保。 Zhifu fled to Zhongxiang, where he joined Liu Qirong, Zhang Fuguo, and others in a force of fifty or sixty thousand; Qing Cheng and Yongbao took the town in a rainy assault and he was promoted to grand guardian of the heir apparent.

慶成等以久戰兵疲，不能圍剿，詔嚴斥之。 Qing Cheng and his colleagues, their troops worn out by the long campaign, failed to encircle the enemy, and the court rebuked them sharply.

賊竄棗陽太平鎮，四路合攻，斬數千級，慶成受矛傷，被優賚。 The rebels fled to Taiping Town in Zaoyang; a four-column assault killed several thousand; Qing Cheng was speared in the fighting and received special rewards.

十一月，賊潛渡滾河北竄，與永保等並被嚴譴，盡奪宮銜、花翎、勇號，易惠齡為總統。 In the eleventh month the rebels slipped across the Gun River to the north; Qing Cheng and Yongbao were savagely rebuked, stripped of court rank, peacock feather, and brave-title, and Huiling replaced them as supreme commander.

分路追賊，慶成射中賊首劉起榮，擒之，在諸將中戰最力。 In the pursuit on several fronts, Qing Cheng shot and captured rebel chief Liu Qirong, fighting harder than any of his fellow commanders.

高宗以慶成為五福孫，不次擢用； The Gaozong Emperor had fast-tracked Qing Cheng because he was Wufu's grandson;

賊敗竄河南境，分數路，慶成追李全，連破之確山五里川、盧氏火焰溝。 The beaten rebels scattered into Henan; Qing Cheng chased Li Quan and routed him at Wulichuan in Queshan and Huoyangou in Lushi.

未幾，之富竄渡漢江，降二品頂戴，暫留提督任。 Before long Zhifu crossed the Han again; Qing Cheng was reduced to second-rank insignia but kept his provincial command for the time being.

賊趨大寧，與川匪合，慶成與川軍會剿。 The rebels moved on Daning, linked up with the Sichuan rebels, and Qing Cheng joined the Sichuan forces in a joint campaign.

九月，偕恆瑞截擊湖北迴竄之賊於洵陽，而李全、王廷詔沿漢東走，慶成登舟下漢以要其前； In the ninth month he and Heng Rui intercepted Hubei rebels doubling back through Xunyang; meanwhile Li Quan and Wang Tingzhao fled east along the Han, and Qing Cheng took to the river to block their path;

惠齡、恆瑞從陸躡其後，至紫陽夾攻之，賊竄興安，慶成一晝夜追及，大破之司渡河。 Huiling and Heng Rui pressed them by land; at Ziyang they caught the enemy in a pincer; the rebels fled to Xing'an; Qing Cheng chased them for a full day and night, overtook them, and routed them at Sihedu.

會明亮訐奏永保、慶成失機，命那彥成、松筠按治，褫職逮問； Meanwhile Mingliang accused Yongbao and Qing Cheng of bungling their chance; Nayancheng and Songyun were ordered to investigate, strip them of rank, and arrest them for trial;

時經略赴川，陝、甘兵三萬餘皆歸慶成節制，川匪冉天元、冉學勝、樊人傑先後渡漢江，詔斥慶成疏防，責戴罪立功。 When the grand coordinator went to Sichuan, more than thirty thousand Shaanxi and Gansu troops fell under Qing Cheng's command; Sichuan rebels Ran Tianyuan, Ran Xuesheng, and Fan Renjie crossed the Han in turn; the court rebuked him for slack defense and ordered him to redeem himself on the battlefield.

慶成對：「徵安南蒙賜，和珅禁勿用； Qing Cheng answered, "I was granted it on the Annam campaign, but Heshen forbade me to wear it;