Dates uncertain · Official

Rui Cheng 瑞澂

Died AD 1915

Passages
15
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Rui Cheng as an administrator, aristocrat, and official. This record brings together 15 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Rui Cheng 瑞澂 Rui Cheng
Personal Ruicheng 瑞澂 Ruicheng
Courtesy Xinru 莘儒 Xinru

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Aristocrat
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

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  • Descendant of Qishan (琦善)
    Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Parentage: biological
  • Child of Gongtang (恭鏜)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Kin of Zaize (載澤)
    Kinship Term: relation by marriage / 姻婭 · Union Category: other
    Kinship Term: relation by marriage / 姻婭 · Union Category: other

Origins and identity

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Places and affiliations

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Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: chief criminal for abandoning Wuchang · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Assessment: prestige rose after Hunan impeachments · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
  • Assessment: reputation for uprightness in foreign dealings · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

Source notes

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 471Volume 471 Biographies 258: Sheng Xuanhuai, Rui Cheng · 13 passages
瑞澂棄城走,詔革職,仍令權總督事,戴罪​​圖功,並令陸軍大臣廕昌督師往討,薩鎮冰率兵艦、程允和率水師援之,而瑞澂已乘兵艦由漢口而蕪湖而九江,且至上海​​矣。 Rui Cheng abandoned the city and fled; an edict removed him from office yet left him acting governor-general to redeem himself in battle; Army Minister Yinchang was sent to lead the campaign, Sa Zhenbing with warships and Cheng Yunhe with the river fleet to support him—but Rui Cheng had already fled by gunboat from Hankou through Wuhu and Jiujiang and was nearly at Shanghai.
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 473Volume 473 Biographies 260: Zhang Xun, Kang Youwei · 2 passages