Rui Lin (瑞麟) | 24 Histories

Overview

Rui Lin was an official and General.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Chengquan	澄泉	Chéngquán
Posthumous name	Wenzhuang	文莊

Life and dates

Death

AD 1874 同治十三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 102

Attested activity

AD 1854 to AD 1871 AD 1854-1871
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 254
AD 1870 同治九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 100
AD 1863 同治二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 87
AD 1866 同治五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 97
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 86
AD 1874 同治十三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 102

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AD 1871 同治十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 101
AD 1865 同治四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passages 88, 90
AD 1853 咸豐三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passages 66-67
AD 1859 咸豐九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 77
AD 1855 咸豐五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 69
AD 1851 咸豐元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 65
AD 1858 咸豐八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 71
AD 1861 咸豐十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 85
AD 1860 咸豐十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passages 78-79
AD 1860 咸豐十年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 54
AD 1850 道光三十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 64
AD 1847 道光二十七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 62
AD 1848 道光二十八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 63

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Huaitabu (懷塔布)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 103

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Manchu 滿洲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 60
Lineage Yehe Nara clan 葉赫那喇氏
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 60

Career and standing

Acting Governor-General of Liangguang 兩廣總督
AD 1865 同治四年 · Acting
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 88
Acting Governor-General of Zhili 直隸總督
Acting
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 74
Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion 文淵閣大學士
AD 1871 同治十年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 101
Grand Councilor 軍機大臣上行走
AD 1853 咸豐三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 66
General of Xi'an 西安將軍
AD 1855 咸豐五年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 69
Commander of the Han Bordered Yellow Banner 鑲黃旗漢軍都統
AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 85

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Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion 文淵閣大學士
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 76
Herald 贊禮郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 61
Reader of Prayers in the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常寺讀祝官
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 61
Deputy Lieutenant-General of the Manchu Bordered Blue Banner 鑲藍旗滿洲副都統
AD 1851 咸豐元年 · Concurrent
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 65
Commander of Rehe 熱河都統
AD 1862 同治元年 · Posted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 86
Vice Minister of Rites 禮部侍郎
AD 1850 道光三十年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 64
Academician of the Grand Secretariat 內閣學士
AD 1848 道光二十八年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 63
Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常寺少卿
AD 1848 道光二十八年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 63
Minister of Rites 禮部尚書
Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 70
Governor-General of Liangguang 兩廣總督
AD 1866 同治五年 · Substantive
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 97
General of Guangzhou 廣州將軍
AD 1863 同治二年 · Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 87
Badarang Abaturu 巴達瑯阿巴圖魯
AD 1855 咸豐五年 · Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 69
fifth-rank button and peacock feather 五品頂戴、花翎
AD 1847 道光二十七年 · Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 62
Grand Guardian 太保
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 102
Stripped again after defeat
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Dismissal
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 84
Stripped of office
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Dismissal
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 81

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passages 60, 86
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 254
At Manchu Plain Blue Banner 滿洲正藍旗 · Relation Banner affiliation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 60

Works and attributed material

Narrative · Subject · silent-subject continuation
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 388, passages 61, 63-66, 69-71, 74, 77-79, 82, 84-89, 91-92, 97, 100-102

Events and relationships

Campaigned with Senggelinqin
AD 1853 咸豐三年 · Military · Commander · With Sengge Rinchen (僧格林沁)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 67
Defended Tongzhou
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 79
Escorted emperor to Rehe
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Military · Escort
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 82
Fought at Baliqiao
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Military · Commander · With Senggebao (勝保)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 80
Relation Subordinate of · Person Sengge Rinchen (僧格林沁)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 254

Assessments and attributes

Assessment rendered-service-suppressing-rebels-and-defending-against-foreigners · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 254

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 388Volume 388 Biographies 175: Gui Liang, Rui Lin Son: Huai Tabu, Guan Wen, Wen Yu · 13 passages

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瑞麟，字澄泉，葉赫那喇氏，滿洲正藍旗人。 Rui Lin, styled Chengquan, was a Yehe Nara Manchu of the Plain Blue Banner.

時粵匪竄畿輔，踞靜海縣及獨流鎮，命瑞麟率兵從僧格林沁防剿，會攻獨流，克之。 When the rebels raided the capital region and held Jinghai and Duliuzhen, Rui Lin was ordered to campaign with Senggelinqin; their joint assault captured Duliuzhen.

靜海賊竄陷阜城，又分竄連鎮及山東高唐州，瑞麟合擊，屢有擒斬。 The Jinghai rebels fled to Fucheng, then split toward Lianzhen and Gaotang in Shandong. Rui Lin joined the pursuit and won repeated captures and kills.

五年，克連鎮，賊首林鳳祥就擒，加都統銜，賜號巴達瑯阿巴圖魯，授西安將軍。 In Xianfeng 5 Lianzhen fell and Lin Fengxiang was captured. Rui Lin received commander-in-chief rank, the title Badarang Abaturu, and appointment as general of Xi'an.

文宗知和不可恃，亟治海防，命瑞麟赴天津修築大沽砲台。 Knowing peace could not be trusted, Emperor Wenzong urgently strengthened coastal defenses and sent Rui Lin to rebuild the Dagu forts.

瑞麟回京，調戶部尚書緦拜文淵閣大學士，兼管禮部鴻臚寺、太常寺。 Rui Lin returned to Beijing, became minister of Revenue, and was appointed Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Pavilion with concurrent charge of the Court of State Ceremonial and the Court of Imperial Sacrifices.

僧格林沁屢戰失利，敵軍進通州，瑞麟偕勝保御之八里橋，左右夾擊，勝保傷砲墜馬，軍潰，敵遂逼京師。 After Senggelinqin's repeated defeats the enemy advanced on Tongzhou. Rui Lin and Shengbao met them at Baliqiao in a pincer attack, but Shengbao was wounded by cannon fire and thrown from his horse, the army collapsed, and the enemy pressed toward Beijing.

瑞麟迎戰安定門外，敗績，褫職。 Rui Lin fought again outside the Anding Gate, was defeated, and was dismissed.

粵匪汪海洋由福建竄廣東大埔，遣副將方耀擊走之。 When the rebel Wang Haiyang raided from Fujian into Dabu, Guangdong, Rui Lin sent Deputy Commander Fang Yao to drive him back.

時賊踪往來於福建、廣東、江西界上，瑞麟偕左宗棠疏請三省會剿。 As rebel bands shuttled across the Fujian-Guangdong-Jiangxi borderlands, Rui Lin and Zuo Zongtang asked for a three-province joint campaign.

時巡撫蔣益澧號知兵，瑞麟部將方耀、鄭紹忠皆能戰，先後破斬五坑客匪，曹沖、赤溪及新安、東莞諸匪，潮州、瓊州洋盜、土匪。 Governor Jiang Yili was reputed as a capable commander, and Rui Lin's generals Fang Yao and Zheng Shaozhong were skilled fighters. Together they crushed the Wukeng Hakka bandits, outlaws in Caochong, Chixi, Xin'an, and Dongguan, and pirates and bandits in Chaozhou and Qiongzhou.

十三年，卒，詔嘉前勞，贈太保，祀賢良祠，諡文莊。 He died in Tongzhi 13. The court praised his earlier service, posthumously titled him Grand Guardian, enshrined him in the Temple of Worthies, and gave him the posthumous name Wenzhuang.

瑞麟從僧格林沁勦賊防夷，曾著勞勚。 Rui Lin campaigned with Senggelinqin against rebels and foreigners and once rendered notable service.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 468Volume 468 Biographies 255: Chong Qi Son: Bao Chu Deng, Zhi Jun, Yan Mao Younger Brother: Yan Zhi, Se Pu Zheng E, Wang Yirong, Xi Yuan, Zong Shibaofeng, Zong Shishoufu Younger Brother: Shou Fandeng, Song Chengxiang, Wang Tieshan · 1 passage

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咸豐十年，賊竄畿疆，以健銳營前鋒校，從大學士瑞麟往討，裹創力戰。 In 1860, when rebels raided the capital region, he served as a vanguard corporal of the Vanguard Camp and followed Grand Secretary Ruilin to suppress them, fighting on despite his wounds.