Shi Dakai (石達開) | 24 Histories

Overview

Shi Dakai was a rebel.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1863 同治二年春
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 258
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 254

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 254

Events and relationships

Captured
Military · Captive
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 430, passage 260

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 430Volume 430 Biographies 217: Lei Zhengwan, Tao Maolin, Cao Kezhong, Hu Zhonghe, He Shengbi, Xiao Qinggao, Yang Fudong, Zhou Dawu, Li Huiwu, Tang Yougeng · 5 passages

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同治元年，破石達開黨賴裕新於工卩州。 In the first year of Tongzhi he defeated Shi Dakai's follower Lai Yuxin at Gongzhou.

三月，達開圍涪州，友耕馳援，解其圍，授四川重慶鎮總兵。 In the third month Dakai besieged Fuzhou. Yougeng galloped to the rescue, lifted the siege, and was appointed brigade general of Chongqing Garrison in Sichuan.

是年冬，達開屯敘州雙龍場，分黨屯橫江，友耕攻破江岸賊壘。 That winter Dakai encamped at Shuanglongchang in Xuzhou and posted followers at Hengjiang. Yougeng stormed the rebel forts along the riverbank.

六月，達開謀渡金沙江，官軍扼之不得進，改趨天全土司地，友耕擊沉賊筏； In the sixth month Dakai tried to cross the Jinsha River but government troops barred his way. He turned toward the tribal lands of Tianquan, and Yougeng sank the rebel rafts.

達開奔老鴉漩，復為土兵所遏，遂就擒。 Dakai fled to Laoyaxuan, was blocked by tribal troops, and was captured.