Tan Shaoguang (譚紹光)

Overview

The translated histories identify Tan Shaoguang as a rebel. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Tan Shaoguang	譚紹光	Tan Shaoguang
Title	Prince of Mu	慕王
Given	Shaoguang	紹光	Shàoguāng
Personal	Tan Shaoguang	譚紹光	Tán Shàoguāng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0038

Roles

Rebel

Life and dates

Death

Manner: killed by Gao Yunguan / 雲官殺紹光 · Authority Person Id: Gao Yunguan (郜雲官)
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0085

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 同治二年 · Western Year: AD 1863
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:435:s0072, qingshigao:435:s0065
Source Date: Text: 同治元年 · Western Year: AD 1862
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:435:s0038, qingshigao:435:s0018

Career and standing

Title: Prince of Mu / 慕王 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0038

Places and affiliations

Label: Taiping Heavenly Kingdom / 太平天國 · Relation: served
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References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 435Volume 435 Biographies 222: Hua Er, Lei Bo Lei Dong, Fa Er Di Fu, Ge Deng, Ri Yi Ge, De Ke Bei, He De, Bo Li · 5 passages

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俄偽慕王譚紹光復來犯，薄西門，與總兵黃翼升各軍擊之，賊潰，奔北岸，華爾毀其七營。 Soon the Taiping commander Tan Shaoguang attacked again and pressed the west gate; Ward joined Major General Huang Yisheng's forces in driving the rebels back across the north bank and destroying seven of their camps.

譚紹光構悍賊來爭，與諸軍大破之，薄昆城，偕李恆嵩夾擊，賊酋偽朝將先期逸去。 Tan Shaoguang rallied fierce rebel troops to meet them; Gordon and the allied armies routed them, closed on Kunshan, and with Li Hengsong attacked from both sides while the rebel commander, the false Court General, had already fled.

而紹光所部每戰猶致死，自偽納王郜雲官以下，皆萌貳志，詣營乞降。 yet Shaoguang's men still fought with desperate courage; from the false Prince of Na, Gao Yunguan, downward, the garrison turned toward surrender and sent envoys to the besiegers.

乃與學啟乘單舸會雲官等於洋澄湖，令斬秀成、紹光以獻，學啟與誓，戈登證之。 He and Xueqi then took a small boat to meet Yunguan and the others on Yangcheng Lake, demanding the heads of Xiucheng and Shaoguang as the price of surrender; Xueqi swore the pact and Gordon witnessed it.

未幾，秀成遁，雲官殺紹光，開齊門迎降，賞頭等功牌、銀幣，並犒其軍。 Xiucheng soon escaped; Yunguan killed Shaoguang, opened the Qi Gate to the besiegers, and was rewarded with a first-class merit plaque, silver, and a feast for his troops.