Tang Diankui (唐殿魁)

Overview

Tang Diankui was a general and Military Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Jinchen	藎臣	Jinchen
Posthumous name	Loyal and Valiant	忠壯	Zhongzhuang

Life and dates

Death

AD 1867 同治六年
Killed in battle · At Yongzhang River 永漋河
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passages 150, 155

Attested activity

AD 1864 同治三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 139
AD 1863 同治二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 132
AD 1866 同治五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 142
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 131
AD 1867 同治六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passages 145, 150
AD 1865 同治四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 140

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AD 1860 咸豐十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 129

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Tang Dingkui (唐定奎之母)
mother 母 · maternal line
mother 母
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 155
Sibling of Tang Dingkui (唐定奎)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 152

Career and standing

major general of Zhejiang Quzhou garrison 浙江衢州鎮總兵
AD 1866 同治五年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 142
company officer (qianzong) 千總
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Commended
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 130
brigade commander (canjiang) 參將
AD 1863 同治二年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 133
major (youji) 游擊
AD 1863 同治二年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 132
company commander (dusi) 都司
AD 1862 同治元年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 131
provincial military commander, recorded 提督記名
AD 1864 同治三年 · Recorded
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 139

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major general, recorded 總兵記名
AD 1863 同治二年 · Recorded
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 134
Guangxi Youjiang garrison commander 廣西右江鎮
AD 1867 同治六年 · Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 145
hereditary Commandant of Cavalry and Cloud Cavalry Commandant 騎都尉兼雲騎尉世職
AD 1867 同治六年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 151
special shrine 專祠
AD 1867 同治六年 · Built
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 151
Striking Brave Baturu 振勇巴圖魯
AD 1863 同治二年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 132
peacock feather 花翎
AD 1862 同治元年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 131
Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent 太子少保
AD 1867 同治六年 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 151

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 129
At Hefei, Anhui 安徽合肥
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 128
AD 1862 同治元年
Organization Huai Army 淮軍 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 131

Events and relationships

Captured
AD 1864 同治三年 · Military · Commander · With Chen Kunshu (陳坤書) · At Changzhou 常州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 139
Held out
AD 1863 同治二年 · Military · Commander · At Benniu 奔牛鎮
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 137
Raised siege
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Military · Militia leader · With Weng Tongshu (翁同書) · At Shouzhou 壽州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 129
AD 1862 同治元年
Relation Served under · Person Liu Mingchuan (劉銘傳)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 131

Assessments and attributes

badly wounded at Yongzhang River; bound wounds and fought until killed
Wound
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passages 149-150

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 431Volume 431 Biographies 218: Guo Songlin, Li Changle, Yang Dingxun, Tang Diankui, Tang Dingkui, Teng Siwu, Luo Guozhong · 12 passages

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唐殿魁，字藎臣，安徽合肥人。 Tang Diankui, style name Jinchen, was from Hefei in Anhui.

同治元年，李鴻章率淮軍援上海，殿魁從，隸劉銘傳，克南匯、川沙、奉賢、金山衛、柘林五城，積功累擢都司，賜花翎。 In 1862, when Li Hongzhang brought the Huai Army to Shanghai, Diankui went with him under Liu Mingchuan and helped take Nanhui, Chuansha, Fengxian, Jinshanwei, and Zhelin. For steady service he rose to company commander and received the peacock feather.

二年，克江陰楊舍汛城，擢游擊，賜號振勇巴圖魯。 In 1863 he captured the Yangshe garrison at Jiangyin, was made colonel, and received the title Striking Brave Baturu.

從劉銘傳攻常州，銘傳受重傷，令殿魁偕副將黃桂蘭督兵進。 In the assault on Changzhou, Mingchuan was badly wounded and sent Diankui with Deputy Commander Huang Guilan to lead the advance.

殿魁據石營依河岸，壁壘悉為賊轟毀，堅守二十餘日。 Diankui held a stone camp on the riverbank. Rebel fire wrecked his works, but he held out for more than twenty days.

銘傳裹創往救，殿魁從內夾擊，苦戰數日，圍始解。 Mingchuan came with his wounds still bound; Diankui hit the ring from inside while Mingchuan pressed from without. After days of hard fighting the siege was broken.

捻匪自山東回竄，銘傳督兵追至烏官屯，殿魁繼進，殺賊五百餘。 When the Nian swung back from Shandong, Mingchuan drove them to Wuguan tun and Diankui followed up, killing more than five hundred.

銘傳與鮑超約會戰於永漋河，銘傳欲先出，殿魁請少待，不從。 Mingchuan and Bao Chao agreed to meet the enemy at the Yongzhang River. Mingchuan wanted to move first; Diankui urged him to hold back, but he refused.

殿魁戰小挫，受重傷。 Diankui's line buckled and he was badly wounded.

贈太子少保，予騎都尉兼雲騎尉世職，諡忠壯，建專祠。 He was posthumously made Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, granted hereditary Commandant of Cavalry and Cloud Cavalry Commandant ranks, given the posthumous title Loyal and Valiant, and honored with a private shrine.

唐定奎，字俊侯，殿魁弟。 Tang Dingkui, style name Junhou, was Diankui's younger brother.

同治六年，殿魁戰歿永漋河，定奎方省母回裡，奔赴軍，誓殺賊復仇，遂代領兄舊部，轉戰河南、山東。 In 1867 Diankui was killed at the Yongzhang River. Dingkui had been home visiting his mother; he hurried back to camp, swore to kill rebels and avenge his brother, took over the old command, and fought on in Henan and Shandong.