Tang Dingkui (唐定奎)

Overview

Tang Dingkui was a general and Military Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Junhou	俊侯	Junhou
Posthumous name	Guojie	果介	Guojie

Life and dates

Death

AD 1887 光緒十三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 189

Attested activity

AD 1883 光緒九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 186
AD 1875 光緒元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 168
AD 1885 光緒十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 188
AD 1887 光緒十三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 189
AD 1868 同治七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 158
AD 1870 同治九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 160

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AD 1867 同治六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passages 155-156
AD 1874 同治十三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passages 163, 165
AD 1871 同治十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 162

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Tang Dingkui (唐定奎之母)
mother 母
mother 母 · maternal line
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passages 155, 160
Sibling of Tang Diankui (唐殿魁)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 152

Career and standing

major general of Zhili Zhengding garrison 直隸正定鎮總兵
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 183
deputy commander (fujiang) 副將
Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 154
provincial military commander of Fujian land forces 福建陸路提督
Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 184
provincial military commander, recorded 提督記名
AD 1867 同治六年 · Recorded
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 157
special mourning honors 優恤
AD 1887 光緒十三年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 189
Hodun Baturu 呼敦巴圖魯
AD 1868 同治七年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 158

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yellow riding jacket 黃馬褂
AD 1874 同治十三年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 167
peacock feather 花翎
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 154
Asked to support parents
AD 1868 同治七年 · Retirement requested
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 159
Entered
AD 1870 同治九年 · Mourning · Reason mother died
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 160
Granted
AD 1885 光緒十一年 · Relieved for illness
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 188
Requested
AD 1883 光緒九年 · Retirement refused
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 186

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 154
At Hefei, Anhui 安徽合肥
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 431, passages 128, 152
AD 1871 同治十年
At Xuzhou 徐州 · Relation Garrisoned
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 162
At Jiangyin 江陰 · Relation Garrisoned
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 185
AD 1870 同治九年
Organization Mingwu Army 銘武軍 · Relation Commander of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 161

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passages 171-175

Events and relationships

Coastal defense
AD 1883 光緒九年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 187
Deployed to
AD 1874 同治十三年七月 · Military · Commander · At Taiwan / Fengshan 台灣、鳳山
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 165
Destroyed
AD 1867 同治六年 · Military · Commander · With Ren Zhu (任柱) · At Ganyu 贛榆
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 156
Pacified south Taiwan
AD 1875 光緒元年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 182
Routed
AD 1867 同治六年 · Military · Commander · With Lai Wenguang (賴文光) · At Shouguang 壽光
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 156
Succeeded brother
AD 1867 同治六年 · Military · Commander · With Tang Diankui (唐殿魁)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 155

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 · 13 passages

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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.

七年，從剿西捻於直隸、山東，賜號呼敦巴圖魯。 In 1868 he joined the campaign against the western Nian in Zhili and Shandong and received the title Hodun Baturu.

劉銘傳赴陝西剿回匪，調定奎接統銘武軍，定奎請終制，命俟陝西軍事平，回籍終制。 When Liu Mingchuan went to Shaanxi against Muslim rebels, Dingkui was called to take the Mingwu Army. He asked to complete mourning; the court told him to wait until the Shaanxi campaign ended, then return home to finish the rites.

十年，定奎回防徐州。 In 1871 Dingkui returned to garrison Xuzhou.

船政大臣沈葆楨奏請援師，李鴻章薦定奎率所部往。 Naval Affairs Commissioner Shen Baozhen asked for reinforcements, and Li Hongzhang recommended that Dingkui lead his troops to Taiwan.

龜紋番社引日兵與刺桐腳莊民尋仇相閧，定奎示以兵威，日人引去。 The Guiwen tribe drew in Japanese soldiers to settle a feud with the village of Citongjiao. Dingkui showed force and the Japanese pulled back.

時疫流行，士卒先後死千餘人，定奎拊循周至，兵氣不衰，賜黃馬褂。 An epidemic swept the camp and killed more than a thousand men, but Dingkui nursed and encouraged his troops so morale held firm, and he was awarded the yellow jacket.

定奎分遣七營屯東港南勢湖，自率四營當其衝，葆楨檄諸軍並聽節制。 Dingkui posted seven battalions at Donggang and Nanshihu and led four battalions against the main threat himself. Baozhen ordered all forces on the island to take his orders.

定奎上書陳兵事，略曰：「逆番晝伏莽中，夜燎山頂，精於標槍，伺間輒發。 Dingkui wrote to the court on the campaign, saying in brief: "The hostile tribes lie in the bush by day and signal from the hilltops by night. They are expert with javelins and attack at the first chance.

獅頭社猶負險抗拒，定奎令諸將得險即守，自剿獅頭兩社，別遣師扼斷外援，遂攻下之。 The Shitou tribe still held the high ground. Dingkui told his officers to seize and hold every strong point; he attacked the two Shitou villages himself while another column blocked outside help, and the positions fell.

沈葆楨調兩江總督，奏統所部駐防江陰。 When Shen Baozhen became governor-general of the Two Jiangs, he had Dingkui's troops posted at Jiangyin under his command.

十三年，卒，優恤，諡果介。 He died in 1887. The court granted special mourning honors and the posthumous title Resolute and Upright.