Wang Zhiding (王之鼎)

Overview

Wang Zhiding was a Military Officer and General.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Zhongyi	忠毅	Zhongyi

Life and dates

Death

AD 1680 康熙十九年
Killed after refusing to surrender; attempted suicide by sword · At Guiyang 貴陽
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 253, passages 92, 94

Attested activity

AD 1680 康熙十九年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 253, passages 85, 94
AD 1679 康熙十八年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 84

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Wang Yuxian (毓賢)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 97
Parent of Wang Yuxiu (毓秀)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 97

Career and standing

Provincial Military Commissioner of Sichuan 四川提督
AD 1679 康熙十八年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 84
Junior Tutor of the Heir Apparent 太子少保
Granted posthumously
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 96
Zhongyi 忠毅
Granted posthumously
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 96

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 84

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Xia Guoxiang (夏國相)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 93

Events and relationships

Defended Yongning
AD 1680 康熙十九年 · Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 253, passages 85, 88

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 253Volume 253 Biographies 40: Mo Luo, Chen Fu, Wang Zhiding, Li Xingyuan, Chen Qitai, Chen Danchi, Ye Yingliu · 7 passages

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六月，勇略將軍趙良棟將進剿雲、貴，調芳述守敘州，之鼎留鎮永寧。 In the sixth month Valiant Strategy General Zhao Liangdong was preparing to advance into Yunnan and Guizhou. Fangshu was moved to hold Xuzhou while Zhiding remained at Yongning.

時城中糧盡已兩閱月，之鼎猶率兵挑戰，士氣倍奮。 Grain in the city had been gone for two months, yet Zhiding still led sorties against the enemy, and the troops' spirit doubled.

之鼎解印付家人，令間道走成都，率總兵楊魁、何成德、王永世、傅汝友，游擊陳先鳳、陳田、劉應科等出禦賊，身受重創。 Zhiding handed his seal to his household and told them to escape by a hidden route to Chengdu. He led Brigadiers Yang Kui, He Chengde, Wang Yongshi, and Fu Ruyou and Mobile Battalion Commanders Chen Xianfeng, Chen Tian, and Liu Yingke out to face the enemy and was gravely wounded.

賊湧至，之鼎自度不能免，拔劍自刎，未殊，與魁等俱被執，傳送貴陽。 Rebels swarmed in. Seeing no escape, Zhiding drew his sword and cut his throat but did not die outright. He and Kui and the others were captured and sent to Guiyang.

賊黨夏國相等百計誘降，之鼎厲聲叱曰：「死則死耳，肯向鼠輩乞活耶？」 Rebel leaders such as Xia Guoxiang tried every means to win him over. Zhiding shouted back: 'Death is death—would I beg my life from vermin like you?'

事聞，贈之鼎太子少保，諡忠毅。 When word reached the court, Zhiding was posthumously made Junior Tutor of the Heir Apparent and given the posthumous title Zhongyi (Loyal and Resolute).

從之鼎死者，又有從軍廕生潘濟世：並卹如例。 among those who died with Zhiding was also the enfeoffed military student Pan Jishi; all received funeral honors according to precedent.