Wu Shier (烏石二) | 24 Histories

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Wu Shier was a Pirate.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Death

AD 1809 十四年
Executed · At Leizhou 雷州
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 210
Killed by Zhang Baozi · With Zhang Baozi (張保仔)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 362, passage 175

Attested activity

AD 1805 嘉慶十年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 354, passage 78
AD 1809 十四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 210; Draft History of Qing 352, passages 126, 138
AD 1809 嘉慶十四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 362, passages 162, 172
AD 1805 to AD 1808 嘉慶十年至十三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 350, passages 170, 172, 216

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Places and affiliations

Organization one of five Guangdong remnant pirate bands 粵餘黨五幫之一 · Relation Leader of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 350, passage 211

Events and relationships

Executed or surrendered
Piracy · Leader
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 138
Lured and executed
Military · Captured · At Leizhou 雷州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 210
Pursued at
AD 1808 嘉慶十三年 · Military · Opponent · At Yazhou Sea 丫洲洋
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 350, passage 216
Military · Bandit leader · At Guangdong coast 廣東海盜
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 354, passage 78

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 343Volume 343 Biographies 130: Shu Lin Younger Brother: Guang Hou, Jue Luo Ji Qing, Jue Luo Zhang Lin, Fei Chun, Bai Ling, Bo Lin · 1 passage

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旬日解散二萬餘人，繳砲船四百餘號，復令誘烏石二至雷州斬之，釋其餘黨，粵洋肅清。 Within ten days more than twenty thousand men were disbanded and more than four hundred gunboats surrendered. He had Wu Shier lured to Leizhou and executed, released the remaining followers, and the Guangdong seas were pacified.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 350Volume 350 Biographies 137: Li Changgeng Son: Ting Yu, Hu Zhensheng, Wang Delu, Qiu Lianggong, Chen Buyun, Xu Songnian, Huang Biao, Lin Guoliang, Xu Tinggui · 3 passages

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又擊硃濆、烏石二於宮仔洋，從李長庚追敗之於閩、粵交界甲子洋。 again attacked Zhu Fen and Wushi Er at Gongzai Sea, and under Li Changgeng pursued and routed them at Jiazi Sea on the Fujian-Guangdong border.

自安南夷艇散後，餘黨留粵者分五幫：曰林阿發、曰總兵保、曰郭學顯、曰烏石二、曰鄭乙。 After the Annamese pirate fleets broke up, the remnants in Guangdong split into five bands: Lin Afa, Zongbing Bao, Guo Xuexian, Wushi Er, and Zheng Yi.

十三年，追剿烏石二於丫洲洋，擊沉數艘，賊艦續至益多。 In the thirteenth year he pursued Wushi Er to Yazhou Bay, sank several junks, but pirate ships kept arriving in ever greater numbers.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 352Volume 352 Biographies 139: Jiang Cheng, Jin Guangti, Zu Zhiwang, Han Feng · 1 passage

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逾年，海盜張保仔就撫，烏石二、東海霸以次誅降，賜花翎。 Within a year the pirate Zhang Bao'er submitted to pacification; Wushi Er, Dong Haiba, and others were killed or surrendered in turn, and Feng was awarded the peacock feather.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 354Volume 354 Biographies 141: Wan Chengfeng, Zhou Xiying, Qian Yue, Qin Ying, Li Zonghan, Han Dingjin, Zhu Fangzeng · 1 passage

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大股如鄭一、烏石二、總兵寶、朱濆等，聲勢甚張。 Major bands led by Zheng Yi, Wushi Er, Zongbing Bao, Zhu Fen, and others had grown formidable.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 362Volume 362 Biographies 149: Fang Ji, Zhu Erhan, Yang Hu, Liao Yin, Chen Changqi, Zhu Ergenge, Cha Chonghua · 2 passages

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迨晡，保仔登舟，請留三千人招西路賊烏石二，不聽則擒之以自贖，許之，給米千石慰遣。 By late afternoon Baozi came aboard and asked to keep three thousand men to recruit the western pirate Wushi Er, promising to capture him if refused as proof of good faith. The request was granted, and a thousand piculs of rice were given to send them on their way.

至期，保仔果誘烏石二至高州，誅之。 When the appointed day came, Baozi did indeed lure Wushi Er to Gaozhou and killed him.