Wu Xu (吳煦) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wu Xu as an administrator and official. 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	Wu Xu	吳煦	Wu Xu
Personal	Wu Xu	吳煦	Wú Xù
Given	Xu	煦	Xù

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0006

Roles

Administrator
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 咸豐十年 · Western Year: AD 1860
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:435:s0006, qingshigao:435:s0008

Career and standing

Label: Suzhou-Songjiang-Taicang Circuit intendant / 蘇松太道 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0006

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0006

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: patron · Action: secured-Ward-release · Other Person Id: Ward (華爾)
Explicit · qingshigao:435:s0006

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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蘇松太道吳煦識其才，言於美領事，獲免，以是德之，原效力，俾領印度兵。 Wu Xu, intendant of the Suzhou-Songjiang-Taicang circuit, recognized his ability, appealed to the American consul to spare him arrest, and won his lasting loyalty; Ward volunteered to serve and was put in command of Indian soldiers.

咸豐十年，粵匪陷松江，煦令募西兵數十為前驅； In 1860 the rebels took Songjiang, and Xu recruited several dozen Western soldiers to lead the assault;

先是煦與華爾約，城克，罄賊所有以予。 Xu had earlier promised Ward that if the city fell, Ward would receive everything the rebels left behind.

至是入賊館，空無所得，以五千金酬之。 When they entered the rebel headquarters they found nothing of value, so Xu paid him five thousand taels of silver instead.

初，喪歸，煦檢其篋，得金陵城圖，賊所居處及城垣丈尺方位纖悉畢具，論者頗稱其機密雲。 When Ward's body was brought back, Xu examined his trunk and found a detailed map of Nanjing showing rebel quarters and the exact dimensions and layout of the walls; contemporaries praised his remarkable intelligence work.