Wu Yulan (吳毓蘭) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wu Yulan was an official and Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1882 光緒八年
Died
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 213

Attested activity

AD 1882 光緒八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 213
AD 1880 光緒六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 210
AD 1868 同治七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 208
AD 1864 同治三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 193
AD 1863 同治二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 191
AD 1866 同治五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 205

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AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 190
AD 1867 同治六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 207
AD 1871 同治十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 209
AD 1865 同治四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 204
AD 1860 咸豐十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passages 188-189

Family

Sibling of Yufen (毓芬)
elder brother 兄
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 189

Career and standing

military defense intendant of Tianjin and Hejian 天津河間兵備道
AD 1880 光緒六年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 210
coastal defense camp administration; Tianjin Machine Works 海防營務處，天津機器局
AD 1871 同治十年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 209
subordinate ninth-grade rank 從九品
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 189
selected for circuit intendant 道員選用
AD 1866 同治五年 · Listed
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 433, passages 205-206
listed for circuit intendant 道員記名簡放
AD 1867 同治六年 · Listed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 207
magistrate of a Zhili department 直隸州知州
AD 1864 同治三年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 197

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prefect 知府
AD 1864 同治三年 · Promoted
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 433, passages 193, 203
county magistrate 知縣
AD 1862 同治元年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 190
assistant magistrate 縣丞
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 189
generous mourning favors; ancillary worship in Zeng Guofan's Tianjin shrine; dedicated shrine at Yangzhou 優恤，附祀曾國籓天津專祠，揚州建專祠
AD 1882 光緒八年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 213
nominal rank of provincial administration commissioner 布政使銜
AD 1868 同治七年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 208
peacock feather 花翎
AD 1864 同治三年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 197
added subprefect rank 同知銜
AD 1863 同治二年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 191

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passages 189, 210
At Hefei, Anhui 安徽合肥
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 188
AD 1863 同治二年
Organization Huazi Auxiliary Battalion 華字副營 · Relation Commanded
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 191

Events and relationships

Captured Lai Wenguang at Yangzhou
AD 1867 同治六年 · Military · Captor · With Lai Wenguang (賴文光) · At Yangzhou 揚州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 207
Followed Li Hongzhang east; Zhelin, Fengxian, Nanhui, Chuansha, Qingpu, Jinshan
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Officer · With Li Hongzhang (李鴻章)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 190
Fought at Wujiang; took Pingwang and Lili; garrisoned Jiashan
AD 1863 同治二年 · Military · Commander
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 433, passages 191-192
Hunted coastal bandits by name and punished them according to law
AD 1880 光緒六年 · Legal · Suppressor
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 433, passages 210-211
Night rain march with Yufen to Si'an; several thousand surrendered
AD 1864 同治三年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passages 202-203
Repaired South Canal, Ziya dikes, Qianli Dike, Jinghai and Junliangcheng waterways
AD 1880 光緒六年 · Public works · Director
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 433, passages 210, 212

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Took Jiading; lifted Beixinjing and Sijiangkou; commanded Huazi Auxiliary Battalion
AD 1863 同治二年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 191
With Cheng Xueqi attacked Jiaxing; led gunboats, wounded Xueqi continued assault, beat back Huang Wenjin, first up the ladders
AD 1864 同治三年 · Military · Vanguard · With Cheng Xueqi (程學啟) · At Jiaxing 嘉興
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passages 193-197
With Yufen ambushed Jintan rebels at Liyang, pursued to Jianping, killed Lin Deying and Huang Youcai, captured Huang Jinlong
AD 1864 同治三年 · Military · Commander · With Yufen (毓芬)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passages 198-200
With Yufen raised militia between Fengyang and Yingzhou and helped lift the Shouzhou siege
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Military · Militiaman · With Yufen (毓芬)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 189

Assessments and attributes

Assessment won fame for capturing a great rebel leader · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 219

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 433Volume 433 Biographies 220: Jin Guochen, Huang Chunxi, Wu Kunxiu, Kang Guoqi, Li Hezhang Younger Brother: Zhao Qing, Wu Yulan · 13 passages

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吳毓蘭，安徽合肥人。 Wu Yulan was from Hefei in Anhui.

咸豐十年，粵、捻合擾皖北，毓蘭以從九品偕兄毓芬集團練助剿鳳、潁間，從解壽州圍，擢縣丞。 In the tenth year of Xianfeng, when Taiping and Nian rebels jointly ravaged northern Anhui, Yulan, a subordinate ninth-grade officer, joined his elder brother Yufen in raising militia to fight between Fengyang and Yingzhou, helped lift the siege of Shouzhou, and was promoted to assistant magistrate.

同治元年，李鴻章率師援上海，毓蘭從軍東下，克柘林、奉賢、南匯、川沙、青浦、金山，皆與有功，擢知縣。 In the first year of Tongzhi, when Li Hongzhang marched east to relieve Shanghai, Yulan followed the army and helped capture Zhelin, Fengxian, Nanhui, Chuansha, Qingpu, and Jinshan; for his share in these victories he was promoted to magistrate.

毓蘭率槍船冒險渡河，先破賊卡，繞出賊營后，立拔之。 Yulan led gunboats across the river under fire, stormed a rebel barrier first, swung around behind the camp, and took it at once.

進抵城下，賊以巨砲拒河口，學啟被傷，毓蘭率先鋒攻益厲，掘河口架橋濟師，晝夜環攻，轟陷城垣百餘丈。 At the city walls the rebels used heavy guns to block the river mouth; when Xueqi was wounded Yulan led the vanguard in a fiercer assault, dug at the river mouth and threw bridges across, and attacked night and day until more than a hundred zhang of wall were breached.

賊死抗不下，賊酋黃文金自湖州來援，力擊走之，遂克嘉興。 The defenders fought to the death; when the rebel chief Huang Wenjin came from Huzhou to relieve them Yulan beat him back and the city fell.

毓蘭緣梯先登，擢直隸州知州，賜花翎。 Yulan was first up the ladders, was promoted to magistrate of an independent department, and received the peacock feather.

調守溧陽，降賊屯城中，勢岌岌，突有金壇賊至，毓蘭與兄毓芬議乘賊初至破之，設伏以誘。 Transferred to garrison Liyang, with surrendered rebels encamped in the city and the situation precarious, rebels from Jintan suddenly appeared; Yulan and his brother Yufen planned to strike before they could settle in and laid an ambush to lure them.

賊敗走烏鴉嶺，毓蘭與毓芬兩路夾擊，擒斬無算。 The rebels were routed toward Wuyaling; Yulan and Yufen struck from two directions and killed or captured beyond counting.

時大軍已破湖州，毓蘭偵賊將竄泗安鎮，與毓芬夜率健卒八百冒雨疾走，潛渡觀音橋，賊不意兵至，棄糧械而走。 The main army had already taken Huzhou; learning the rebels would flee toward Si'an Town, Yulan and Yufen led eight hundred picked men through the rain on a night march, crossed Guanyin Bridge in secret, and caught the enemy unprepared so they abandoned their supplies and fled.

六年，捻匪賴文光敗竄至揚州，為毓蘭所獲，以道員記名簡放。 In the sixth year the Nian leader Lai Wenguang, beaten and fleeing, reached Yangzhou and was captured by Yulan; he was placed on the list for appointment as circuit intendant.

濱海多盜，毓蘭按名捕置諸法。 Bandits were numerous along the coast; Yulan hunted them down by name and punished them according to law.

吳毓蘭以擒獲巨憝顯名。 Wu Yulan won fame for capturing a great rebel leader.