Xi Baotian (席寶田) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xi Baotian as a military officer and official. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xi Baotian	席寶田	Xi Baotian
Personal	Xi Baotian	席寶田
Personal name	Xi Baotian	席寶田	Xi Baotian

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:437:s0046
Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0044

Roles

Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 光緒十六年 · Western Year: AD 1890
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:464:s0044
Source Date: Text: 同治十年 · Western Year: AD 1871
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:437:s0046

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0044

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: destroyed-Hong-Fuzhen · Other Person Id: Hong Fuzhen (洪福瑱)
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0044

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 437Volume 437 Biographies 224: Rong Lu, Wang Wenshao, Zhang Zhidong, Qu Hongji · 1 passage

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文韶條上援黔、防境機宜，以兵事屬按察使席寶田，督其部將蘇元春、龔繼昌等進剿，斬首逆張秀眉烏鴉坡，黔境平。 Wenshao laid out in detail how to aid Guizhou and guard the frontier, put military affairs in the hands of Surveillance Commissioner Xi Baotian, and directed subordinates such as Su Yuanchun and Gong Jichang in the campaign; the rebel leader Zhang Xiumei was beheaded at Wuyapo, and Guizhou was pacified.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 464Volume 464 Biographies 251: Li Duanfen, Xu Zhijingzi, Ren Zhu, Chen Baozhen, Huang Zunxian, Ceng He, Yang Shenxiu, Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi, Tan Sitong With: Tang Caichang, Lin Xu, Kang Guangren · 1 passage

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寶箴之江西，為席寶田畫策殲寇洪福瑱，事寧，敘知府，超授河北道。 When Baozhen went to Jiangxi, he planned for Xi Baotian the destruction of the rebel Hong Fuzhen; when matters were pacified, he was recommended as prefect and promoted out of turn to intendant of Hebei Circuit.