Qing · Official and Administrator

Yang Wending 楊文定

First attested AD 1833; died AD 1856

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Yang Wending was an official and Administrator.

PeriodQing
IdentityHistorical · Male

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  • AD 1853 咸豐三年
    Memorial · Author · Paraphrased · Summary Reported Jiangnan troops were weak and asked for reinforcements 奏江南兵力柔脆，請濟師
    Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 65

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 397Volume 397 Biographies 184: Lu Jianying, Yang Wending, Qing Lin, Chong Lun, He Guiqing · 5 passages
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於是祥厚、宿藻等疏劾建瀛棄險失機，進退無據，並及江蘇巡撫楊文定違旨去江寧，上大怒，諭曰：「陸建瀛一戰兵潰，不知收合餘燼，與向榮大軍協力攻擊； Xianghou, Suzao, and others then impeached Jianying for abandoning key positions, missing his chance, and acting without plan, and also accused Jiangsu governor Yang Wending of leaving Nanjing against orders. The emperor was furious and declared: "After one battle Lu Jianying's troops routed, yet he did not rally the survivors to join Xiang Rong's main force in a coordinated attack;
江寧陷，賊分黨犯鎮江，副都統文藝集兵七百守陸路，文定自率艇船八、舢板十二泊江中，賊至不能禦，鎮江复陷，退江陰，詔革職逮治，論大辟。 After Nanjing fell the rebels sent a column against Zhenjiang. Vice commander Wen Yi gathered seven hundred men for the land defense while Wending led eight gunboats and twelve sampans on the river. They could not hold; Zhenjiang fell again and he retreated to Jiangyin. The court dismissed him, ordered his arrest, and sentenced him to death.