Yu Qian (裕謙) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Yu Qian as a general and official. This record brings together 7 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	Yu Qian	裕謙	Yù Qiān
Personal name	Yuqian	裕謙	Yuqian

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:373:s0080
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:384:s0001

Roles

General
Official

Life and dates

Death

Cause: died in service / 死事 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1841
Explicit · qingshigao:373:s0080
Manner: died in the line of duty
Explicit · qingshigao:384:s0093

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1841
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:373:s0080
Source Date: Text: 海疆兵事起 · Western Year: AD 1840
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:384:s0092

Family

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Spouse of Wife of Yu Qian (裕謙妻)
Kinship Term: husband / 夫 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: widowed

Career and standing

Label: Governor-General / 總督 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:384:s0092

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:373:s0080

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: Buyun could not be trusted · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Yu Qian (裕謙)
Explicit · qingshigao:373:s0160

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · qingshigao:373:s0080

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 373Volume 373 Biographies 160: Zong Shiyishan, Long Wen, Zong Shiyijing, Wen Wei, Te Yi Shun, Yu Buyun · 5 passages

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英兵犯浙江，定海、鎮海及寧波府城相繼陷，裕謙死事，命為揚威將軍，督師往剿，都統哈哴阿、提督胡超為參贊，尋易侍郎文蔚、都統特依順副之。 When the British invaded Zhejiang and Dinghai, Zhenhai, and Ningbo fell one after another, Yu Qian died in the fighting. Yijing was named Campaign General to lead the punitive force, with Ha'er'a and Hu Chao as deputies; before long Wen Wei and Te Yishun replaced them.

裕謙來督師，疏言步云不可恃，未及易而英兵猝至，复陷定海，三鎮戰歿。 Yu Qian arrived to command and reported that Buyun could not be trusted; before he could be replaced the British struck again, Dinghai fell, and three regional commanders were killed.

步雲號宿將，實巧猾無戰志，又嗛裕謙剛愎，將戰，裕謙召與盟神誓師，託疾不赴，且獻緩敵之策。 Buyun had a veteran's reputation but was sly and unwilling to fight, and he resented Yu Qian's stubbornness. When battle neared, Yu Qian called him to swear an oath before the troops; Buyun pleaded illness, stayed away, and urged delay instead.

步雲疏聞，委敗於裕謙。 In his report Buyun blamed the defeat on Yu Qian.

裕謙既歿，其妻赴京訟之。 After Yu Qian's death his widow went to Beijing to accuse Buyun.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 384Volume 384 Biographies 171: Lin Peihou, Li Xiangkun, Li Zongchuan, Wang Fengsheng, Huang Mian, Yu De Yuan, Yao Ying · 2 passages

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海疆兵事起，從總督裕謙赴浙江。 When war broke out on the coast, he accompanied Governor Yuqian to Zhejiang.

裕謙死難，冕牽連遣戍伊犁，既而林則徐亦至戍，議興屯田，冕佐治水利有功，赦還。 After Yuqian died in battle, Huang was implicated and exiled to Yili; when Lin Zexu was sent to the same frontier and colonization was proposed, Huang helped manage the irrigation works with distinction and was eventually pardoned and allowed to return.