Yuan Jiasan (袁甲三)

Overview

The translated histories identify Yuan Jiasan as a general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yuan Jiasan	袁甲三	Yuán Jiǎsān
Personal name	Yuan Jiasan	袁甲三	Yuán Jiǎsān
Personal name	Yuan Jiasan	袁甲三
Personal name	Yuan Jiasan	袁甲三	Yuan Jiasan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:191:s0073, qingshigao:394:s0067, qingshigao:423:s0015, qingshigao:467:s0002

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 咸豐五年前後 · Western Year: AD 1855
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:423:s0016
Source Date: Text: 咸豐五年四月 · Western Year: AD 1855
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:191:s0084, qingshigao:191:s0076
Source Date: Text: 咸豐八年 · Western Year: AD 1858
Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0067
Source Date: Text: 咸豐四年五月庚戌 · Western Year: AD 1854
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:191:s0073, qingshigao:191:s0065
Source Date: Text: 咸豐間 · Western Year: AD 1858
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:423:s0068
Source Date: Text: 討捻時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1853 · End: AD 1863
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:467:s0060

Origins and identity

Ethnicity: Han / 漢
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:191:s0073

Career and standing

Label: Left Deputy Censor-in-Chief / 左副都御史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐四年五月庚戌 · Western Year: AD 1854
Explicit · qingshigao:191:s0073, qingshigao:191:s0065
Label: Left Deputy Censor-in-Chief / 左副都御史 · Action: dismissed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐五年四月 · Western Year: AD 1855
Explicit · qingshigao:191:s0084, qingshigao:191:s0076
Status: dismissal · Action: dismissed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐五年四月 · Western Year: AD 1855
Explicit · qingshigao:191:s0084

Places and affiliations

Polity: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:191:s0073

Events and relationships

Kind: personnel · Role: official · Action: dismissed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐五年四月 · Western Year: AD 1855
Explicit · qingshigao:191:s0084

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 191Volume 191 Tables 31: Ministers of Boards and Courts Chronological Table 7 Lower · 2 passages

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李菡三月遷。五月庚戌袁甲三左副都御史。 In the third month, 李菡 was transferred. On the gengxu day of the fifth month, 袁甲三: Left Deputy Censor-in-Chief.

袁甲三四月革。五月乙亥李清鳳左副都御史。 In the fourth month, 袁甲三 was dismissed. On the yihai day of the fifth month, 李清鳳: Left Deputy Censor-in-Chief.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 394Volume 394 Biographies 181: Xu Guangjin, Ye Mingchen, Huang Zonghan · 1 passage

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八年，命赴勝保軍營，尋予四品卿銜，留鳳陽從袁甲三剿捻匪。 In the eighth year (1858) he was sent to Sheng Bao's headquarters; he soon received fourth-rank ministerial rank and stayed at Fengyang to campaign against the Nian under Yuan Jiasan.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 423Volume 423 Biographies 210: Zong Jichen, Yin Gengyun, Wang Zheng, Mu Jixianga, You Baichuan, Shen Huai · 4 passages

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如勝保、張亮基、袁甲三皆勇於任事，而亦未盡其用，以罪罷去。 Sheng Bao, Zhang Liangji, and Yuan Jiasan were all willing to take responsibility, yet they too were underused and removed on criminal charges.

撫臣福濟屢挫損威，候補京堂袁甲三素得民心，如以為巡撫，必奮身圖報。」 Governor Fuji's repeated defeats had ruined his authority; Yuan Jiasan, an expectant capital official, enjoyed the people's trust and would throw himself into service if appointed governor."

此時廬、鳳、六合賊勢必單，請飭袁甲三、張國樑刻期搗其巢穴，逼令反顧，或令間道為楚師聲援，亦足褫其狂魄。」 Rebel forces at Luzhou, Fengyang, and Liuhe must now be thin. Order Yuan Jiasan and Zhang Guoliang to strike their bases on a fixed schedule, forcing them to turn back, or send them by side routes to support Zeng's army—either move would break the rebels' nerve."

別疏劾河道總督庚長，請以甲三兼攝； In another memorial he impeached Grand Canal director-general Gengchang and asked that Yuan Jiasan hold the post concurrently;

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 467Volume 467 Biographies 254: Li Bingheng, Wang Tingxiang, Nie Shicheng, Luo Rongguang, Shou Shan Zu Sun : Rui Chang, Feng Xiang, Chong Yu · 1 passage

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初從袁甲三軍討捻，補把總。 He first served under Yuan Jiasan in the campaign against the Nian rebels and was appointed platoon commander.