Zeng Biguang (曾璧光)

Overview

Zeng Biguang was an official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Shuyuan	樞垣	Shuyuan
Posthumous name	Wencheng	文誠	Wencheng

Life and dates

Death

AD 1875 光緒元年
Died in office · At Guizhou 貴州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 118

Attested activity

AD 1875 光緒元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passages 118-119
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 98
AD 1871 同治十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passages 111-114
AD 1872 同治十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 115
AD 1873 同治十二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passages 116-117
AD 1863 同治二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passages 99-100

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AD 1850 道光三十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passages 94-95
AD 1867 同治六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 101
AD 1868 同治七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passages 102-104
AD 1869 同治八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passages 105-106
AD 1870 同治九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passages 107-110
AD 1859 咸豐九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 97
AD 1850 to AD 1859 道光三十年至咸豐九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 96

Career and standing

acting eastern Guizhou circuit intendant 署貴東道
AD 1862 同治元年 · Acted as
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 98
acting governor of Guizhou 署貴州巡撫
AD 1867 同治六年 · Acted as
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 101
acting grain intendant 署糧道
Acted as
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 100
acting judicial commissioner 署按察使
Acted as
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 100
acting provincial treasurer 署布政使
Acted as
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 100
Hanlin compiler 編修
AD 1850 道光三十年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 95

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prefect of Zhenyuan 鎮遠知府
AD 1859 咸豐九年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 97
governor of Guizhou 貴州巡撫
AD 1868 同治七年 · Confirmed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 102
hereditary Cloud Cavalry Captain 雲騎尉世職
AD 1873 同治十二年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 116
censor (name registered) 記名御史
AD 1850 道光三十年 · Registered
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 95
Senior Guardian of the Heir Apparent 太子太保
AD 1875 光緒元年 · Granted posthumously
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 118
governor-general funeral honors 依總督例賜卹
AD 1875 光緒元年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 118
preferential promotion 優敘
AD 1872 同治十一年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 115
first-rank cap button 頭品頂戴
AD 1873 同治十二年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 116
Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent 太子少保
AD 1873 同治十二年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 116
peacock feather 花翎
AD 1863 同治二年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 99
second-rank cap button 二品頂戴
AD 1867 同治六年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 101
Wencheng 文誠
AD 1875 光緒元年 · Granted posthumously · Posthumous name
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 118

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passages 95, 102
At Hongya, Sichuan 四川洪雅
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 94
AD 1859 咸豐九年
At Guizhou 貴州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 97
AD 1859 咸豐九年
At Zhenyuan 鎮遠 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 97
At Hongya 洪雅 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 94
At Sichuan 四川 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 94

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AD 1850 to AD 1859 道光三十年至咸豐九年
Organization Upper Study 上書房 · Relation Served in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 96

Learning and skills

Selected
AD 1850 道光三十年 · Institution Hanlin Academy 庶吉士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 95
Earned
AD 1850 道光三十年 · Credential Presented Scholar (jinshi) 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 95

Events and relationships

Crushed mutiny
AD 1873 同治十二年 · Military · Commander · At Xincheng and Xingyi 新城、興義 · With He Yuting (何玉亭)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 117
Ordered execution
AD 1869 同治八年 · Military · Commander · At Guizhou 黔 · With Lin Ziqing (林自清)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 105
Pacified province
AD 1873 同治十二年 · Military · Commander · At Xincheng 新城
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 116
Pacified west
AD 1871 同治十年 · Military · Governor commander · At western Guizhou 西路
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passages 111-114
Suppressed
AD 1863 同治二年 · Military · Commander · At Tongren 銅仁 · With Xiao Wenkui (蕭文魁)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 99
Relation Commanded · Person Wu Zonglan (吳宗蘭)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 105

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Relation Commanded · Person Jian Yin (蹇訚)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 109
Relation Teacher of · Person Prince Gong Yixin (奕訢)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 96
Relation Commanded · Person Zhong Yousi (鍾有思)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 111
Relation Teacher of · Person Prince Chun Yiyi (奕枻)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 96
Relation Commanded · Person Liu Shiji (劉士奇)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 110
Relation Recommended by · Person Luo Chongguang (勞崇光)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 100
Relation Commanded · Person He Shihua (何世華)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 114
Relation Commanded · Person Chen Xixiang (陳希祥)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 105
Relation Colleague of · Person Zhou Dawu (周達武)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passages 107, 109, 115

Assessments and attributes

AD 1872 同治十一年
Assessment praised for skillful coordination of the Miao-frontier campaign · Mode edict
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 115
AD 1875 光緒元年
Item shrines in Sichuan and Guizhou 四川、貴州專祠 · Relation Commemorated by
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 119

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 420, passage 94

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 420Volume 420 Biographies 207: Han Chao, Tian Xingshu, Ceng Biguang, Xi Baotian · 4 passages

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曾璧光，字樞垣，四川洪雅人。 Zeng Biguang, styled Shuyuan, came from Hongya in Sichuan.

八年，璧光密遣提督陳希祥擒斬之，令吳宗蘭剿青山餘匪，克普安、安南。 In the eighth year Biguang secretly sent Provincial Military Commander Chen Xixiang to capture and execute Lin, ordered Wu Zonglan to clear remnant bandits at Qingshan, and recovered Pu'an and Annan.

十二年，會滇軍克新城老巢，全省肅清，加太子少保、頭品頂戴，予雲騎尉世職。 In the twelfth year, with the Yunnan army, he took the old nest at Xincheng and pacified the whole province. He was made Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent with the first-rank cap button and granted the hereditary office of Cloud Cavalry Captain.

光緒元年，卒於官，追贈太子太保，依總督例賜卹，諡文誠。 In the first year of Guangxu he died in office. Posthumously he was made Senior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, given governor-general funeral honors, and granted the posthumous title Wencheng.