Zhang Bao (張保) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhang Bao was a Pirate Leader.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1809 十四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 343, passages 201, 206, 209

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Zheng (鄭)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 206

Career and standing

pirate chief 巨寇
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 201

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Opposed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 201

Events and relationships

AD 1809 十四年
Military · Surrendered · With Bai Ling (百齡) · At Humen 虎門
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 209

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 343Volume 343 Biographies 130: Shu Lin Younger Brother: Guang Hou, Jue Luo Ji Qing, Jue Luo Zhang Lin, Fei Chun, Bai Ling, Bo Lin · 3 passages

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粵洋久不靖，巨寇張保挾眾數万，勢甚張。 The Guangdong coast had long been troubled. The great pirate Zhang Bao commanded tens of thousands of men and his power was formidable.

張保妻鄭尤黠悍，遣硃爾賡額、溫承志往諭以利害，遂勸保降，要製府親臨乃聽命。 Zhang Bao's wife Zheng was especially cunning and fierce. He sent Zhu Ergene and Wen Chengzhi to explain the stakes, and they persuaded Bao to surrender, but Bao insisted the governor-general come in person before he would submit.

遂單舸出虎門，從者十數人，保率艦數百，轟砲如雷，環船跪迓，立撫其眾，許奏乞貸死。 He then took a single boat through Humen with only a dozen attendants. Bao led hundreds of ships, cannon thundering, and they surrounded the boat kneeling in welcome. He at once soothed the assembled followers and permitted a memorial begging that their lives be spared.