Zhang Liangji (張亮基)

Overview

Zhang Liangji was an official and Administrator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1857 七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passages 85, 87
AD 1853 三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 424, passages 77, 79-80
AD 1859 九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passages 91-93
AD 1858 八年春
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passages 88-90
AD 1854 四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passages 81-83
AD 1855 逾年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 84

Career and standing

Governor of Yunnan 雲南巡撫
AD 1858 八年春 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 88
Eastern River service 東河差遣
AD 1855 逾年 · Assigned
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 84
ordered to hold Dezhou 扼德州
AD 1853 三年 · Ordered
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 79
Governor-General of Yunnan and Guizhou 雲貴總督
AD 1858 八年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 89
Governor of Shandong 山東巡撫
AD 1853 三年 · Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 77
imperial commendation 詔嘉之
AD 1858 八年春 · Commended
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 88

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fifth-rank cap button 五品頂戴
AD 1857 七年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 85
Ended
AD 1855 逾年 · Exile
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 84
Entered
AD 1853 三年 · Demoted but retained
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 77
Entered
AD 1854 四年 · Exile
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 83
demoted four ranks but retained in office 降四級留任
AD 1853 三年 · Demoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 77
dismissed from office 革職
AD 1854 四年 · Dismissed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 83
exiled to the military garrison posts 遣戍軍台
AD 1854 四年 · Exiled
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 83
released and returned 釋回
AD 1855 逾年 · Released
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 84

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 77
AD 1857 七年
At Yunnan 雲南 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 85
AD 1853 三年
At Dezhou 德州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 79
AD 1853 三年
At Shandong 山東 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passages 77, 79
AD 1854 四年
At Jining 濟寧 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 81
AD 1855 逾年
At Anhui 安徽 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 84

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AD 1855 逾年
At Eastern River 東河 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 84

Works and attributed material

AD 1854 四年
Victory report · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 83

Events and relationships

Blocked southern escape
AD 1853 三年 · Military · Commander · At Dezhou 德州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 79
Defeated and received surrender
AD 1858 八年春 · Military · Commander · At Yuanjiatun 袁家屯 · Outcome Many killed; remnants submitted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 88
Defeated
AD 1854 四年 · Military · Commander · At Heijiazhuang near Linqing 臨清黑家莊 · Outcome Victory reported
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passages 82-83
Dispersed raiders
AD 1859 九年 · Military · Commander · At Biji Pass 碧雞關
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 91
Drove off
AD 1857 七年 · Military · Commander · With Xu Zhiming (徐之銘) · At Xuanwei 宣威
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 87
Ordered defense
AD 1853 三年 · Military · Commander · With Xu Fengyu (徐豐玉) · At Tianjiazhen 田家鎮 · Outcome Defeat
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 77

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Ordered to assist in suppressing rebels
AD 1857 七年 · Military · Assistant · At Yunnan 雲南
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 85
Ordered to assist military affairs
AD 1855 逾年 · Military · Assistant · At Anhui 安徽
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 84
Retrospectively blamed for delay at Changsha and self preservation in Hubei
AD 1854 四年 · Political · Subject
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 83
Rushed to block northward flight
AD 1854 四年 · Military · Commander · At Jining 濟寧
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 81
Stationed blocking force
AD 1853 三年 · Military · Commander · With Li Enguan (厲恩官) · At north of Suqian 宿遷之北
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 80
Suppressed rebels and recovered prefectures
AD 1859 九年 · Military · Commander · At Pingyi, Anning, Mianning, Chuxiong, Wuding, Luoci, Fumin, Lufeng, Luquan 平彝、安寧、緬寧、楚雄、武定、羅次、富民、祿豐、祿勸
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 92
Suppressed
AD 1858 八年 · Military · Commander · At Linan and Ami 臨安、阿迷
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 90
Relation Successor of · Person Wu Zhenyu (吳振棫)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 89
Relation Recommender of · Person Xu Zhiming (徐之銘)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 89
Relation Superior of · Person Xu Zhiming (徐之銘)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 87
Relation Impeached by · Person Sheng Bao (勝保)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 83
Relation Superior of · Person Li Enguan (厲恩官)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 80
Relation Superior of · Person Xu Fengyu (徐豐玉)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 77

Assessments and attributes

Assessment capable of bearing responsibility and not fully used · Mode named-person-report Speaker Zong Jichen (宗稷辰)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 84
Assessment deceitful and crafty; accused of claiming false credit · Mode edict
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 83
Assessment Sheng Bao impeached falsely over the Linqing campaign · Mode named-person-report Speaker Mao Hongbin (毛鴻賓)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 84

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 77
Hui and militia remained mutually suspicious and unrest recurred while he governed Yunnan
AD 1859 九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 424, passage 93

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 424Volume 424 Biographies 211: Wu Zhenyu, Zhang Liangji, Mao Hongbin, Zhang Kaisong · 7 passages

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調山東巡撫，未行，江西賊由九江來犯，令道員徐豐玉御之於田家鎮，戰失利，豐玉陣亡，亮基坐降四級留任。 Transferred to be governor of Shandong; before he could leave, he sent Circuit Intendant Xu Fengyu to meet Jiangxi rebels from Jiujiang at Tianjiazhen; the battle was lost and Fengyu was killed; Liangji was demoted four ranks but kept his post.

亮基至山東，奉命扼德州，防其南逸。 On reaching Shandong, Liangji was ordered to hold Dezhou and block a southern escape.

四年，賊入山東境，亮基馳扼濟寧，杜其北竄。 In 1854 rebels entered Shandong; Liangji rushed to Jining to block their northward flight.

既奏捷，幫辦軍務大臣勝保劾其取巧冒功，詔斥亮基欺罔，並追論初赴湖南不急趨長沙，及去湖北時但求自全，居心狡詐，職，遣戍軍台。 After he reported victory, Sheng Bao accused him of claiming false credit; the court denounced Liangji as deceitful, cited his delay in relieving Changsha and his self-preservation in Hubei, dismissed him, and sent him to exile at the military garrison.

逾年，給事中毛鴻賓言臨清之役，勝保妄劾，御史宗稷辰亦言亮基能任事，未盡其用，乃釋回，發東河差遣，尋命往安徽隨辦軍務。 More than a year later, Mao Hongbin argued that Sheng Bao's impeachment over Linqing was false, and Zong Jichen said Liangji was capable and underused; he was released, assigned to the Eastern River service, and soon sent to assist military affairs in Anhui.

霑益回最悍，集眾犯宣威，亮基督按察使徐之銘等率兵擊走之。 The Zhanyi Hui were the fiercest; when they attacked Xuanwei, Liangji led Judicial Commissioner Xu Zhiming and others to repulse them.

既而振棫乞罷，擢雲貴總督，亮基薦徐之銘代為巡撫。 When Zhenyu resigned, Liangji was promoted to governor-general of Yunnan and Guizhou and recommended Xu Zhiming as governor.