Zhou Yuji 周遇吉

Other names

Family

• Spouse of Lady Liu (劉氏)
  wife 夫人
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 195

• Kinship Role household youths · Quantity unspecified · Negated false · nearly all died fighting with him
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 194
• Kinship Role whole household · Quantity unspecified · perished when the hilltop office was burned
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 196

Career and standing

• Regional Commander of Shanxi 山西總兵官
  AD 1642 十五年冬 · Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 163
• Left Chief Commander 左都督
  AD 1641 又明年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 162
• deputy commander of the vanguard camp 前鋒營副將
  AD 1636 崇禎九年 · Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 151
• Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent 太子少保
  AD 1641 又明年 · Granted
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 162
• Loyal Martial 忠武
  AD 1644 福王時 · Posthumous title
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 206
• Grand Guardian 太保
  AD 1644 福王時 · Posthumously granted
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 206

Places and affiliations

• AD 1636 崇禎九年
  Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passages 151, 170
• AD 1644 二月七日
  At Daizhou 代州 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 175
• AD 1644 二月七日
  At Ningwu 寧武 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 177
• AD 1639 十二月
  At Jingmen 荊門 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 158
• AD 1639 十二月
  At Shihua Street and Caodian 石花街、草店 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 157
• AD 1642 十五年冬
  At Shanxi 山西 · Relation Posted to
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passages 163-164

Works and attributed material

• AD 1644 十七年正月
  Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Xiong Tong (熊通) · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passages 170-171
• AD 1644 二月七日
  Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passages 180-182

Events and relationships

• Ambushed
  AD 1644 二月七日 · Military · Commander · At Ningwu 寧武 · Outcome Killed several thousand
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 183
• Blocked route
  AD 1639 十二月 · Military · Commander · With Zhang Xianzhong (張獻忠) · At Shihua Street and Caodian 石花街、草店 · Outcome Rebels entered Sichuan
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 157
• Campaigned
  AD 1637 明年冬 · Military · Officer · With Sun Yingyuan (孫應元) · At Henan 河南 · Outcome Victories at Guangshan and Gushi
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 152
• Defeated
  AD 1641 又明年 · Military · Commander · With Li Qingshan (李青山) · At Shouzhang 壽張 · Outcome Pursued to Dongping; Qingshan surrendered
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 161
• Defeated
  AD 1640 明年 · Military · Commander · With Luo Rucai (羅汝才) · At Fengyi Plain 豐邑坪
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 159
• Defeated
  AD 1639 明年秋 · Military · Commander · With Hu Keshou (胡可受) · At Xichuan 淅川 · Outcome Accepted surrender of whole force
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 154

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment if every garrison had another Commander Zhou, the rebels could not have reached the capital · Assessor rebels collectively · Mode named-source-report
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 205
• Assessment loyal and righteous · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 193
• body stuck with arrows thick as a hedgehog
  Physical description
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 191

Source notes

• Historicity historical
  Directly stated · History of Ming 268, passage 151