Qing · Rebel

Zhuang Datian 莊大田

Attested AD 1787

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhuang Datian was a rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passages 25, 33, 39

Events and relationships

Attacked by government troops
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Military · Target · At Nantan 南潭
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 33
Raided south
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Military · Rebel leader · Quantity more than ten thousand followers
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 25
Relation Follower of · Person Lin Shuangwen (林爽文)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 328, passage 25

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 328Volume 328 Biographies 115: Chang Qing, Lan Yuanmei, Cai Panlong, Liang Chaogui, Pu Ji Bao, Ding Chaoxiong, E Hui, Shu Liang · 3 passages

旋奏爽文還大里杙舊巢，其徒莊大田等萬餘人分擾南路，擬先南剿大田，乃北取爽文。 He soon reported that Shuangwen had withdrawn to his old base at Daliyi while followers such as Zhuang Datian, numbering more than ten thousand, were harrying the south; he planned to crush Datian in the south first, then move north against Shuangwen.

官軍攻莊大田於南潭，殺賊二百餘。 Government forces attacked Zhuang Datian at Nantan and killed more than two hundred rebels.

又諭：「常青駐軍桶盤棧，距南潭不過五里，不將賊目莊大田先行剿除，乃結營自守。 The court also said: "Chang Qing held Tongpanzhan only five li from Nantan yet failed to destroy the rebel chief Zhuang Datian first, instead digging in on the defensive.