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Volume 495 Biographies 282: Loyal and Righteous 9

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Biographies 282
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Loyal and Righteous 9
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Yigong of the imperial clan, Zhalong'a and others, Qinglian of the Aisin Gioro line, Songlin, Wen Xin, and others
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Chongshou, Han Shaohui, Han Peisen, Ma Zhongqi, Dong Han, Tan Changqi, Zhuang Liben, and Feng Fuchou
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祿
Gong Yusen, Jingshan, and others; Song Chunhua, Ma Fulu, and Yang Futong
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Wu Desi and his son Zhongtao; Cheng Zhaolin
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西
The imperial clansman Yigong served in turn as Director of the Imperial Parks and eventually as an imperial bodyguard in attendance. In Guangxu 26 the Boxer uprising erupted, the allied armies of the foreign powers took the capital, and Emperor Guangxu led Empress Dowager Cixi west in flight. Yigong, who had long enjoyed the dynasty's favor, was unable to join the imperial flight and burned himself to death. His wife Lady Xiangjia, his son Zaijie, and the entire household cast themselves into a well and perished in loyalty.
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西綿
Among those who perished in the turmoil were, from the imperial clan, Enfeoffed General Zhalong'a and his son Pucheng, among others; Enfeoffed General Jiyu, his son Peishan, and his grandsons Cunde and Cunhou, among others; the licentiate Enxu, his sons Jixun and Maoxun, and his nephews Qixun and Shixun, among others; Supervising Censor Defan of the Jiangxi circuit, Vice Director Enjia of the Ministry of Revenue, Secretary Jinshan of the same ministry, Imperial Clan Court clerk Neqin, first-rank bodyguard Derun, detachment officer Yuzhang, and Yixin, Zaipao, Shucheng, Liande, Enpu, Songda, Shanzhang, Guowen, Songgen, Jingzhang, Chenghui, He Gui, Fengxi, Jichen, and Haiming; among the Aisin Gioro lineage were Qinglian, Nianrui, Derun, and Rongmian.
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滿 使使
Songlin, a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner and member of the Bayar clan, rose from the clerk corps through successive promotions to supervising secretary. He served as prefect of Lin'an, was promoted to Yunnan grain intendant, and later became Shandong surveillance commissioner and provincial administration commissioner. He was brought into the capital as metropolitan prefect of Shuntian, retired on account of illness, and was later recalled as a reader-attendant in the Grand Secretariat. When the allied armies assaulted the capital he was assigned to defend Dongzhimen and personally directed the defense under heavy fire, fighting with great determination. He was soon killed by artillery fire, and his body could no longer be identified.
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祿祿祿祿祿祿祿
Those who fell in battle at the front included Hereditary Associate Commandant Wen Xin; Cavalry Commandants Yu Yin and Kuiling; Clerk Baoshan; Vanguard Captain Rongchun; Guard Captain Yu Lian; Brave Cavalry Captains Zhong An and Dechang; vanguards Shu Yuan and Mingshun; guards Xiuliang, Shuanglu, Ruisheng, Wenfu, Chengfu, Enqi, Changgui, and Chengxiu; Platoon Commander Wentong; company officers Quancheng and Quanxing; squad leaders Chongkuan, Guibin, Chonghuan, Qingxiang, Guangsheng, Kuixiu, Yongshun, Xia'an, Qingqing, and Guangli; numerous armored cavalrymen including Chengheng, Ruixi, Qingshan, Wekjinbu, Shichang, Yuxing, Enlong, Desheng, Xiangrui, Gengyinbu, Dong Lianyuan, Baolin, Yu'an, Changquan, Baoling, Wang Yongli, Baoxiang, Li Jingrui, Tian Yingshi, Zhang Guixiang, Li Yongfu, Qinghua, Jishun, Quan Lide, Yuchong, Xibao, Lin Changyu, Buketan, Quanbao, Xishou, Haikuan, Yanlu, Yushan, Chengchang, Changfu, Songling, Keyong, Wenbin, Xu Peitian, Wenda, Qinglian, Xingrui, Li Ye, Baoging, Qinghai, Changchun, Enchang, Baoshun, Guangxi, Guanghai, Chongfu, Fengling, Chengqi, Shuangquan, Yucen, and Wang Hengji; stipend soldiers Minglu, Yuhai, Yucun, Jingli, Guanxi, Qinglu, Sele, Liangui, Shuangshou, Wenkui, Kuimao, Qidesen, Mingbao, Yongshun, Yongquan, Changlai, Jilu, Wanshan, Lide, Changgui, Songliang, Decheng, and Chang'an; idle bannermen Quanxing, Songze, Delu, Liansheng, Baosheng'a, Yuqing, Guangcheng, Lianshan, Wekjintai, Lihai, Dexu, Fusen, Rongyi, Guo'an, Xianggui, Fushun, Yanmao, Dequan, Enlong, and Yang Defu; musket armorers Jiqing, Liankui, Li Changsheng, Jingying, and Wenhai; musketeer Chongkun; artillery armorers Ji'an, Wen [damaged in source], Jingrui, Zhang Qimao, Liu Long, Fuqi, Quankui, Quanbao, Defeng, Zeng Rui, Zeng Hui, and Zhou Kuibin; drill soldier Guipu; and company soldiers Guanghui and Lin Qing.
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祿祿祿祿
At Dongzhimen the dead included Guard Commandant Xianpu, Hereditary Associate Commandant Dexu, Common Associate Commandants Songhe, Xichang, and Lianxiu, Clerk Rongshan, Brave Cavalry Captains Huibin, Woshihenge, Yingxu, Liangui, Changhao, Minglun, and Fengqi, guards Ruibin, Changfu, Chun'an, Puhui, Deqian, Hengyou, Zhaofang, Suishan, Tongguang, Chongjing, Hengbin, Guilu, and Sanduo, company officers Yingpu and Huibin, squad leaders Dexu, Changqing, Chengshan, Fushun, Changquan, Shuangyin, Wensen, Song Shan [corrupt in source], Shuangkui, and Guangyi, a long roll of armored cavalrymen and stipend soldiers, idle bannermen including Rongxi, Chongyi, Shunfu, Jikun, Changshan, Yingzhen, Abing, Ajun, Guangcheng, Lianshan, Shirui, Chengying, Xibao, Shuangxing, Deyu, Zhide, Hesen, Guangli, Libin, Shishan, Yongli, Changling, Tieshou, Dingkun, Longtai, Fenglin, Fengxiang, Jingzhen, Chongxi, Cunde, Yanling, Xiguang, Baozhong, Dehu, and Kuifu, artillerymen Heng'an, Guo'an, Chengwan, Jiheng, Yusen, Shanpu, and Sheng Lian, and company soldiers Linggui and Yilibu.
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At Chongwenmen were Guard Captain Fuliang, Brave Cavalry Captain Derui, Clerk Runpu, Seventh-Rank Officer Sabintu, licentiate Fushou, Company Officer Tongxun, guards Qingsheng, Dingkun, Shixi, and Fushan, squad leaders Yushan, Lianying, Guodong, and Wentong, armored cavalrymen Zhifu, Tiesheng, Gui'an, Qinghai, Jutai, Wulin, Xinghai, Jutai, Yubao, Chengxi, Enzhan, Quanshun, Enbao, Futing, Daying, and Zhang Zhonglan, stipend soldiers Yonglu, Wenbin, Longxing, Decun, Fukuan, Changshou, Quanlu, Haiyu, Yingjun, Songshan, Liansheng, and Cunde, idle bannermen Wencheng, Wenliang, Chonglin, Songshan, Changlin, Xiubin, Songyu, Zhongfu, Baketanbu, Kuirong, Chonghai, Xushun, and Deqing, musketeer Wenhai, company soldiers Enbao, Delu, and Longxing, and the youth Liu Changli.
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At Chaoyangmen were Cloud-Rider Commandant Fuzhulun, Grace-Rider Commandant Lianfu, Guard Captain Fuliang, Brave Cavalry Captain Xukui, Chief Songchun of the musket blue tassel, guards Haixiu, Changfu, Wulintai, and Wanyubin, vanguard Jichang, squad leaders Changxing and Baochang, armored cavalrymen Yong'an, Fushan, Shuangxi, Baoxun, Defu, Tiesheng, Xinghai, Changrui, Yu'an, Bayang'a, and Wulinbao, stipend soldiers Guiquan, Lingshan, Enqi, Baochun, Yongcheng, Deshun, Yutai, Yuhou, Chengyu, Zhao Wenzhong, Runfu, Wenrui, and Rongde, and idle bannermen Changxu, Wenli, Duotai, Chengkun, Hengli, Changxing, Yisanbu, Wenlu, Changlin, Ruishen, Enxi, Liansheng, Songshan, Houkuan, Zhang Xun, and Zhongfu.
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At Dongbianmen were Brigade Commander Han Wanzhong and his brother Han Wanlu, Battalion Commander Qingyu, Platoon Commander Jin Yu, combat soldiers Wang Shou and Li Yongfu, and cavalrymen Liang Kun and Zhang Deyu.
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At Deshengmen were Deputy Commandant Xiangcun and Hereditary Associate Commandant Chengrui, Brave Cavalry Captain Chonggui, squad leaders Baiming, Ronggang, and Wenhui, armored cavalrymen Xilian and Guiqi, stipend soldier Changhai, and company soldier Rongxi.
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At Andingmen were Clerk Zengjun, armored cavalrymen Ligui, Changqing, Derun, Lu Jiangui, Enshou, Deping, Changcun, Songlu, Zhao Junshuang, Hengshan, Zhuangli, Yuming, Liu Dianchen, Changshou, Ronggui, Hehai, Yuan Minglin, Yang Youchun, Wenyu, Wenmao, Wenyu, Lianshun, Shibin, Wenfu, Wang Yufeng, Xian Changhai, Quanying, Yuxiang, Zhongming, Fuhe, Liansheng, and Ma Yuhe, stipend soldiers Enxu, Kuiyuan, Erli, and Wenhao, idle bannermen Qinglian and Deqian, and military licentiate Changxu.
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At Qihuamen was Guard Captain Lianrui.
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At Xizhimen were stipend soldier Wushiha and idle bannerman Quangui.
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At Fuchengmen were Ao'erbu and Zhongshan.
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At Yongdingmen were idle bannermen Changtai, Yutai, and Chunxiang.
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At Zhengyangmen were idle bannermen Qinglin, Kuilian, and Desheng.
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At Xuanwumen were Artillery Armorer Lin Guangming, Blue-Tassel Chief Xiangrui, squad leaders Changlian and Jingxu, armored cavalrymen Rongfu, Chongshan, Debin, Quanshun, Dingbao, Rongqing, and Weiming, gunner Qinghuan, stipend soldier Songchang, and idle bannermen Yingxu, Xushun, and Chonghai.
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At Daqingmen was vanguard Yuxing.
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祿
At Tian'anmen were Guard Commandant Yushan, Deputy Guard Commandant Shuangfu, Guard Captain Hualianbu, bodyguard Runzhi, vanguard Qijun, and guards Yongshou, Wenrui, Ruisheng, Chengtong, Lin'an, Yuqing, Chunxi, Xianglin, Songgui, Wenlu, Changsheng, Changhai, Songhui, Haiquan, Guisheng, and Shuangshou.
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At the Meridian Gate were Deputy Guard Commandant Fengling, vanguards Chongxiang and Guifeng, and guards Yushou and Dekai.
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At Dong'anmen were Common Associate Commandant Songshou, Infantry Captain Wentong, and squad leader Yanshou.
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At Donghuamen were Deputy Guard Commandant Changnian, Deputy Order Officer Yingkuan, Blue-Tassel Chief Fusheng, Company Officer Yuchang, guards Enxiu, Kuiying, Chengguang, Zhongming, Guiqing, Kunlian, Songqun, Yushan, Ahang'a, Yushou, Kuijun, Chengying, Wenguang, Toketohu, Changshan, Guangqing, Xilabu, Takebu, and Liande, armored cavalryman Changshan, stipend soldier Cunshan, idle bannerman Deyuan, and skilled brave Quangui.
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At Xi'anmen were stipend soldiers Yongshun and Defu.
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At Xihuamen was armored cavalryman Chunming.
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At Di'anmen were Tiger Spirit Camp Commander Kunming, Deputy Guard Commandant Hengqian, guard camp manager Xiangrui, Guard Company Officer Lingkui, squad leader Yanlu, guards Changrui, Satubu, Yong'an, Changshan, Shuangshou, and Xingbin, armored cavalrymen Wenhai and Fushan, stipend soldiers Chong'en, Quanling, and Shunxi, and idle bannerman Dexiang.
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Inside the Forbidden City were Guard Commandant Haizhong and Personal Guard Captain Wenyu.
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Those who defended the ramparts included Hereditary Associate Commandant Derun and armored cavalryman Xixiu.
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祿祿
Those who fell in street fighting included Brave Cavalry Captain Duolunbu, Blue-Tassel Chiefs Deyinge and Shuanggui, vanguards Fengyu, Xilaben, Chong'an, Wenying, and Rongkun, guards Deyu, Chonggui, Chongfu, and Chongxing, squad leader Heming, armored cavalrymen Shuangfu, Changhai, Qingyu, Guibao, Changsheng, Enli, Xingdai, Cungui, and Changtai, stipend soldiers Yinghou, Wenzhi, Decheng, and Juncheng, youths Yuancheng, Quanxiang, Shizeng, Wuling'a, Guanglin, Guangjun, Songyin, Songqi, Songli, Yanwei, Chengming, and Guangrui, idle bannermen Quanshun, Yipei, Duoshan, and Qinglu, sub-officers Wang Wenzhi, Wen Tingbiao, Wang Hao, Gao Yu, and Changcun, Centurion Guo Likui, detachment leaders Zhang Hai and Jin Songlin, Platoon Commander Wang Hongming, cavalrymen Peng Yu'en and Quanxiang, combat soldiers Li Fengchun, Dai Yongfu, Peng Yutang, and Meng Lu, garrison soldiers Wang Zhengshu, Liu Yong'an, and Ji Maoxuan, Artillery Armorer Xiangtong, and gunner Bai Wantai.
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宿西殿
Among those who died in service were Ningshou Palace Vice Director Chengnian and Clerk Fuzhen, who were on night duty inside the palace. On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, at the si hour, upon hearing that the emperor and empress dowager had fled west, they went at once to seal the palace halls and then cast themselves into a well at the duty room outside the Gate of Accumulated Joy. Fuliang, a fifth-rank officer of the Imperial Ancestral Temple who was on duty to offer incense, resisted when foreign troops burst in and was shot dead. The weaver Zhang Jifu was slain at the Qihua Pavilion. Brigade General Wang Changyin of the Left Camp refused to abandon his headquarters; seeing that he could not hold out alone, he threw himself into a well and died. Guard Liansheng was on duty at Duanmen; Guard Chonglian, Shenji Camp Infantry Captains Gengyinbu, Changfu, and Shengxi who handled official dispatches, squad leader Shuangxi, armored cavalrymen Cunlin and Enming, sub-officer Sun Guorui, and skilled braves Changyou, Longxiang, and Wanzhao were all on hall duty; squad leader Rongqian, stipend soldier Dingcheng, and company soldier Buxingtai were guarding the arsenal; South City Chief Commander Xiang Tongshou was at his office; Ministry of Revenue clerk Gao Shixiang and Zongli Yamen attendants Shen Pengyi, Xu Boxing, and Hong Ruiwen were all on duty at their offices and perished in the disaster.
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Those who had fallen earlier included Platoon Commander Li Zhongshan and sub-officer Li Zhonglin, who on the seventeenth day of the seventh month fought the enemy at Zhangjiawan, were defeated, and died.
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Among those who perished in the turmoil were Brigade Commander Wang Xie, who on the twenty-fifth day of the fifth month suppressed Boxers at Dongbianmen, was killed, and his body was mutilated; Caiyu Camp department officer Yang Guangdi, on the twenty-ninth day of the intercalary eighth month upon hearing that foreign troops had arrived, sat in full official dress in the camp and was shot dead; Platoon Commander Zhang Jinzhi shielded him and died at his side.
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Kungang, the minister left in Beijing to manage affairs, reported all of them to the throne, and posthumous honors and pensions were granted in varying degrees.
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Chongshou, a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner and member of the Wencheheng clan, passed the jinshi examination in Guangxu 16, entered the Hanlin Academy, and rose in succession to Hanlin reader. When the crisis broke out he was overcome with grief and indignation and took poison to die. An edict praised him with the words "he met peril and gave his life," and he was granted the posthumous title Wenzhen.
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Han Shaohui, styled Xiaoshan, was from Guiyang in Guizhou. He passed the jinshi examination in Guangxu 20, was appointed a director in the Ministry of Punishments, and was diligent in his work. When the Boxer uprising first broke out he went among his colleagues in tears, vowing to die for the dynasty. On the twenty-first day of the seventh month he hanged himself in the main hall of the Shaanxi Bureau.
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Supervising Censor Han Peisen of the Jiangxi circuit, worn out by long service patrolling the walls, starved himself to death when the city fell. Grand Secretariat Secretary Kun Hou wrote with his own hand the four characters "meeting peril, giving one's life," and hanged himself together with his wife.
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Ma Zhongqi, styled Weichun, belonged to the Hanjun Bordered Yellow Banner. In his youth he was a licentiate; having inherited a first-class viscountcy he was barred by regulation from the examinations, was appointed a third-rank bodyguard, was promoted to the second rank, and possessed both literary and military ability. He first embraced the learning of Lu Xiangshan and Wang Yangming, then drew also on Cheng Yi, Zhu Xi, Zhang Zai, and Lü Dalin, and did not commit himself to any one school alone. He was forthright and spirited, admired the character of Sun Baigu, loved the company of worthy men in and out of office, and when talk did not suit him would break into verse to disrupt it, for which he gained a reputation as a eccentric. In Guangxu 20, when Japan pressed its claim over Korea and the court debated dispatching troops, Zhongqi submitted a memorial offering his service and went to war in Fengtian. Shengjing General Yiketang'a recognized his talent and put him in command of the border cavalry. When peace was concluded he returned home. In the twenty-fifth year Li Bingheng was ordered to inspect the Yangzi, called on him at home, and memorialized the throne to take him along. When the Boxer disaster erupted he braved the fighting to go north; after Bingheng died in service Zhongqi escorted his coffin home. Three days after his return the capital fell, and Zhongqi hanged himself. He left several volumes, including The Great Meaning of the Five Relationships and the Ma Family Diary.
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Candidate Assistant Magistrate Dong Han said to his younger brother, candidate sub-prefectural inspector Zheng, on the day the city fell: "Though our offices are humble, having read the sages we can do nothing but give our lives for the state." They hanged themselves together.
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Tan Changqi, a government student of Zhuozhou, upon hearing that the city had fallen took poison with him, wept at the Confucian temple, and died by swallowing it.
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Provincial Graduate Zhuang Liben had remained in the capital to study. From the first rise of the Boxers he was deeply troubled. When foreign troops entered the city he wept bitterly and refused food, and later died in a single paroxysm of grief.
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Feng Fuchou, who held the rank of sub-prefect, was handling criminal cases at the Tongzhou yamen. On the sixteenth day of the seventh month the enemy entered the yamen; he defended the archives, refused to yield, and was slain.
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Gong Yusen, sub-prefectural inspector of the Eastern City and commissioner of the drill corps, when foreign troops attacked the bureau and his daughter begged to flee, angrily cast her into a well, drew his sword, and went out to fight. Wounded in several places and knowing he could not escape, he too cast himself into the well and died.
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Those who perished at the same time included former Vice President of Rites Jingshan, who had retired at his original rank, former Metropolitan Prefect of Shuntian Fuyu, Mongol Lieutenant General Qiling, former Chahar Lieutenant General Mingxiu, Champion Commissioner Wen Yu, Supervising Secretary Enshun of the Ministry of Works, Director Wang Yizhuang of the Ministry of Punishments, Vice Directors Sadehe and Zhao Baoshu of the Ministry of War, Secretary Zhong Jie of the Ministry of Personnel, Secretaries Tao Jianzeng, Li Mu, and Tieshan of the Ministry of Revenue, Secretaries Mao Huanshu and Wang Zhexin of the Ministry of Punishments, Secretaries Bai Qing and Hengchang of the Ministry of Works, Lifanyuan Secretary Yingshun, Acting Vice Director Duowen of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, National University Assistant Instructor Baishan, Candidate Circuit Intendant Zheng Xichang, former Prefect of Shaoxing Ji'en, Provincial Magistrate Wang Chaojiong, and others; more than a thousand names appear in the official registers.
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Many families died together by fire, drowning, poison, or hanging to preserve their honor. Chen Luan, a cavalry commandant and candidate vice director who lived at the second lock of Dongbianmen, on the nineteenth day of the seventh month, as foreign troops pressed the assault, led his brothers, dependents, and servants—thirty-two people in all—to take their lives together at once, a death regarded as especially tragic.
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Song Chunhua, styled Shian, was from Sanyuan in Shaanxi. He passed the military jinshi examination in Guangxu 12 and was appointed a blue-tassel bodyguard. He was posted as garrison commander of the Right Battalion of the Tianjin Brigade, shared hardship and comfort with his men, and his unit was counted the best in the Tianjin Green Standard Army. When the allied armies advanced inland, Governor Yulu ordered Chunhua to defend the south gate. The ordnance factory southeast of the city was left undefended; Chunhua assembled his men and said, "Whether the arsenal stands or falls is a matter of life and death for Tianjin. We must retake it; let the brave follow me out of the city!" All answered, "Yes!" He led more than a hundred men out under cover of night; at the depot wall Chunhua climbed first and his men followed. A bullet struck Chunhua in the left thigh; his men wanted to pull back, but he, wounded, shouted, "Tonight we advance—we do not retreat!" His men fought to seize the position; casualties were heavy, and in the end, as the defenders held firm, they withdrew back inside the walls. Before long the enemy gathered in strength, and many local officials abandoned the city and fled. Chunhua said earnestly to his wife Lady Chen, "The city is isolated and our forces are few; I fear in the end we cannot hold it. You must take our son and flee to safety; I swear to live or die with this city!" When he had finished speaking he mounted the walls and directed the fighting without pause. After the city fell he was wounded many times yet still held his ground and would not yield. Some urged him to pull back slightly; Chunhua said, "If the city cannot be held, death is my portion alone. You all have parents, wives, and children—you may withdraw; to die together would serve no purpose!" His men were moved by his example, and none retreated. When the enemy had fully taken the wall he looked up to heaven and sighed, "My purpose is unfulfilled; I have failed the grace of the state! Yet since the fighting began I have killed more than my share of the enemy; in dying today I have no regret." He dashed his head against the parapet; his brains burst forth, and he died at the age of thirty-five.
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Ma Fulu, styled Shousan, was from Hezhou in Gansu. He passed the military jinshi examination in Guangxu 6, was appointed a garrison commandant, returned to the Henan Brigade, and later retired to observe mourning for his parents. In Guangxu 20 the Salar Muslims of Xunhua rebelled over a religious dispute; Provincial Commander Lei Zhengkuan of Guyuan ordered Fulu to help defend Cuijia Gorge and Fanjia Gorge, and he won every engagement. When Muslim rebels rose in succession along the He and Huang rivers, he again helped the government forces win a major victory. Through accumulated merit he rose to brevet major general.
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祿祿 祿 祿 祿 祿 沿祿 祿 西 祿 祿
In the twenty-first year the Muslims of Hezhou rebelled. Fulu was himself a Muslim, and because he aided the government forces the rebels sought to kill him. Fulu remained in the city, and others also suspected him because of his faith; only Zhengkuan trusted him. At the time Major General Tang Yanhe of the Hezhou Brigade was encamped far away at Qizhabao. He ordered Fulu to lead cavalry to escort him into Hezhou and restore order, but Yanhe hesitated and never came. The rebel leader Zhou Qishi then rallied his followers on the heights and attacked from above. Fulu fought for two days but, having lost the advantage of terrain, gained nothing. Yanhe again slipped away in secret; the army was left without a commander, and the rebels pressed them harder still. Fulu then broke through the encirclement into the southern frontier and went to Lanzhou to seek reinforcements. Along the way he rescued several thousand refugees, who were grateful and petitioned Governor Yang Changjun. Yang, seeing that Fulu enjoyed the people's trust, ordered him and Lanzhou Circuit Intendant Huang Yun to relieve Hezhou by the northern route. At the time Kashgar Commander Dong Fuxiang was ordered to Gansu to assist in the suppression and advanced by way of Didao. Fulu led his troops to Lianhua Ford and faced the rebels across the river, forming a pincer with Fuxiang's army and ultimately lifting the siege of Hezhou. At the time Han Wenxiu also rebelled; Provincial Commander Li Peirong of the He-Huang region and Major General Niu Shihan suffered defeat; Shaanxi Governor Wei Guangtao met Fuxiang at Baita Temple to plan the advance. Fulu presented himself, recounted the course of the rebellion and the battles fought, and Fuxiang was impressed. He ordered him to suppress the rebel Yezhuma at Mila Gorge. Before the campaign was finished the local strongman Ma Caige of Macamp rose in support; Fuxiang's generals Shi Yaochan and others reported defeat. Fulu again divided his forces to reinforce them, was first to break the enemy line, beheaded Caige, and annihilated the rebel band. Yezhuma gathered the remnants of his force and moved from Heishan toward Mila; Fulu turned back, defeated him, and slew untold numbers. From this he gained a reputation as a fierce general.
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祿 西 使歿耀
When the Boxers rose in rebellion, Fuxiang was ordered to the capital and directed Fulu to command seven battalions of horse and foot to guard Shanhaiguan. He was soon transferred to Yongping Prefecture, and when Fuxiang entered the capital to guard it he ordered Fulu to accompany him. In the fifth month the allied armies overran Yangcun and advanced west; he went with Hanzhong Brigade Major General Yao Wang and others to Huangcun to resist them. At Langfang the two armies met. He ordered the cavalry to dismount and form seven ranks in depth, the infantry to extend both wings, and muskets to fire only when the enemy drew near; the fallen lay like a toppled wall. Enemy bullets fell like rain; the cavalry, being dispersed, suffered few casualties; both wings then wheeled to envelop the enemy's rear. At close quarters the enemy gave way and quickly withdrew. This was the first fierce battle of the Boxer War of 1900. In the sixth month Fuxiang ordered an assault on the legation quarter; Fulu was struck by a bullet and died in battle, his nephews Yaotu and Zhaotu also perished, and more than a hundred died with them.
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Yang Futong was from Qingyuan in Zhili. In Tongzhi 7 he joined the army, rose in succession to brigade commander, and took part in the campaign against the Chaoyang sect rebels. Later, as deputy general he was stationed at Daming and devoted himself to pursuit and arrest. By merit he was brevetted major general, placed in command of the left-wing cavalry of the drill army, and given overall command of the various horse and foot battalions at Tianjin. Boxers swarmed up around the capital, especially in Laishui; Governor Yulu ordered Futong to lead a detachment there. At Shijiazhuang ambushing bandits attacked him; he fought them off forcefully and captured several men. The next day he defeated the bandits again at Shiting Town and captured the ringleader Liang Xiu. Futong was unwilling to execute many; he ordered them to disperse within a set time and left thirty cavalrymen to keep order. Before long more than a thousand bandits attacked the remaining detachment; Futong led several dozen infantrymen to their relief. As he neared Shiting the bandits burst from the ditches; blades rained down on him. Though badly wounded he still killed several men in hand-to-hand fighting and died when his strength gave out. His aides Sun Yuqing and Lu Xingfan also fought to the death; pensions were granted according to regulation.
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Wu Desi, styled Xiaocun, was from Daxian in Sichuan. He was profoundly filial by nature. He mastered the classics and, as a jinshi, was appointed magistrate. In the gengzi year he was serving in Zhejiang when the Boxer uprising broke out in Xi'an and Beijing. Bandits in Jiangshan County, claiming to oppose foreign religion, seized Jiangshan and Changshan in succession, and the local people wished to join them. Desi said the northern crisis was not settled and that foreigners must not be exterminated. A man named Luo Nan, who was skilled at litigation, had once been severely punished by Desi and had long harbored a grudge. He joined Commandant Zhou Zhide, led a mob to accuse Desi of favoring foreign religion, seized him and bound him at the gate of the circuit yamen, plucked out his beard and hair, stabbed him repeatedly until his belly was pierced through, and killed him; Desi cursed without cease. His son Zhongtao rushed to weep over the body and was also killed; they then entered the county yamen and slaughtered the entire family of more than forty people. When order was restored, pensions were granted according to regulation.
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Cheng Zhaolin was from Huating in Jiangsu. His father Ru was a licentiate recorded in the Forest of Scholars. Zhaolin entered office as a provincial graduate and served as magistrate in Zhili, was transferred to prefect of Zhili Department, acted as magistrate of Jinghai in Cangzhou, and was appointed to Lingshou; wherever he served he achieved distinction. In Guangxu 27 peace talks in the capital stalled, the allied armies advanced west, and the turmoil reached his district. They demanded livestock and provisions with great severity, and Zhaolin refused entirely. Soon a dispatch arrived from Provincial Administration Commissioner Ting Yong ordering him to welcome and supply the allied troops. Zhaolin reflected, "If I do not welcome and supply them, I cannot save the lives of the people; yet if I welcome and supply them, as a subject of China I would be aiding an attack on my sovereign and father; the matter is impossible either way; the duty of one who holds the land cannot be evaded—there is only death!" He drafted a final memorial and sent a man by a secret route to the prefecture, appending a poem: "Bending my person to save the people's lives, giving my body to express my steadfast heart." Li Hongzhang memorialized his death to the throne, saying that he had upheld the great principle. An edict praised and rewarded him, posthumously appointing him Vice President of the Court of the Imperial Stud, granting the posthumous title Gongke, and conferring a hereditary office. The following year, at the request of the governor-general of Zhili, a special shrine was built for him in the provincial capital.
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