Baochu (葆初) | 24 Histories

Overview

Baochu was an official and Aristocrat.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1900 光緒二十六年
buried alive in pit 入坑生瘞 · At capital 京師
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 30

Attested activity

AD 1900 光緒二十六年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 30

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Lian Ding (廉定)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 30
Child of Chongqi (崇綺)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 468, passages 2, 30
Child of Wife of Chong Qi (崇綺妻瓜爾佳氏)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 30
Parent of Lian Hong (廉宏)
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 30
Parent of Lian Mi (廉密)
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 30
Parent of Lian Rong (廉容)
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 30

Career and standing

minister without portfolio 散秩大臣
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 30

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 468Volume 468 Biographies 255: Chong Qi Son: Bao Chu Deng, Zhi Jun, Yan Mao Younger Brother: Yan Zhi, Se Pu Zheng E, Wang Yirong, Xi Yuan, Zong Shibaofeng, Zong Shishoufu Younger Brother: Shou Fandeng, Song Chengxiang, Wang Tieshan · 2 passages

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崇綺子葆初等志鈞延茂弟延芝色普徵額王懿榮熙元宗室寶豐宗室壽富弟壽蕃等宋承庠王鐵珊崇綺，字文山，阿魯特氏，蒙古正藍旗人，大學士賽尚阿子。 The subjects of this chapter are Chong Qi (and his son Baochu and others), Zhi Jun, Yan Mao (and his younger brother Yan Zhi), Se Pu Zheng'e, Wang Yirong, Xi Yuan, the imperial clansman Bao Feng, the imperial clansman Shou Fu (and his younger brother Shou Fan and others), Song Chengxiang, and Wang Tieshan. Chong Qi, style name Wenshan, was of the Arut clan, a Mongol of the Plain Blue Banner, and the son of Grand Secretary Sai Shang'a.

崇綺妻，瓜爾佳氏，先於京師陷時，預掘深坑，率子散秩大臣葆初及孫員外郎廉定，筆帖式廉容、廉密，監生廉宏，分別男女入坑生瘞，闔門死難，各獎卹有差。 Chong Qi's wife, of the Guwalgiya clan, had dug a deep pit before the capital fell. She led her son Baochu, minister without portfolio, her grandsons Lian Ding (vice director), Lian Rong and Lian Mi (clerks), and Lian Hong (student); men and women were separated and buried alive in the pit. The entire household perished, and each received posthumous honors and condolence payments according to rank.