Chai Daji (柴大紀) | 24 Histories

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Chai Daji was a Military Officer.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 1786 乾隆五十一年十一月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 329, passages 163, 166
AD 1787 五十二年春
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 174
AD 1787 八月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 185
AD 1787 六月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 182
AD 1787 十一月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 189
AD 1736 to AD 1795 列傳題名同卷武臣
Uncertain · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 2

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AD 1788 林爽文亂明年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 350, passage 97

Family

Kinship Role family · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 200

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Career and standing

Qing regional commander and campaign adviser 總兵參贊
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passages 173, 184
campaign adviser 參贊軍務
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passages 184-185
Army Regional Commander of Fujian 福建陸路提督
AD 1787 六月 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 182
garrison commander in Fujian 福建守備
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 164
regional commander of Haitan 海壇鎮總兵
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 165
regional commander of Taiwan 台灣總兵
AD 1787 六月 · Held concurrently
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 182

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regional commander 總兵
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 350, passage 97
Naval Regional Commander 水師提督
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 188
regional commander of Taiwan 台灣鎮總兵
Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 165
Baron of First Rank Yiyong 一等義勇伯
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Enfeoffed · Hereditary perpetual
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 200
Brave and Strong Batur 壯健巴圖魯
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 184
Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent 太子少保
AD 1787 十一月 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 189
peacock feather 花翎
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 176
ministry commendation 議敘
Referred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 181
execution for feigned surrender 置諸法
Ordered · With Zhang Shenhui (張慎徽)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 179

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Associated
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 2
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passages 164-165; Draft History of Qing 350, passage 97
At Jiangshan, Zhejiang 浙江江山
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 163
At Taiwan prefectural city 台灣府城 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 173

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential military jinshi 武進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 164

Works and attributed material

Edict · Addressee · With Qianlong Emperor (乾隆帝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 191
Memorial · Author · With Qianlong Emperor (乾隆帝) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passages 192-196

Events and relationships

Captured and held
AD 1787 五十二年春 · Military · Commander · At Zhuluo 諸羅
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 175
Defended the city during rebel siege
Military · Commander · With Wang Delu (王得祿)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 350, passage 97
Defended against repeated assaults
AD 1787 to AD 1787 二月至四月 · Military · Commander · At Zhuluo 諸羅 · With Lin Shuangwen (林爽文)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 178
Defended at
AD 1786 乾隆五十一年 · Military · Commander · At Yancheng Bridge 鹽埕橋 · Outcome Sank dozens of rebel boats and killed more than a thousand
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 173
Defended
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Military · Commander · At Yanshui Harbor 鹽水港
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 183
Escorted reinforcement into city
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年 · Military · Commander · With Cai Panlong (蔡攀龍) · At Zhuluo 諸羅
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 187

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Rallied garrison to hold
Military · Commander · At Taiwan 台灣
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 180
Relation Commander of · Person Wang Delu (王得祿)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 350, passage 97
Relation Commander of · Person Yang Qilin (楊起麟)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 178
Relation Commander of · Person Qiu Nengcheng (邱能成)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 178

Assessments and attributes

Assessment loyal heart and righteousness; resolve hardened under siege; thought only of state and people · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Qianlong Emperor (乾隆帝)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passages 197-199
Assessment praised for exertions · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Qianlong Emperor (乾隆帝)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 181
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Item milk cakes 奶餅 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 181
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Item purse 荷包 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 181
AD 1787 乾隆五十二年
Item ten thousand taels of silver 白金萬 · Relation Bestowed to family
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 200

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 2

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 329Volume 329 Biographies 116: Song Yuanjun, Xue Cong, Zhang Zhiyuan, Dong Tianbi, Chai Daji · 18 passages

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宋元俊薛琮張芝元董天弼柴大紀 Song Yuanjun, Xue Cong, Zhang Zhiyuan, Dong Tianbi, and Chai Daji

柴大紀，浙江江山人。 Chai Daji came from Jiangshan in Zhejiang.

大紀時以總兵守府城，賊分道來攻，大紀出駐鹽埕橋御之，擊沉賊舟數十，馘千餘。 Daji was then regional commander defending the prefectural city. When the rebels attacked from several directions, he took position at Yancheng Bridge, sank dozens of rebel boats, and killed more than a thousand.

大紀出攻諸羅，克之，即移軍守諸羅。 Daji marched out against Zhuluo, captured it, and immediately shifted his army to hold the city.

爽文攻諸羅，自二月至四月凡十至，大紀督游擊楊起麟、守備邱能成等出戰，殺賊數千。 Shuangwen assaulted Zhuluo ten times between the second and fourth months. Daji led Brigade Commander Yang Qilin, Garrison Commander Qiu Nengcheng, and others in sorties that killed several thousand rebels.

爽文之徒張慎徽偽降，大紀察其詐，置諸法。 Shuangwen's follower Zhang Shenhui feigned surrender; Daji saw through the ruse and had him executed.

台灣諸府縣皆編竹為城，不耐攻，大紀以忠義率兵民誓堅守。 Taiwan's prefectures and districts all had bamboo-woven walls that could not withstand assault. Daji rallied soldiers and civilians with appeals to loyalty and righteousness, swearing to hold firm.

上嘉大紀勞，賜荷包、奶餅，下部議敘。 The emperor praised Daji's exertions, sent him a purse and milk cakes, and referred his merits to the ministries for commendation.

鹽水港者，諸羅通府城糧道也，賊來攻，大紀力御之。 Yanshui Harbor was the grain route linking Zhuluo to the prefectural city. When the rebels attacked it, Daji fought them off with all his strength.

上促常青赴援，予大紀壯健巴圖魯名號，參贊軍務。 The emperor pressed Chang Qing to march to the relief, granted Daji the title of Brave and Strong Batur, and appointed him campaign adviser.

八月，上以常青衰老不能辦賊，命福康安為將軍，仍令大紀參贊； In the eighth month, finding Chang Qing too aged to suppress the rebels, the emperor appointed Fukang'an as general while keeping Daji as campaign adviser;

復令總兵蔡攀龍援諸羅，大紀出戰，迎入城共守。 Chang Qing then ordered Regional Commander Cai Panlong to reinforce Zhuluo. Daji fought his way out and escorted him into the city to defend it together.

上移大紀水師提督，而以陸路提督授攀龍。 The emperor promoted Daji to Naval Regional Commander and gave the Army Regional Commander post to Panlong.

十一月，加大紀太子少保。 In the eleventh month Daji was promoted to Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent.

賊攻城益急，上密諭大紀：「不必堅執與城存亡，如遇事急，可率兵力戰，出城再圖進取。」 As the siege intensified, the emperor secretly told Daji: "You need not die with the city. If matters grow desperate, lead your troops in a fighting breakout and plan your next move from outside."

大紀疏言：「諸羅居台灣南北之中，縣城四周積土植竹，環以深壕，壕上為短垣，置砲，防衛堅固。 Daji replied: "Zhuluo lies at the heart of Taiwan between north and south. The county seat is ringed with earthen ramparts and bamboo palisades, a deep moat, and a low wall mounted with cannon—the defenses are formidable.

大紀被圍日久，心志益堅，勉勵兵民，忍飢固守，惟知以國事民生為重。 Besieged for so long, Daji's resolve has only hardened. He rallies soldiers and civilians, endures hunger, and holds firm—thinking only of the state and the people's welfare.

因封為一等義勇伯，世襲罔替，並命浙江巡撫琅玕予其家白金萬，促福康安赴援。 He ennobled Daji as Baron of First Rank Yiyong with perpetual hereditary succession, ordered Zhejiang Governor Langgan to grant his family ten thousand taels of silver, and pressed Fukang'an to march to the relief.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 350Volume 350 Biographies 137: Li Changgeng Son: Ting Yu, Hu Zhensheng, Wang Delu, Qiu Lianggong, Chen Buyun, Xu Songnian, Huang Biao, Lin Guoliang, Xu Tinggui · 1 passage

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明年，賊复圍城，從總兵柴大紀固守。 The following year the rebels besieged the city again, and he served under Regional Commander Chai Daji in its defense.