Chen Kerang (陳克讓)

Overview

Chen Kerang was an official and grain commissioner.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Loyal and Upright	忠節	Zhongjie

Life and dates

Death

AD 1853 咸豐三年
killed in battle at Qingliang Hill 殞於陣 · At Qingliang Hill 清涼山
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 88

Attested activity

AD 1853 咸豐三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 398, passages 78, 88
AD 1851 咸豐元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 82
AD 1823 道光三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 80

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Chen Kecheng (克誠)
younger brother 弟
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 89
Parent of Song'en (鬆恩)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 89
Spouse of Li (李)
husband 夫
wife 妻
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passages 86, 90

Career and standing

Jiang'an Grain Transport Commissioner 江安糧道
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 咸豐元年 · Western Year: AD 1851
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 82
posthumous name Loyal and Upright 諡忠節
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 91
hereditary Commandant of Cavalry 騎都尉世職
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 91

Places and affiliations

At Chengde, Fengtian 奉天承德
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 79

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1823 道光三年 · Credential jinshi 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 80

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passages 84-85

Assessments and attributes

Assessment upright and incorrupt in office · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 82

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 398Volume 398 Biographies 185: Zong Shixianghou, Huo Longwu, Fu Zhu Hong A, En Zhang, Chen Shengyuan, Qi Suzao, Chen Kerang, Liu Tongying, Rui Chang, Jie Chun, Xi Ling A · 7 passages

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宗室祥厚霍隆武福珠洪阿恩長陳勝元祁宿藻陳克讓劉同纓 Imperial clansman Xianghou; Huo Longwu; Fu Zhu Hong'a; En Chang; Chen Shengyuan; Qi Suzao; Chen Kerang; Liu Tongying

當城陷時，署布政使鹽巡道塗文鈞、江安糧道陳克讓、江寧知府魏亨逵、同知承恩、通判程文榮、上元知縣劉同纓、江寧知縣張行澍同死之。 When the city fell, Acting Commissioner Tu Wenjun, Grain Transport Commissioner Chen Kerang, Prefect Wei Hengkui, Subprefect Cheng En, Assistant Prefect Cheng Wenrong, Shangyuan magistrate Liu Tongying, and Jiangning magistrate Zhang Xingshu all died in the defense.

克讓，奉天承德人。 Chen Kerang was a native of Chengde in Fengtian.

克讓曰：「江寧東南都會，失則大局危。 Kerang replied: "Nanjing is the great metropolis of the southeast. If it falls, the whole strategic situation is lost.

宿藻死而不瞑，克讓撫之曰：「庫尚有儲金，當募死士以成君志。」 When Suzao died with his eyes still open, Kerang laid a hand on the body and said, "The treasury still holds reserve funds. We shall recruit die-hards to finish what you began."

克讓守清涼山，督兵戰，殞於陣。 Kerang held Qingliang Hill, led the troops in battle, and was killed on the field.

賜卹，予騎都尉世職，本籍請建專祠，追諡忠節。 The court granted mourning honors and a hereditary commandant-of-cavalry title. His home district petitioned for a dedicated shrine, and he was posthumously honored as Loyal and Upright.