Chen Yucheng (陳玉成)

Overview

Chen Yucheng was a rebel Commander.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1857 to AD 1861 AD 1857-1861
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 177
AD 1861 十一年，陳玉成復犯湖北
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 156
AD 1861 十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 414, passage 9
AD 1859 十二月，陳玉成大舉來援
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 153
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 82
AD 1859 咸豐九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 103

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AD 1859 咸豐九年冬
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 14
AD 1858 咸豐八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 96
AD 1861 咸豐十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 151; Draft History of Qing 429, passage 107
AD 1860 咸豐十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passages 9, 98; Draft History of Qing 432, passage 198
AD 1860 咸豐十年正月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 105
AD 1859 咸豐間
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 423, passage 71
AD 1857 尋陳玉成來援
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passages 140, 144
AD 1861 to AD 1862 當是時
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 150
AD 1858 陳玉成再破廬州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 114
AD 1858 陳玉成合捻匪犯蘄、黃
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 111

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Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Active under
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 111
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Opposed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 153
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 177
Polity Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國 · Relation Rebelled against Qing
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 14
Polity Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passages 114, 150; Draft History of Qing 414, passage 9; Draft History of Qing 429, passages 82, 96; Draft History of Qing 431, passages 9, 98
Polity Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 198

Events and relationships

Attacked
AD 1858 陳玉成合捻匪犯蘄、黃 · Military · Commander · At Qizhou and Huangzhou 蘄、黃
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 111
Besieged
AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Military · Attacker · At Zongyang 樅陽
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 151
Broke from Taihu toward Qizhou
AD 1858 咸豐八年 · Military · Commander · At Taihu / Qizhou 太湖、蘄州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 96
Came to relieve
AD 1857 尋陳玉成來援 · Military · Reliever · At Tongsipai 童司簰
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 144
Encircled
Military · Commander · At Anqing 安慶
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 414, passage 9
Entered Huoshan and drove at Leer Ridge
AD 1861 咸豐十一年 · Military · Commander · At Huoshan / Le'er Ridge 霍山、樂兒嶺
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 107

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Fled under charge
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Military · Commander · At Xiaochi post station 小池驛
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 98
Fought at
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Military · Commander · At Xiaochi post station 小池驛
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 9
Held Xiaochi Post with over 100000
AD 1859 咸豐九年 · Military · Commander · At Xiaochi Post 小池驛
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 103
Invaded Hubei
AD 1861 十一年，陳玉成復犯湖北 · Military · Commander · At Hubei 湖北
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 156
Marched to relieve
AD 1859 十二月，陳玉成大舉來援 · Military · Commander · At Taihu 太湖
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 153
Mustered several hundred thousand, allied with Gong Xiazi, besieged Bao Chao at Xiaochi Post
AD 1859 咸豐九年冬 · Military · Commander · With Bao Chao (鮑超) · At Xiaochi Post 小池驛
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 14
Relieved
AD 1860 咸豐十年 · Military · Commander · At Anqing 安慶
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 432, passage 198
Routed and fled from Luzhou
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Commander · At Luzhou 廬州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 82
Turned from Luan to relieve Anqing
AD 1860 咸豐十年正月 · Military · Commander · At Lu'an / Anqing / Huoshan 六安、安慶、霍山
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 105
Relation Ally of · Person Yang Fuqing (楊輔清)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 414, passage 9
Relation Allied with · Person Gong Xiazi (龔瞎子)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 433, passage 14

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 388Volume 388 Biographies 175: Gui Liang, Rui Lin Son: Huai Tabu, Guan Wen, Wen Yu · 1 passage

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時大軍圍安慶急，陳玉成、李秀成先後分兵犯湖北境，冀掣動局勢，遣將迭破之，所陷諸郡縣皆复。 While the main army pressed Anqing, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng sent columns into Hubei to relieve the pressure. Guan Wen's generals defeated them repeatedly and recovered every fallen county.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 405Volume 405 Biographies 192: Ceng Guofan · 2 passages

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會賊竄廣西，上游兵事解，而陳玉成再破廬州，續賓戰歿三河，林翼以群盜蔓廬、壽間，終為楚患，乃改議留國籓合謀皖。 When the rebels fled into Guangxi and eased pressure upstream, Chen Yucheng again seized Luzhou and Li Xubing was killed at Sanhe; Hu Linyi, seeing bandits spreading between Luzhou and Shouzhou and ultimately threatening Hunan, changed course and urged keeping Zeng Guofan to plan the Anhui campaign together.

當是時，偽天王洪秀全僭號踞金陵，偽忠王李秀成等犯蘇、滬，偽侍王李世賢等陷浙杭，偽輔王楊輔清等屯寧國，偽康王汪海洋窺江西，偽英王陳玉成屯廬州，捻首苗霈霖出入潁、壽，與玉成合，圖竄山東、河南，眾皆號數十萬。 At that time the false Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan held Jinling in regal pretension; the false Loyal King Li Xiucheng and others attacked Suzhou and Shanghai; the false Attendant King Li Shixian and others seized Zhejiang and Hangzhou; the false Assistant King Yang Fuqing and others held Ningguo; the false King of Kang Wang Haiyang watched Jiangxi; the false Brave King Chen Yucheng held Luzhou; Nian chief Miao Peilin moved in and out of Ying and Shou, cooperating with Yucheng and plotting to break into Shandong and Henan—all claiming forces in the hundreds of thousands.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 414Volume 414 Biographies 201: Li Chendian, Xiao Fusi, Zhu Hongzhang, Liu Lianjie, Peng Yuju, Zhang Shiri, Wu Weishou, Zhu Nangui, Luo Fengyuan, Li Xianghe, Xiao Qingyan, Wu Zongguo · 1 passage

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十一年，攻安慶西門賊壘，陳玉成糾楊輔清數万人圍官軍數重，戰至日中未決，馳告諸將曰：「事急矣，成敗在此舉！」 In the eleventh year, while assaulting the rebel bastion at Anqing’s west gate, Chen Yucheng mustered Yang Fuqing and tens of thousands of men and wrapped the imperial forces in layer after layer of encirclement; the fight raged until noon with no outcome. Chendian rode to the generals and cried, “This is desperate—everything depends on what we do now!”

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 415Volume 415 Biographies 202: Huang Yisheng, Ding Yifang, Wang Ji, Wu Jiabang, Li Chengmou, Li Chaobin, Jiang Fushan, Liu Peiyuan · 1 passage

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十一年，陳玉成圍樅陽，擊卻之。 In year eleven Chen Yucheng besieged Zongyang and was beaten back.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 423Volume 423 Biographies 210: Zong Jichen, Yin Gengyun, Wang Zheng, Mu Jixianga, You Baichuan, Shen Huai · 1 passage

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陳玉成、張洛行率悍賊數十萬，齊向潛山、太湖抗拒，眾寡之數，十倍於我，一有疏虞，關係甚重。 Chen Yucheng and Zhang Luoxing had massed hundreds of thousands of hardened rebels at Qianshan and Taihu—ten times Zeng's numbers. The slightest mistake would be catastrophic.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 429Volume 429 Biographies 216: Jiang Zhongyi, Zhou Kuanshi, Shi Qingji, Yu Jichang, Lin Wencha, Zhao Deguang, Zhang Wende · 5 passages

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進毀賊柵，樹雲梯攻城，賊方死拒，而陳玉成兵敗遽去，遂由西門攻入，克廬州。 He pushed forward, tore down the palisades, and raised scaling ladders while the defenders fought to the last; then Chen Yucheng's army was routed and fled, and Qingji entered through the west gate and took Luzhou.

八年，陳玉成自太湖竄蘄州，際昌奉檄防皖、楚之交，敗賊南陽河，毀賊壘三十餘，擒賊目。 In 1858, when Chen Yucheng broke out of Taihu toward Qizhou, Jichang was ordered to hold the Anhui-Hubei border; he routed the rebels at Nanyang River, destroyed more than thirty forts, and took a rebel officer prisoner.

時大軍圍太湖急，陳玉成糾黨十餘萬相持小池驛。 While the main Qing force pressed the siege of Taihu, Chen Yucheng rallied more than a hundred thousand men and held them at bay at Xiaochi Post.

陳玉成自六安回援安慶，霍山复陷。 Chen Yucheng turned back from Lu'an to relieve Anqing, and Huoshan was lost again.

十一年，陳玉成入霍山，自黑石渡撲樂兒嶺。 In 1861, Chen Yucheng entered Huoshan and, crossing at Heishi Ford, drove at Le'er Ridge.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 431Volume 431 Biographies 218: Guo Songlin, Li Changle, Yang Dingxun, Tang Diankui, Tang Dingkui, Teng Siwu, Luo Guozhong · 2 passages

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十年，圍安慶，會剿陳玉成於小池驛，進壁集賢關，每戰皆捷。 In 1860 he joined the siege of Anqing, fought Chen Yucheng at Xiaochi post station, pushed forward to camp at Jixian Pass, and won every engagement.

十年，鮑超與陳玉成大戰小池驛，鼎勳見玉成立陣中指揮，獨從壯士十數人突前擊之，玉成駭走，复太湖、潛山兩城。 In 1860 Bao Chao fought Chen Yucheng at Xiaochi post station. Dingxun saw Yucheng directing from the line, led a dozen picked men in a headlong charge, and sent Yucheng fleeing in panic. Taihu and Qianshan were recovered.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 432Volume 432 Biographies 219: Xiao Qijiang, Zhang Yunlan, Tang Xunfang, Jiang Ningxue, Chen Shi, Li Yuandu · 5 passages

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陳玉成合捻匪犯蘄、黃，訓方自襄陽赴援，連戰敗賊，進屯張家塝。 Chen Yucheng joined Nian rebels in attacking Qizhou and Huangzhou; Xunfang hurried from Xiangyang, won a string of victories, and encamped at Zhangjiabang.

尋陳玉成來援，眾議退兵，凝學曰：「童司簰不克，水師往來失所據，九江之師亦掣肘，勢所必爭。」 When Chen Yucheng came to their aid, many urged retreat; Ningxue said, "Unless we take Tongsipai, the fleet will have no secure base and the Jiujiang campaign will be crippled—we must fight for this place."

十二月，陳玉成大舉來援，凝學移軍龍家涼亭，與鮑超小池驛之軍為犄角，留四營遏太湖東門，城賊出，擊退之。 In the twelfth month Chen Yucheng marched up in force; Ningxue shifted to Longjialiangting to support Bao Chao at Xiaochi Post, left four battalions to hold Taihu's east gate, and beat back a sortie from the city.

十一年，陳玉成復犯湖北，凝學回援武昌縣，敗賊赤壁山下，復其城。 In 1861 Chen Yucheng invaded Hubei again; Ningxue hurried back to Wuchang County, routed the enemy below Red Cliff Hill, and recovered the city.

賊酋陳玉成來援，阻水，趨集賢關，擊破之。 When rebel chief Chen Yucheng came to relieve the city, the flooded ground blocked him; he turned toward Jixian Pass and was beaten off.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 433Volume 433 Biographies 220: Jin Guochen, Huang Chunxi, Wu Kunxiu, Kang Guoqi, Li Hezhang Younger Brother: Zhao Qing, Wu Yulan · 1 passage

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陳玉成糾眾數十萬，結捻匪龔瞎子圍鮑超於小池驛，救兵迭失利。 Chen Yucheng raised several hundred thousand men, allied with the Nian bandit Gong Xiazi, and penned Bao Chao in at Xiaochi Post, while one relief force after another was beaten back.