Dai Zongqian (戴宗騫)

Overview

Dai Zongqian was an official and Martyr.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xiaohou	孝侯	Xiaohou

Life and dates

Death

AD 1895 二十一年正月
Suicide by drowning · At Weihai 威海 · Cause Strength spent and no relief coming
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 178
AD 1895 光緒二十一年
Suicide by poison · At Weihai / Liugong Island 威海
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 149

Attested activity

AD 1895 二十一年正月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passages 178, 185
AD 1895 光緒二十一年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 460, passages 139, 149
AD 1894 光緒二十年夏
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 134
AD 1882 光緒八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 126
AD 1880 光緒六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 119
AD 1891 光緒十七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 132

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AD 1887 光緒十三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 129
AD 1862 同治初
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 112
AD 1872 同治十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 113
AD 1895 威海之役
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 462, passages 25-26

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Dai Zongqian (戴宗騫母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 127

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Career and standing

circuit intendant 道員
AD 1895 二十一年正月 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 178
army commander 陸軍統將
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 462, passage 26
Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常寺卿
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 151
circuit intendant 道員
Promoted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 132
prefect 知府
Promoted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 125
magistrate 知縣
Reached
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 112

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Died
AD 1895 二十一年正月 · Martyr
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 178

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 462, passage 26
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 178
At Shouzhou, Anhui 安徽壽州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 110
At Weihai 威海 · Relation Defended
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passages 128, 134

Learning and skills

Held
Credential licentiate 廩生
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 111

Works and attributed material

Record of Coastal Garrison Farms 海上屯田志
Relation Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 118
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passages 115-116
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Ding Ruchang (丁汝昌)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 146
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 121
Telegram · Author · With Li Hongzhang (李鴻章)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 462, passage 26

Events and relationships

Accused Ruchang of treason
Political · Accuser · With Ding Ruchang (丁汝昌)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 462, passage 26
Executed
Military · Commander · With Wang Lin (王林)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 122
Falsely accused by
Legal · Accused · With Liu Chaopei (劉超佩) · Authority Li Bingheng (李秉衡)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 140
Relation Client of · Person Li Hongzhang (李鴻章)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 112
Relation Agreed mutual support with · Person Liu Chaopei (劉超佩)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 137
Relation Accompanied · Person Wu Dacheng (吳大澂)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 460, passage 119

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 178
has a separate biography 自有傳
Field separate-biography · Statement Has a separate biography in this history
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 185

References in the histories

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History

22 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 460Volume 460 Biographies 247: Zuo Baogui Younger Brother: Bao Xian, Yong Shan, Deng Shichang, Liu Buchan, Lin Taiceng, Dai Zongqian · 19 passages

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左寶貴弟寶賢等永山鄧世昌劉步蟾林泰曾等戴宗騫 Zuo Baogui (and his younger brother Bao Xian and others), Yong Shan, Deng Shichang, Liu Buchan, Lin Taiceng and others, and Dai Zongqian

戴宗騫，字孝侯，安徽壽州人。 Dai Zongqian, styled Xiaohou, was a native of Shouzhou in Anhui.

少以廩生治鄉團，捻酋苗沛霖數陷州，宗騫潛結各圩寨以攜貳其黨。 As a young licentiate he organized local militia; when the Nian chieftain Miao Peilin repeatedly seized the prefecture, Zongqian secretly won over the surrounding stockaded villages and turned Miao's own followers against him.

宗騫上書，略謂：「津沽為九河故道，漳、衛交匯，水菑衍溢。 Zongqian submitted a memorial arguing, in brief: "The Tianjin area lies in the old channel of the Nine Rivers, where the Zhang and Wei meet and floods spread without check.

鴻章以其議上聞，遂命董其役，成稻田六萬餘畝。 Hongzhang forwarded the proposal to the throne and put Zongqian in charge of the project; more than sixty thousand mu of paddy were brought under cultivation.

光緒六年，中俄失和，吳大澂被命佐吉林邊務，奏宗騫自隨。 In the sixth year of Guangxu, when relations with Russia broke down, Wu Dacheng was ordered to assist in Jilin border affairs and memorialized that Zongqian accompany him.

大澂兼攝屯政，宗騫為治道路，築砲台，設江防，徙直、東流民，假予產業，分部護之。 Wu also took charge of frontier colonization; Zongqian built roads, erected forts, organized river defenses, resettled refugees from Zhili and the east, lent them land and tools, and posted guards to protect them by district.

塞外灌莽千里，馬賊為民患，宗騫曰：「此屯政蠹也！」 Beyond the passes scrubland stretched for a thousand li, and mounted bandits preyed on the settlers; Zongqian said, "This is the ruin of our colonization work!"

遭母憂歸，鴻章疏留，宗騫請終制，弗許。 When his mother died he went home to mourn; Hongzhang memorialized to keep him in service; Zongqian asked to complete the full mourning period but was refused.

時宗騫守北岸，分統劉超佩守南岸，宗騫與約，寇至互相應。 Zongqian held the north bank while sub-commander Liu Chaopei held the south; they agreed to support each other when the enemy came.

宗騫往援，而超佩蹌踉遁，三台拱手讓敵，反訴巡撫李秉衡，誣宗騫背約。 Zongqian went to help, but Chaopei fled in disorder and surrendered three batteries without a fight; he then reported to Governor Li Bingheng, falsely accusing Zongqian of breaking their agreement.