Qing · Official

Ding Richang 丁日昌

Attested AD 1862 - AD 1874

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Ding Richang was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1870 丁日昌
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 242
AD 1874 同治十三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 139, passages 177-178
AD 1862 to AD 1874 同治間
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 150, passage 11

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 139 Volume 139 Treatises 114: Military 10, Training 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 150 Volume 150 Treatises 125: Transportation 2, Lun Chuan 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 405 Volume 405 Biographies 192: Ceng Guofan 1 passage

Career and standing

Governor of Jiangsu 江蘇巡撫
AD 1862 to AD 1874 同治間 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 150, passage 11

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 139, passage 178; Draft History of Qing 150, passage 11
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 242

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passages 242-243
Proposal · Author · Summary train one hundred thousand elite troops across provinces
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 139, passage 178

Events and relationships

Proposed elite force of 100000
Political · Proposer
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 139, passage 178

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 139Volume 139 Treatises 114: Military 10, Training · 1 passage

曾國籓曾擬以新械練兵，沿海七省，共練陸兵九萬人，沿江三省，共練三萬人，計年餉八百萬兩，總理衙門議以制勝之洋槍隊練習水戰，丁日昌議合各省練精兵十萬人，皆以費重未能遽行。 Zeng had proposed ninety thousand coastal and thirty thousand Yangzi troops with new arms at eight million taels a year; the Zongli Yamen wanted winning rifle squadrons for the navy; Ding Richang wanted a hundred thousand elites—cost blocked them all.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 150Volume 150 Treatises 125: Transportation 2, Lun Chuan · 1 passage

十三年，鴻章又疏言：「同治間曾國籓、丁日昌在江蘇督、撫任，迭據道員許道身、同知容閎創議華商造船章程，分運漕米，兼攬客貨。 In 1874 he memorialized again: 'During the Tongzhi reign, while Zeng Guofan and Ding Richang held the posts of governor-general and governor of Jiangsu, they repeatedly received from Circuit Intendant Xu Daoshen and Subprefect Rong Hong draft regulations for Chinese merchants to build steamers, carry tribute grain in allotments, and take general and passenger freight as well.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 405Volume 405 Biographies 192: Ceng Guofan · 1 passage

丁日昌因上奏曰：「自古局外議論，不諒局中艱苦，一唱百和，亦足以熒上聽，撓大計。 Ding Richang memorialized: "From antiquity, outsiders fail to grasp the hardships of those inside the affair; one voice is echoed by a hundred, enough to mislead the throne and upset great plans.