Qing · Military Officer

Gangta 剛塔

Gāngtǎ

Attested AD 1755 - AD 1784

Passages: 11
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gangta was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Death

At Ili exile 伊犁
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 149

Attested activity

AD 1784 乾隆四十九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 136
AD 1755 乾隆準噶爾之役
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 131

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Manchu 滿洲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 130
Lineage Ujikete clan 烏濟克忒氏
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 130

Career and standing

battalion commander, Middle Battalion, Taining Garrison 泰宁鎮中營游擊
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 132
Zhili provincial commander-in-chief 直隸提督
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 134
Malan Garrison regional commander 馬蘭鎮總兵
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 134
vanguard 前鋒
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 131
Guyuan commander-in-chief 陝西固原提督
Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 135
Cloud Cavalry Captain 雲騎尉
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 131

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Dismissed
Stripped of office · Authority Qianlong Emperor (乾隆帝)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 147
Exiled
Exile · At Ili 伊犁 · Authority Qianlong Emperor (乾隆帝)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 148

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passages 130-131
Organization Plain Blue Banner 正藍旗 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 130

Events and relationships

Captured Linqing
Military · Officer · At Linqing 臨清
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 133
Suppressed rebellion
AD 1784 乾隆四十九年 · Military · Commander · With Tian Wu (田五)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passages 136-138
Wounded
Military · Commander · At Majia Bay 馬家灣
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 140

Assessments and attributes

Assessment fought at Shifeng Fort; meritorious though later disgraced · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 153
Item imperial jade thumb-ring 上用玉韘 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 137

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History

11 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 335Volume 335 Biographies 122: Fu Senga, Yi Leitu, Hu Gui, Yu Jin Ao, Yin Dexi, Gang Ta · 11 passages

富僧阿伊勒圖胡貴俞金鼇尹德禧剛塔 Fu Senga, Yi Leitu, Hu Gui, Yu Jin'ao, Yin Dexi, and Gangta

固原回李化玉與河州回田五糾眾為亂，攻靖遠，金鼇與涼州副都統圖桑阿合軍討之，逐賊馬營街，固原提督剛塔亦以師來會，多所斬獲。 When the Guyuan Muslim Li Huayu and the Hezhou Muslim Tian Wu raised followers and attacked Jingyuan, Jin'ao joined Deputy Military Governor Tusang'a of Liangzhou to suppress them, driving the rebels toward Maying Street; Guyuan Commander-in-Chief Gangta brought his force to the rendezvous as well, and together they killed or captured a great number of the enemy.

剛塔，烏濟克忒氏，滿洲正藍旗人。 Gangta, of the Ujikete clan, was a Manchu bannerman of the Plain Blue Banner.

剛塔督兵逐賊，殺賊數十，射殪乘馬賊渠，賜上用玉韘、大小荷包。 Gangta led the pursuit, killed dozens of rebels, and shot down the mounted rebel chief; the emperor rewarded him with an imperial jade thumb-ring and large and small purses.

其徒竄據馬家堡，剛塔督兵合圍，賊夜出堡逾山遁，環壘樹木桿，懸衣帽其上，紿官軍，官軍逼壘，乃知賊已走。 The survivors seized Majia Fort; Gangta invested it, but the rebels slipped out by night over the hills, left poles and clothing on the walls to deceive the besiegers, and were long gone before the troops discovered the ruse.

剛塔督兵逐賊，戰於馬家灣，剛塔中矢。 Gangta continued the pursuit and fought at Majia Bay, where he was wounded by an arrow.

上謂馬營街、石峰堡皆通渭地，剛塔方逐賊馬營街，通渭陷不赴援，明善又以攻石峰堡戰死，詔詰責。 The emperor observed that Maying Street and Shifeng Fort lay within Tongwei: Gangta had been chasing rebels at Maying Street when Tongwei fell yet he did not march to its relief, and Mingshan had died assaulting Shifeng Fort—an edict censured him sharply.

剛塔疏言：「獲賊言將自通渭道伏羌、秦州天潼關。」 Gangta memorialized, "Prisoners said the rebels would march from Tongwei through Fuxiang and Qinzhou toward Tiantong Pass."

上責剛塔信賊妄語搖軍心，令福康安傳諭，奪剛塔職，逮送京師。 The emperor accused him of crediting rebel bluster and unsettling the troops, had Fuk'anggan relay the edict, stripped him of rank, and sent him under arrest to the capital.

上方幸熱河，留京王大臣等讞當斬，上以剛塔殲賊渠田五，戰馬家灣身被創，貸死，戍伊犁。 The emperor was at Rehe; the princes and ministers in Beijing recommended execution, but noting that Gangta had destroyed the rebel chief Tian Wu and been wounded at Majia Bay, the emperor spared his life and banished him to Ili.

貴定增城，金鼇、剛塔攻石峰堡，名位顯晦殊，要不可謂無功也，故類次焉。 Hu Gui pacified Zengcheng; Yu Jin'ao and Gangta fought at Shifeng Fort—their reputations rose and fell in different measure, yet none was without real service; hence they are recorded together in this chapter.