Gao Tianxi (高天喜) | 24 Histories

Overview

Gao Tianxi was a Regional Commander.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Guoyi	果義

Life and dates

Death

killed in battle 沒於陣 · At Black River / Yarkand campaign 葉爾羌黑水
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 16

Attested activity

AD 1757 乾隆二十二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 8
AD 1758 二十三年十月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 315, passages 14, 16
AD 1755 to AD 1759 定伊犁回部
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 233
AD 1723 to AD 1735 雍正中
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 5

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Zunghar (adopted into Gao family) 準噶爾
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 5
Lineage adopted into the Gao clan register 高氏撫為子，因從其族籍
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 6

Career and standing

assistant deputy commander at Jinta 金塔協副將
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 12
commander of the Xining garrison 西寧鎮總兵
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 13
defender of Baoning Fort 保寧堡守備
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 7
leading-column grand minister 領隊大臣
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 13
posthumous title Guoyi 諡果義
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 18
meritorious minister for pacification of Yili and the Muslim west (Purple Splendor Hall) 紫光閣功臣（定伊犁回部）
Received
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 233

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 2
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 233
At Xining, Gansu 甘肅西寧
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 4
Organization Shrine of Manifest Loyalty 昭忠祠 · Relation Enshrined in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 46

Events and relationships

Fought and died
Military · Commander · With Zhao Hui (兆惠)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 16
Listed among meritorious ministers
AD 1755 to AD 1759 定伊犁回部 · Honorific · Honoree
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 233

Assessments and attributes

Assessment bravest death among those who fell fighting with E Shi and San Ge · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 212
Assessment lamented in an imperial poem · Mode named-source-report Speaker Qianlong Emperor (乾隆帝)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 17
Item a thousand taels of silver 白金千 · Relation Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 315, passage 18

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 233

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 315Volume 315 Biographies 102: Gao Tianxi, E Shi, San Ge, He Qi, Tang Kalu, A Min Dao, Man Fu, Dou Bin, Duan Ji Bu, Nuo Er Ben · 10 passages

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高天喜鄂實三格和起唐喀祿阿敏道滿福 Gao Tianxi, E Shi, San Ge, He Qi, Tang Kalu, A Mindao, Man Fu

高天喜，甘肅西寧人。 Gao Tianxi was a native of Xining in Gansu.

天喜本準噶爾人，雍正中為我師所俘。 Tianxi was originally a Zunghar who had been taken prisoner by the Qing forces during the Yongzheng reign.

乾隆二十二年，副將軍兆惠擊伊犁，天喜從參將邁斯漢赴援。 In the twenty-second year of the Qianlong reign, when Deputy General-in-Chief Zhaohui marched against Ili, Tianxi went as a subordinate of Colonel Maisihan to reinforce him.

巴里坤辦事大臣雅爾哈善以聞，上即奪邁斯漢官以命天喜。 Yarghashi, the minister resident at Barkul, reported the matter to the throne, and the emperor at once removed Maisihan from office and put Tianxi in command.

天喜督兵修橋渡師，未及半，賊大至。 Tianxi directed his men in building a bridge to get the army across, but before even half the force had crossed, a large rebel host appeared.

天喜聞兆惠陷賊陣，舍橋亟赴之，奮與賊戰，與鄂實、三格、特通額俱沒於陣。 Hearing that Zhaohui was caught in the enemy lines, Tianxi left the bridge unfinished and rushed to his relief. He fought the rebels with desperate valor and fell in battle together with E Shi, San Ge, and Tetonge.

諡果義，又賜其家白金千。 He was posthumously honored with the title Guoyi, and his family was granted a thousand taels of silver besides.

天喜、鄂實、三格並祀昭忠祠，予騎都尉兼雲騎尉世職。 Tianxi, E Shi, and San Ge were all enshrined in the Shrine of Manifest Loyalty and granted the combined hereditary ranks of commandant of cavalry and commandant of the cloud cavalry.

論曰：高天喜驍勇善戰，與鄂實、三格奮鬥破陣，死事為最烈。 The commentator writes: Gao Tianxi was brave and skilled in battle. Together with E Shi and San Ge he fought with desperate valor to break the enemy lines, and among those who fell in service his death was the most heroic.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 318Volume 318 Biographies 105: A Gui, A Di Si, A Bi Da · 1 passage

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定伊犁回部五十人：大學士傅恆，將軍兆惠、班第、納木札爾，副將軍策布登扎布、富德、薩拉爾，大學士總督黃廷桂，參贊大臣親王色布騰巴爾珠爾，貝子扎拉豐阿，郡王羅卜藏多爾濟、額敏和卓，尚書舒赫德、阿里袞，總督鄂容安，侍郎明瑞、阿桂、三泰、鄂實，領隊大臣內大臣博爾奔察，提督豆斌、高天喜，副都統端濟布，護軍統領愛隆阿，前鋒統領瑪巘，副都統巴圖濟爾噶爾，散秩大臣齊凌扎布、噶布舒，郡王霍集斯，貝子鄂對，內大臣鄂齊爾，散秩大臣阿玉錫、達什策淩，副都統鄂博什、溫布、由屯、三格，侍衛奇徹布、老格、達克、塔納、薩穆坦、璊綽爾圖、塔瑪鼐、富錫爾、海蘭察、富紹、扎奇圖、阿爾丹察、五十保。 For the pacification of Yili and the Muslim regions, the fifty men honored were: Grand Secretary Fu Heng; Generals Zhao Hui, Ban Di, and Namuzha'er; Deputy Generals Tsebudengjab, Fude, and Salar; Grand Secretary and Governor-General Huang Tinggui; Assisting Commander Prince Sebeteng Baljur; Beizi Zhalafeng'a; Princes Luobuzang Duo'erji and Emin Hezhuo; Ministers Shuhede and Aligun; Governor-General E Rong'an; Vice Ministers Mingrui, A Gui, Santai, and E Shi; Inner Court Minister and Column Commander Bo'erbengcha; Regional Commanders Dou Bin and Gao Tianxi; Vice Commander-in-Chief Duanjibu; Guard Commander Ailong'a; Vanguard Commander Ma Yan; Vice Commander-in-Chief Batu Ji'erga'er; Ministers without Portfolio Qiling Zhabu and Gabushu; Prince Huo Jisi; Beizi E Dui; Inner Court Minister E Qi'er; Ministers without Portfolio Ayu Xi and Dashice Ling; Vice Commanders E Boshi, Wenbu, Youtun, and Sange; and Guards Qichebu, Laoge, Dake, Tana, Samutan, Man Chuo'ertu, Tamannai, Fuxi'er, Hailancha, Fushao, Zhaqitu, A'erdancha, and Wushibao.