Harry Parkes (巴夏禮)

Overview

Harry Parkes was a Diplomat.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Native name	Parkes

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1858 八年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 378, passages 161, 163
AD 1860 十年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 387, passages 26-27
AD 1856 咸豐六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 394, passage 93
AD 1871 逾歲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 441, passage 51

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 387 Volume 387 Biographies 174: Zong Shisushun, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Jiao Youying, Chen Fuen 2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 394 Volume 394 Biographies 181: Xu Guangjin, Ye Mingchen, Huang Zonghan 2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 378 Volume 378 Biographies 165: Huang Juezi, Jin Yinglin, Chen Qingyong, Su Tingkui, Zhu Qi 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 441 Volume 441 Biographies 228: Pan Zuyin, Li Wentian, Sun Yijing, Xia Tongshan, Zhang Jiaxiang, Zhang Yinglin, Zhang Renfu, Zhang Hengjia 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Britain 英 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 163; Draft History of Qing 394, passage 93

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 378Volume 378 Biographies 165: Huang Juezi, Jin Yinglin, Chen Qingyong, Su Tingkui, Zhu Qi · 1 passage

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敵謂既媾和何復募勇，且以懸金購領事巴夏禮為責言。 The foreigners protested that recruiting militia after peace was improper and blamed the Chinese for posting a bounty on Consul Harry Parkes.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 387Volume 387 Biographies 174: Zong Shisushun, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Jiao Youying, Chen Fuen · 2 passages

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敵軍近逼通州，乃改命怡親王載垣、尚書穆廕往議，誘擒英官巴夏禮置之獄，而我軍屢敗之餘不能戰，車駕倉猝幸熱河，廷臣爭之不可。 When the enemy neared Tongzhou, Prince Yi Zaiyuan and Minister Mu Yin were sent instead; they tricked and seized the British envoy Parkes and put him in prison. But with our forces already beaten repeatedly we could not fight on; the court fled in haste to Rehe, and ministers' protests availed nothing.

議不諧，命擒諸酋，獲巴夏禮送京。 Talks broke down; they were ordered to seize the foreign leaders, and Parkes was captured and sent to Beijing.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 394Volume 394 Biographies 181: Xu Guangjin, Ye Mingchen, Huang Zonghan · 2 passages

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英領事巴夏禮索之不得，貽書名琛責問，謂捕匪當移取，不當擅執，毀旗尤非禮。 Consul Parkes could not get them back and wrote to Mingchen in protest, arguing that suspects should be handed over on request, not seized unilaterally, and that tearing down the flag was an insult.

名琛令送十三人於領事，不受，必欲並索千總，遂置之。 Mingchen ordered the thirteen men delivered to the consulate; Parkes refused them and also demanded the lieutenant; Mingchen let the matter drop.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 441Volume 441 Biographies 228: Pan Zuyin, Li Wentian, Sun Yijing, Xia Tongshan, Zhang Jiaxiang, Zhang Yinglin, Zhang Renfu, Zhang Hengjia · 1 passage

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逾歲，上停止園工封事，略言：「巴夏禮等焚毀圓明園，其人尚存。 A year later, in a memorial halting park construction, he wrote in brief: "Parkes and his fellows burned the Old Summer Palace, and they are still alive.