Huo Longwu (霍隆武) | 24 Histories

Overview

Huo Longwu was a Manchu military officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Resolute	果毅	Guoyi

Life and dates

Death

AD 1853 咸豐三年
wounded, thrown from horse, died in battle 受傷墮，力竭陣亡 · At Nanjing 江寧
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 32

Attested activity

AD 1853 咸豐三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 398, passages 7, 32
AD 1851 咸豐元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 31

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Manchu 滿洲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 29

Career and standing

Deputy Commander of Jiangning 江寧副都統
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 咸豐元年 · Western Year: AD 1851
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 31
assistant commander of the Fujian naval banner camp 福建水師旗營協領
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 30
posthumous name Resolute 諡果毅
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 32
posthumously made Commander-in-Chief 贈都統
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 32
hereditary Commandant of Cavalry with Cloud Cavalry 騎都尉兼雲騎尉世職
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 32

Places and affiliations

At Fuzhou 福州 · Relation Stationed at
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 29
Organization Bordered Yellow Banner 滿洲鑲黃旗 · Relation Registered in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 29

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential military licentiate 武舉
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 30

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 398Volume 398 Biographies 185: Zong Shixianghou, Huo Longwu, Fu Zhu Hong A, En Zhang, Chen Shengyuan, Qi Suzao, Chen Kerang, Liu Tongying, Rui Chang, Jie Chun, Xi Ling A · 6 passages

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宗室祥厚霍隆武福珠洪阿恩長陳勝元祁宿藻陳克讓劉同纓 Imperial clansman Xianghou; Huo Longwu; Fu Zhu Hong'a; En Chang; Chen Shengyuan; Qi Suzao; Chen Kerang; Liu Tongying

祥厚偕副都統霍隆武、提督福珠洪阿、布政使祁宿藻疏言：「督臣藉口江寧吃緊，趕回佈置，沿途險要，並不屯紮，上駛師船，一概撤回，專守水路之東西梁山。 Xianghou, Deputy Commander Huo Longwu, Regional Commander Fu Zhu Hong'a, and Provincial Commissioner Qi Suzao submitted a joint memorial: "The governor-general, pleading the crisis at Nanjing, hurried back to make dispositions; yet he left no garrisons at any of the strategic points along the way, recalled every war-junk that had been sent upriver, and concentrated his efforts only on holding the Eastern and Western Liang hills on the water route.

疏入，詔逮建瀛治罪，命祥厚兼署總督，與霍隆武、福珠洪阿、祁宿藻悉心防禦，以在籍前廣西巡撫鄒鳴鶴熟悉賊情，命同籌辦。 When the memorial reached the throne, an edict ordered Jianying arrested and punished. Xianghou was appointed acting governor-general and, with Huo Longwu, Fu Zhu Hong'a, and Qi Suzao, charged to organize the defense. Zou Minghe, the former Guangxi governor now at home and familiar with the rebels, was ordered to assist in planning.

祥厚偕霍隆武斂兵守駐防城，婦女皆助戰，逾日亦陷。 Xianghou and Huo Longwu drew their forces back into the banner garrison quarter. Women joined the fighting as well. A day later that stronghold too was lost.

霍隆武，鈕祜祿氏，滿洲鑲黃旗人，福州駐防。 Huo Longwu, of the Niohuru clan, was a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner stationed at Fuzhou.

賊圍城，偕祥厚登陴固守，歷十餘晝夜，外城陷，同守內城，策馬督戰，受傷墮，力竭陣亡，贈都統，予騎都尉兼雲騎尉世職，諡果毅。 When the rebels besieged the city, he and Xianghou held the ramparts for more than ten days and nights. After the outer city fell they defended the inner quarter together. He rode out to direct the fighting, was wounded and thrown from his horse, and died when his strength gave out. He was posthumously made commander-in-chief, granted a hereditary cavalry command with an additional cloud-cavalry title, and honored as Resolute.