Kong Youde (孔有德) | 24 Histories

Overview

Kong Youde was a prince Dingnan; father of Kong Sizhen.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1676 康熙十五年前後追述
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 252, passage 159
AD 1644 to AD 1650 順治初
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 4
AD 1647 順治四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 512, passage 203

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Kong Sizhen (孔四貞)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 252, passage 159

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Prince Dingnan
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 252, passage 159
Prince Gongshun 恭順王
AD 1647 順治四年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 512, passage 203

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 512, passage 203

Events and relationships

Pacified
Military · Commander · At Hunan 湖南
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 4
Relation Recommender of · Person Peng Ershu (彭而述)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 4

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 247Volume 247 Biographies 34: Peng Ershu, Lu Zhenfen, Yao Yanzhu, Bi Zhenji, Fang Guodong, Yu Pengju, Wang Tianjian, Yue Tingbiao · 2 passages

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孔有德定湖南，薦而述授貴州巡撫，予兵三千以行。 After Kong Youde pacified Hunan, he had Ershu appointed governor of Guizhou and supplied him with three thousand soldiers for the expedition.

城兵大噪，欲與友龍合，而述拔眾退守寶慶，告有德益師，與賊相持紫陽河上。 The city garrison clamored to join Chen Youlong, but Ershu pulled his men back to hold Baoqing, asked Youde for reinforcements, and fought the enemy to a standstill on the Ziyang River.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 252Volume 252 Biographies 39: Gan Wenkun, Fan Chengmo, Ma Xiongzhen, Fu Honglie · 1 passage

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鎮南將軍覺羅舒恕軍贛州，弘烈密致書言延齡妻孔四貞，定南王有德女，未忘國恩，延齡可招撫。 Southern Pacification General Aisin Gioro Shushuo was stationed at Ganzhou. Honglie wrote secretly that Yanling's wife Kong Sizhen, daughter of Prince Dingnan Kong Youde, still remembered the dynasty's favor and that Yanling could be won back.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 512Volume 512 Biographies 299: Native Chieftain Biographies 1: Huguang · 1 passage

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清順治四年，恭順王孔有德至辰州，宣慰使彭宏澎率三知州、六長官、三百八十峒苗蠻歸附。 In Shunzhi 4 (1647), Prince Gongshun Kong Youde reached Chenzhou, and Pacification Commissioner Peng Hongpeng brought over three native prefects, six chief officials, and the people of three hundred eighty Miao and Man stockades in submission.