Qing · Military Officer and Rebel

Li Dingguo 李定國

Attested AD 1651 - AD 1657

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Dingguo was a Military Officer and Rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1652 to AD 1657 臣昔為河南知縣時，孫可望、李定國尚據云、貴、四川
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 171
AD 1651 順治八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 7

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 268 Volume 268 Biographies 55: Mi Sihan, Gu Badai, Ma Er Han, Tian Liushan, Du Zhen, Sa Mu Ha 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 270 Volume 270 Biographies 57: Hao Yu, Yang Suyun, Guo Xiu 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Ming 南明 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 171
AD 1652 to AD 1657 臣昔為河南知縣時，孫可望、李定國尚據云、貴、四川
At Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan 云、貴、四川 · Relation Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 171

Events and relationships

Held southwest with Sun Kewang
AD 1652 to AD 1657 臣昔為河南知縣時，孫可望、李定國尚據云、貴、四川 · Military · Occupant · With Sun Kewang (孫可望) · Mode quotation Speaker Tian Liushan (田六善)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 171
Relation Subordinate of · Person Zhang Xianzhong (張獻忠)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 7

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 268Volume 268 Biographies 55: Mi Sihan, Gu Badai, Ma Er Han, Tian Liushan, Du Zhen, Sa Mu Ha · 1 passage

十四年，疏言：「臣昔為河南知縣時，孫可望、李定國尚據云、貴、四川，其勢不減於吳三桂。 In year 14 he memorialized, "When I was a county magistrate in Henan, Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo still held Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, and their power was no less than Wu Sangui's.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 270Volume 270 Biographies 57: Hao Yu, Yang Suyun, Guo Xiu · 1 passage

時張獻忠將孫可望、李定國等降明，為桂王將，據川南為寇，師討之，郡縣吏率軍前除授，恣為貪虐。 Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, and other Zhang Xianzhong lieutenants had gone over to the Ming and fought for the Prince of Gui from bases in southern Sichuan. While imperial forces pressed them, local officials were often commissioned in the field and abused their power without restraint.