Li Hongbin (李鴻賓) | 24 Histories

Overview

Li Hongbin was a Governor-General of the Two Guangs.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Luping	鹿蘋	Lùpíng

Life and dates

Death

AD 1840 道光二十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 191

Attested activity

AD 1832 十二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 379, passages 102, 110
AD 1815 嘉慶二十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 152
AD 1801 嘉慶六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 143
AD 1813 嘉慶十八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 145
AD 1840 道光二十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 191
AD 1821 道光元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 163

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AD 1832 道光十二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passages 133-134; Draft History of Qing 366, passage 185
AD 1834 道光十四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 190
AD 1830 道光十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 178

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Li Hongbin
mother 母
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 154

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Career and standing

Acting governor of Guangdong 署廣東巡撫
AD 1818 嘉慶二十三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 156
Director-general of grain transport 漕運總督
AD 1819 嘉慶二十四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 157
Deputy director-general of the Eastern Rivers 東河副總河
AD 1814 嘉慶十九年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 149
Associate grand secretary 協辦大學士
AD 1830 道光十年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 178
Acting vice minister of rites and war 署禮部、兵部侍郎
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 155
Censor and supervising secretary 御史、給事中
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 144

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Governor of Anhui 安徽巡撫
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 162
Hanlin bachelor 庶吉士
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 143
Reviser 檢討
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 143
governor-general of the Two Guangs 兩廣總督
AD 1832 十二年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 133
Liangguang governor-general 兩廣總督
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 379, passage 110
Director-general of the Hedong waterways 河東河道總督
AD 1815 嘉慶二十年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 152
Governor-general of Huguang 湖廣總督
AD 1822 道光二年 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 164
Hanlin compiler 編修
AD 1834 道光十四年 · Restored
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 190
Director-general of grain transport 漕運總督
AD 1821 道光元年 · Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 163
Governor-general of the Two Guangs 兩廣總督
Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 169
imperial funeral grant and condolence 賜金治喪，予諭祭
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 154
peacock feather 花翎
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 184
Entered
AD 1832 道光十二年 · Exile
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 189
Entered
AD 1834 道光十四年 · Release
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 190
Entered
Dismissal
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passages 160, 189
Entered
Mourning leave
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 154
Arrested
AD 1832 十二年 · Arrested
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 134
arrested on criminal charges 以罪逮
Arrested
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 379, passage 110
accepted bribe in foreign-merchant appointment 賄鴻賓得之
Committed · With Dent (顛地)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 173

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Active under
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 133
At Dehua, Jiangxi 江西德化
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 142
AD 1832 道光十二年
At Urumqi 烏魯木齊 · Relation Exiled to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 189

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1801 嘉慶六年 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 143

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Liu Guangsan (劉光三)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passages 180-182

Events and relationships

Accepted bribe from dent
Legal · Bribed official · With Dent (顛地)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passages 173-175
Campaign stalled
AD 1832 十二年 · Military · Commander · At Lianshan 連山 · Outcome Repeated setbacks for half a year
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 133
Campaigned against yao
AD 1832 道光十二年 · Military · Commander · With Zhao Jinlong (趙金龍) · At Lianzhou 連州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passages 185-186
Investigated li hengte
Legal · Investigator · With Li Hengte (李亨特)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 148
Memorialized after lin qing rebellion
AD 1813 嘉慶十八年 · Political · Remonstrator · With Lin Qing (林清)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passages 146-147
Opium prohibition and fortification
Administrative · Official
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 177

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Reformed huai salt sales
Administrative · Reformer
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passages 165-167
Restored weishan lake and canal
Administrative · Official
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passages 150-151
River burst works
Disaster relief · Official · With Wu Jing (吳璥) · At Yifeng 儀封
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passages 158-159
Suppressed li bandits
AD 1831 道光十一年 · Military · Commander · With Liu Rongqing (劉榮慶) · At Yazhou/Leizhou 崖州/雷州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 179

Assessments and attributes

Assessment could not end career with full honor · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 197
Assessment rose by remonstrance then failed in integrity; left maritime troubles · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 196

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 365Volume 365 Biographies 152: Jue Luo Bao Xing, Zong Shijingzheng, Zong Shixien, Chen Guanjun, Zhuo Bingtian · 2 passages

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湖南既定，而兩廣總督李鴻賓剿連山瑤，閱半年，軍屢挫。 Hunan was quiet, but in Guangdong Li Hongbin's campaign against the Lianshan Yao stalled for six months.

詔逮鴻賓，以禧恩署總督，由湖南進兵。 Li Hongbin was arrested and Xi'en took over as acting governor-general, advancing from Hunan.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 366Volume 366 Biographies 153: Sun Yuting, Jiang Youxian, Li Hongbin · 14 passages

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孫玉庭、蔣攸銛、李鴻賓 Sun Yuting, Jiang Youxian, and Li Hongbin

李鴻賓，字鹿蘋，江西德化人。 Li Hongbin, courtesy name Luping, came from Dehua in Jiangxi.

鴻賓自巡漕時講求疏泉濟運之策，至是疏瀹上游，湖水通暢，瀦蓄充盈，漕運無阻，被褒獎，命赴睢工，會同吳璥塞河。 Since his grain-transport inspection Li Hongbin had studied measures to dredge springs and aid transport. Now he dredged the upper reaches until lake water flowed freely, storage was full, and grain transport was unimpeded. He was praised and ordered to the Sui works to join Wu Jing in blocking the river.

河決蘭陽、儀封，命偕尚書吳璥治之，鴻賓專駐儀封。 When the river burst at Lanyang and Yifeng, he was ordered to manage the crisis together with Minister Wu Jing, with Li Hongbin stationed at Yifeng.

會北岸馬營壩復決，合疏言馬營土質沙松，河溜尚勁，未能遽定壩基，被詰責，遂自陳不胜河督之任。 When the Maying embankment on the north bank burst again, they jointly memorialized that the soil there was sandy and loose and the current still strong, so the embankment could not quickly be stabilized. After rebuke Li Hongbin confessed himself unequal to the post of river director.

鴻賓請設公司，簽商經理，無論鹽船到岸先後，小商隨到隨售，大商按所到各家計引均銷。 Li Hongbin proposed establishing a company managed by contracted merchants. Small merchants could sell as soon as their salt arrived, regardless of order of arrival, while great merchants would divide sales evenly by quota according to each shipment.

時議折漕以資治河，鴻賓疏言徵收折色，弊竇叢生，莫若令民間完交本色，由州縣賣米易銀，轉解河工，詔以易啟抑勒捏價、加收平色諸弊，未允行。 At the time there was debate on converting tribute grain to fund river works. Li Hongbin memorialized that collecting commuted payments bred many abuses and that it would be better to have the people pay in kind, with districts and counties selling grain for silver to remit to river works. An edict held that this would easily breed extortion, forced prices, and added surcharges, and the proposal was rejected.