Liao Hongquan (廖鴻荃)

Overview

Liao Hongquan was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1843 道光二十三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 389, passage 61
AD 1842 道光二十二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 84

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 365 Volume 365 Biographies 152: Jue Luo Bao Xing, Zong Shijingzheng, Zong Shixien, Chen Guanjun, Zhuo Bingtian 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 389 Volume 389 Biographies 176: Bai Jun, Lin Kui, Rui Chang, Quan Qing 1 passage

Career and standing

minister 尚書
AD 1842 道光二十二年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 84

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 84

Events and relationships

Surveyed Yangzhou River breach
AD 1842 道光二十二年 · Administrative · Imperial commissioner · With Jingzheng (敬徵)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 84

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 84

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 365Volume 365 Biographies 152: Jue Luo Bao Xing, Zong Shijingzheng, Zong Shixien, Chen Guanjun, Zhuo Bingtian · 1 passage

Open chapter

有議即改新河，河督麟慶以河流未定，遽難決議，命敬徵偕尚書廖鴻荃往勘。 Some urged an immediate course change, but River Governor Lin Qing argued the stream was still unstable; Jingzheng was dispatched with Liao Hongquan to survey the scene.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 389Volume 389 Biographies 176: Bai Jun, Lin Kui, Rui Chang, Quan Qing · 1 passage

Open chapter

河決中牟，命偕尚書廖鴻荃往督工，東西兩壩成而屢蟄，褫職，予七品頂戴，仍留工，以料缺水增請緩，复褫頂戴。 After the Yellow River burst at Zhongmou, he and Minister Liao Hongquan were sent to supervise repairs; both eastern and western dikes were finished but repeatedly failed; he was dismissed, given a seventh-rank button, and kept on the project; when he asked to slow work for lack of materials and high water, even that button was taken away.