Qing · Military Officer

Liao Sifang 廖思芳

Attested AD 1796

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liao Sifang was a Military Officer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1796 嘉慶
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 362, passages 95, 97

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Liao Yin (廖寅)
eldest son 長子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 362, passage 97

Career and standing

expectant circuit intendant of Jiangsu 江蘇候補道
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 362, passage 113
imprisoned then pardoned 下獄，尋赦
Imprisoned
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 362, passage 115

Events and relationships

Seized Liu Zhixie
Legal · Captor · With Liu Zhixie (劉之協)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 362, passages 101, 114

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 362Volume 362 Biographies 149: Fang Ji, Zhu Erhan, Yang Hu, Liao Yin, Chen Changqi, Zhu Ergenge, Cha Chonghua · 4 passages

長子思芳有武略，省父至葉，任以守衛事。 His eldest son Sifang was skilled in military affairs. When he came from the capital to visit his father at Ye, Yin put him in charge of the county's defense.

一日，思芳巡歷近郊，見二人縶馬坐樹下語，異之，歸戒門者伺狀。 One day Sifang was patrolling the outskirts and noticed two men tie up their horses and talk beneath a tree. Struck by the sight, he went back and told the gatekeepers to watch for them.

寅趣思芳往與雜坐，出不意縛之，鞫得實，械至都伏法。 Yin sent Sifang to join the men at their table; he seized them by surprise, obtained a full confession under interrogation, and had them sent in chains to the capital, where they were executed.

思芳少時居鄉治團練，從軍數有功，官至江蘇候補道。 In his youth Sifang organized local militia in his home district, served in several campaigns with distinction, and rose to expectant circuit intendant in Jiangsu.