Lin Shuangwen (林爽文)

Overview

Lin Shuangwen was a rebel.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1786 乾隆五十一年十一月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 166
AD 1787 to AD 1787 二月至四月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 178
AD 1787 乾隆五十一至五十二
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 335, passages 110, 127
AD 1788 五十三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 49
AD 1787 五十二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 311, passage 128; Draft History of Qing 318, passage 191
AD 1787 to AD 1788 台灣林爽文為亂
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 329, passages 97, 101

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AD 1786 to AD 1788 林爽文倡亂
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 350, passage 95

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Career and standing

Captured
Captured
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 127
Entered
AD 1788 爽文就擒 · Captivity
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 101
commoner 民
Commoner
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 191

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 311, passage 128; Draft History of Qing 318, passage 191; Draft History of Qing 329, passages 97, 166; Draft History of Qing 350, passage 95
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Revolted against
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 49
At Zhangzhou 漳州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 167
At Daliyi 大里杙 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 167
At Taiwan 台灣 · Relation Active in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 49
At Taiwan 台灣 · Relation From
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 191

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At Zhanghua 彰化 · Relation Migrated to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 167
Organization Heaven and Earth Society 天地會 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 168

Events and relationships

Assaulted ten times
AD 1787 to AD 1787 二月至四月 · Military · Attacker · At Zhuluo 諸羅
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 178
Captured
AD 1786 乾隆五十一年 · Military · Attacker · At Zhuluo and Fengshan 諸羅、鳳山
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 172
Captured
AD 1788 爽文就擒 · Military · Rebel leader
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 101
Night assault
AD 1786 乾隆五十一年 · Military · Attacker · At Zhanghua 彰化
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 170
Overran
AD 1786 乾隆五十一年 · Military · Attacker · At Zhanghua 彰化
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 171
Raised rebellion and took the county seat
AD 1786 to AD 1788 林爽文倡亂 · Rebellion · Leader
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 350, passage 95

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Rebelled in Taiwan
AD 1787 五十二年 · Military · Rebel leader · At Taiwan 台灣
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 191
Rebelled
AD 1787 五十二年 · Rebellion · Leader · At Taiwan 台灣
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 311, passage 128
Rebelled
AD 1787 to AD 1788 台灣林爽文為亂 · Military · Rebel leader · At Taiwan 台灣
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 97
Rebelled
Military · Rebel leader · At Taiwan 台灣
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 110
Rebellion pacified
AD 1788 五十三年 · Military · Rebel leader · At Taiwan 台灣
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 49
Started rebellion
AD 1786 乾隆五十一年十一月 · Military · Rebel leader · At Taiwan 台灣
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 166
Relation Ally of · Person Zhuang Yan (莊煙)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 168
Relation Leader of · Person Zhang Shenhui (張慎徽)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 179

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 97

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 311Volume 311 Biographies 98: Ha Pan Long, Ren Ju, Ye Da Xiong, Ma Liangzhu, Ben Jin Zhong, Liu Shun · 1 passage

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五十二年，台灣林爽文為亂，承恩請往討之，師無功，逮詣京師，罪當死，上寬之。 In year fifty-two, when Lin Shuangwen rebelled in Taiwan, Chengen volunteered to suppress him; the campaign failed, he was brought to the capital under arrest, and though his crime warranted death the emperor spared him.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 318Volume 318 Biographies 105: A Gui, A Di Si, A Bi Da · 1 passage

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時台灣民林爽文叛，上命福康安討之，諮阿桂軍事。 At that time the Taiwan commoner Lin Shuangwen rebelled; the emperor ordered Fuk'anggan to suppress him and consulted A Gui on strategy.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 319Volume 319 Biographies 106: Yu Minzhong, He Shen Son: Feng Shenyinde, Younger Brother: He Lin, Su Linga · 1 passage

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五十三年，以台灣逆匪林爽文平，晉封三等忠襄伯，賜紫韁。 In the fifty-third year, with the Taiwan rebel Lin Shuangwen pacified, he was promoted to third-rank Loyal and Assisting Count and granted a purple bridle.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 329Volume 329 Biographies 116: Song Yuanjun, Xue Cong, Zhang Zhiyuan, Dong Tianbi, Chai Daji · 8 passages

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台灣林爽文為亂，芝元率屯練降番佐軍。 When Lin Shuangwen rebelled in Taiwan, Zhiyuan led garrison militia and surrendered tribesmen in support of the campaign.

未幾，爽文就擒。 Before long, Shuangwen was taken prisoner.

乾隆五十一年十一月，林爽文亂起。 In the eleventh month of Qianlong 51 (1786), the Lin Shuangwen rebellion broke out.

爽文漳州人，徙彰化，所居村曰大里杙。 Shuangwen was from Zhangzhou and had moved to Zhanghua; he lived in the village of Daliyi.

時奸民相聚，號天地會，漳州人莊煙為之魁，爽文與相結，謀為變。 Wicked men had gathered in a secret society called the Heaven and Earth Society, led by Zhuang Yan of Zhangzhou. Shuangwen joined them and plotted rebellion.

爽文因民怨，夜糾其徒來襲，赫生額等皆戰死。 Exploiting popular resentment, Shuangwen rallied his followers by night and struck; He Sheng'e and the others all fell in battle.

爽文攻諸羅，自二月至四月凡十至，大紀督游擊楊起麟、守備邱能成等出戰，殺賊數千。 Shuangwen assaulted Zhuluo ten times between the second and fourth months. Daji led Brigade Commander Yang Qilin, Garrison Commander Qiu Nengcheng, and others in sorties that killed several thousand rebels.

爽文之徒張慎徽偽降，大紀察其詐，置諸法。 Shuangwen's follower Zhang Shenhui feigned surrender; Daji saw through the ruse and had him executed.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 335Volume 335 Biographies 122: Fu Senga, Yi Leitu, Hu Gui, Yu Jin Ao, Yin Dexi, Gang Ta · 2 passages

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台灣林爽文為亂，命德禧將湖北兵二千以往，金鼇出駐鳳凰廳鎮苗疆。 When Lin Shuangwen rose in Taiwan, Yin Dexi was sent with two thousand Hubei troops while Jin'ao remained to garrison Fenghuang and keep the Miao frontier quiet.

其出師台灣，師至，爽文已就俘，福康安令德禧屯竹仔港防賊逸。 On the Taiwan expedition the army arrived only after Shuangwen had been taken; Fuk'anggan stationed Dexi at Zhuzai Harbor to block any rebel escape by sea.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 350Volume 350 Biographies 137: Li Changgeng Son: Ting Yu, Hu Zhensheng, Wang Delu, Qiu Lianggong, Chen Buyun, Xu Songnian, Huang Biao, Lin Guoliang, Xu Tinggui · 1 passage

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林爽文倡亂，陷縣城。 When Lin Shuangwen rebelled, the county seat fell to his forces.