Liu Qing (劉清) | 24 Histories

Overview

Liu Qing was an official.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1796 嘉慶
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 133, passages 24-25
AD 1801 嘉慶六年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 362, passage 12
AD 1809 嘉慶十四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 355, passages 102-103

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 362 Volume 362 Biographies 149: Fang Ji, Zhu Erhan, Yang Hu, Liao Yin, Chen Changqi, Zhu Ergenge, Cha Chonghua 3 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 133 Volume 133 Treatises 108: Military 4, Local Militia 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 355 Volume 355 Biographies 142: Kui Lun, Guang Xing, Chu Peng Ling 1 passage

Career and standing

Sichuan Surveillance Commissioner 四川按察使
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 133, passage 25

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 133, passage 25

Events and relationships

Led militia against sect rebels
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 133, passage 25

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 133Volume 133 Treatises 108: Military 4, Local Militia · 1 passage

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其勛績最著者，文臣則四川按察使劉清，武臣則四川提督桂涵，湖北提督羅思舉，各統鄉兵，分路剿寇，大小數百戰，遂奏膚功。 The most celebrated leaders were the civil official Liu Qing, Sichuan Surveillance Commissioner, and the military commanders Gui Han of Sichuan and Luo Siju of Hubei. Each led local militia along separate routes, fought several hundred engagements large and small, and in the end won a thorough victory.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 355Volume 355 Biographies 142: Kui Lun, Guang Xing, Chu Peng Ling · 1 passage

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劾前巡撫成齡需索供應，又劾布政使劉清、署按察使張曾獻及府州縣多人，尋調陝西。 He impeached former Governor Cheng Ling for extorting supplies, also impeached Administration Commissioner Liu Qing, acting Surveillance Commissioner Zhang Cengxian, and numerous prefectural and county officials, and was soon transferred to Shaanxi.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 362Volume 362 Biographies 149: Fang Ji, Zhu Erhan, Yang Hu, Liao Yin, Chen Changqi, Zhu Ergenge, Cha Chonghua · 3 passages

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至嘉慶六年，諸路賊漸平，調夔州，繼劉清為建昌道。 By Jiaqing 6 the rebels along the various routes were largely subdued. He was moved to Kuizhou and succeeded Liu Qing as Jianchang intendant.

時三省清釐叛產，撫卹難民，事方殷，詔責疆吏慎選公正大員如《音蒦》及劉清者任其事。 The three provinces were then sorting confiscated rebel property and relieving war refugees, work that had grown urgent. An edict rebuked frontier governors and told them to appoint upright senior officials of the caliber of Yang Hu and Liu Qing.

最顯者為四川劉清，而方積亦倡行堅壁清野，保障一方，後復屢定番亂，蜀人與清並稱。 The most celebrated was Liu Qing of Sichuan, but Fang Ji also pioneered the strategy of sealing towns and stripping the countryside, securing his district, and later quelled tribal revolts again and again—the people of Sichuan ranked him alongside Liu Qing.