Peng Ershu (彭而述) | 24 Histories

Overview

Peng Ershu was an official and Administrator.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Ziliu	子籛	Ziliu

Life and dates

Death

died suddenly without illness thirty li outside the provincial capital
Sudden
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 14

Attested activity

AD 1628 to AD 1644 明崇禎
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 2
AD 1644 to AD 1650 順治初
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 3

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Peng Ershu (彭而述母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 2

Career and standing

Magistrate of Yangqu 陽曲知縣
AD 1628 to AD 1644 明崇禎 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 2
Educational intendant 提學僉事
AD 1644 to AD 1650 順治初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 3
Governor of Guizhou 貴州巡撫
AD 1644 to AD 1650 順治初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 4
Right Administrative Commissioner of Guangxi 廣西右布政使
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 13
Assistant administrator of Yongzhou Circuit 永州道參議
AD 1644 to AD 1650 順治初 · Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 3
Left Administrative Commissioner of Yunnan 雲南左布政使
Recommended
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 14

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Entered
AD 1628 to AD 1644 明崇禎 · Mourning leave
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 2
Entered
AD 1644 to AD 1650 順治初 · Dismissed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 7

Places and affiliations

At Dengzhou, Henan 河南鄧州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 1

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1628 to AD 1644 明崇禎 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 2

Works and attributed material

AD 1644 to AD 1661 順治初
Counsel · Speaker · With Wu Sangui (吳三桂)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passages 8-11

Events and relationships

Defeated rebels
AD 1644 to AD 1650 順治初 · Military · Commander · At Jingzhou 靖州 · With Chen Youlong (陳友龍)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 5
Withdrew to
AD 1644 to AD 1650 順治初 · Military · Commander · At Baoqing 寶慶
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 6

Assessments and attributes

Assessment had talent and strategic ability; rooted in integrity and diligence · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 247, passage 224

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 247Volume 247 Biographies 34: Peng Ershu, Lu Zhenfen, Yao Yanzhu, Bi Zhenji, Fang Guodong, Yu Pengju, Wang Tianjian, Yue Tingbiao · 8 passages

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彭而述，字子籛，河南鄧州人。 Peng Ershu, courtesy name Ziliu, came from Dengzhou in Henan.

順治初，英親王徇湖廣，薦為提學僉事，遷永州道參議。 In the early Shunzhi period, when the Prince of Ying led troops through Huguang, Peng was recommended as educational intendant and soon promoted to assistant administrator of Yongzhou Circuit.

孔有德定湖南，薦而述授貴州巡撫，予兵三千以行。 After Kong Youde pacified Hunan, he had Ershu appointed governor of Guizhou and supplied him with three thousand soldiers for the expedition.

次靖州，降將陳友龍叛，圍州城，而述夜開西門出，營山下，選勁騎乘霧衝陣，賊潰且走，副將賀進才戰死。 Near Jingzhou the surrendered general Chen Youlong rose in revolt and besieged the city. Ershu slipped out through the west gate by night, made camp below the hills, and sent picked cavalry charging through the mist; the rebels broke and fled, though Vice-General He Jincai was killed in the fighting.

城兵大噪，欲與友龍合，而述拔眾退守寶慶，告有德益師，與賊相持紫陽河上。 The city garrison clamored to join Chen Youlong, but Ershu pulled his men back to hold Baoqing, asked Youde for reinforcements, and fought the enemy to a standstill on the Ziyang River.

吳三桂徵水西土司安坤，而述謀曰：「烏蒙、烏撒、鎮雄、東川四府與水西為脣齒，土司隴安籓又與安氏婚媾。 When Wu Sangui marched against An Kun, the Shuixi chieftain, Ershu counseled him: "Wumeng, Wusa, Zhenxiong, and Dongchuan stand with Shuixi like lip and teeth, and the chieftain Long Anfan is tied to the An family by marriage as well.

三桂薦為雲南左布政使，而述乞歸，三桂留之，會有詔召，遂行，出會城三十里，一夕無疾卒。 Sangui recommended him for Left Administrative Commissioner of Yunnan. Ershu asked to retire, but Sangui kept him until an imperial summons came; he then departed, and thirty li outside the capital he died suddenly in the night without any known illness.

而述、振芬、振姬、天鑑皆有才略，根本尤在廉勤。 Ershu, Zhenfen, Zhenji, and Tianjian all had talent and strategic ability; above all they were rooted in integrity and diligence.