Shi Dakai (石達開) | 24 Histories

Overview

Shi Dakai was a rebel Commander.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Life and dates

Death

AD 1862 同治元年
Decapitated and head displayed after surrender
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 458, passage 87

Attested activity

AD 1862 同治元年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 458, passages 80-81, 87
AD 1856 六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 87
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 393, passage 161
AD 1859 石達開復竄湖南
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 112
AD 1857 石達開竄浙江
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 405, passages 102, 108

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Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 464, passage 43
Polity Qing · Relation Active in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 458, passage 80
Polity Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passages 87, 112

Events and relationships

Attacked Laifeng Longshan
Military · Attacker
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 464, passage 43
Besieged Fuzhou and later probed Qijiang
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Commander · With Tang Jiong (唐炯)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 458, passages 80-81
Besieged Shaoyang
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 112
Invaded Jiangxi
Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 405, passage 87

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 393Volume 393 Biographies 180: Li Xingyuan, Zhou Tianjue, Lao Chongguang · 1 passage

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崇光至貴州，會粵匪石達開餘黨陷綏陽，督兵擊走之，遂駐貴陽。 Chongguang reached Guizhou, where remnants of Shi Dakai's Guangdong rebels had seized Suiyang; he directed troops to drive them off and then established headquarters at Guiyang.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 405Volume 405 Biographies 192: Ceng Guofan · 3 passages

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六年，賊酋石達開由湖北竄江西，連陷八府一州，九江賊踞自如，湖南北聲息不相聞。 In the sixth year (1856) the rebel leader Shi Dakai swept from Hubei into Jiangxi and seized eight prefectures and one department in succession; the rebels at Jiujiang held firm as ever, and Hunan was cut off from news north and south.

會九江克復，石達開竄浙江，浸及福建，分股复犯江西，朝旨詔國籓出辦浙江軍務。 Just as Jiujiang was retaken, Shi Dakai fled into Zhejiang and gradually into Fujian, while a splinter force again raided Jiangxi; the court ordered Zeng Guofan to take charge of Zhejiang military affairs.

時石達開復竄湖南，圍寶慶。 At this time Shi Dakai again fled into Hunan and besieged Shaoyang.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 423Volume 423 Biographies 210: Zong Jichen, Yin Gengyun, Wang Zheng, Mu Jixianga, You Baichuan, Shen Huai · 1 passage

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黃文金由此而來，石達開由此而去，前事可為深警。 Huang Wenjin had come this way; Shi Dakai had gone this way—a lesson the court should heed.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 458Volume 458 Biographies 245: Xu Yanxu, Tang Jiong, He Jing, Zhang Zhaodong · 3 passages

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會石達開圍涪州，與劉岳昭期會師，擊走之。 When Shi Dakai besieged Fuzhou, he joined Liu Yuezhao in a coordinated attack and drove him off.

其夏，石黨窺綦江。 That summer Shi's followers probed Qijiang for weakness.

達開返西岸，退為倮夷所窘，食盡乞降，梟誅之。 Dakai recrossed to the west bank, was harried by the Lolo tribes as he retreated, ran out of food, and begged to surrender. He was beheaded and his head displayed.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 464Volume 464 Biographies 251: Li Duanfen, Xu Zhijingzi, Ren Zhu, Chen Baozhen, Huang Zunxian, Ceng He, Yang Shenxiu, Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi, Tan Sitong With: Tang Caichang, Lin Xu, Kang Guangren · 1 passage

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石達開來犯，軍飢疲，走永順募糧，糧至不絕，守益堅，寇稍稍引去。 When Shi Dakai attacked, the troops were hungry and exhausted; Baozhen went to Yongshun to raise grain, supplies kept coming, the defense held firmer, and the rebels gradually withdrew.