Qing · Official

Su Tingkui 蘇廷魁

First attested AD 1835; died AD 1878

Passages: 11
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Su Tingkui was an official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Gengtang	賡堂	Gengtang

Life and dates

Death

AD 1878 光緒四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 171

Attested activity

AD 1868 七年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 378, passages 168-169
AD 1843 二十三年春
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 378, passages 146, 149
AD 1842 二十二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 370, passages 152-153; Draft History of Qing 378, passages 146-147
AD 1878 光緒四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 171
AD 1858 八年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 378, passages 153, 161
AD 1862 同治初
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 168

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AD 1851 咸豐元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 153
AD 1858 咸豐八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 394, passage 159
AD 1854 四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 378, passages 153, 159
AD 1835 道光十五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 146

Key source chapters

Career and standing

censor 御史
AD 1842 二十二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 147
intendant of Kai-Gui-Chen-Xu circuit in Henan 河南開歸陳許道
AD 1862 同治初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 168
Governor-General of the Eastern Rivers 東河總督
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 168
provincial treasurer 布政使
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 168
supervising secretary 給事中
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 152
Censor 御史
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 370, passage 153

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dismissed but retained in post 革職留任
AD 1868 七年 · Suffered
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 169

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 370, passage 153; Draft History of Qing 378, passage 2
At Gaoyao, Guangdong 廣東高要
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 145

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1835 道光十五年 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 146

Works and attributed material

Reported Britain defeated by neighbors
AD 1842 二十二年 · Memorial · Author · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Su Tingkui (蘇廷魁)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 370, passage 153
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passages 157, 165

Events and relationships

Founded militia defense bureau in Guangzhou
AD 1858 八年 · Military · Organizer · With Luo Dunyan (羅惇衍)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 161
Impeached Saišangga over Muyin promotion
Impeachment · Accuser · With Saishang'a (賽尚阿)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 378, passage 155
Submitted false report on Britain
AD 1842 二十二年 · Political · Memorialist
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 370, passage 153

References in the histories

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History

11 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 370Volume 370 Biographies 157: Qi Shan, Yi Libu, Zong Shiqiying · 1 passage

因御史蘇廷魁奏英吉利為鄰國所破，詔促耆英赴廣州本任，乘機進剿，尋知其訛傳，仍留浙江。 When Censor Su Tingkui reported that Britain had been defeated by its neighbors, the court ordered Qiying to Guangzhou to exploit the chance to attack. The story proved false, and he stayed in Zhejiang.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 378Volume 378 Biographies 165: Huang Juezi, Jin Yinglin, Chen Qingyong, Su Tingkui, Zhu Qi · 9 passages

黃爵滋金應麟陳慶鏞蘇廷魁朱琦 Huang Juezi, Jin Yinglin, Chen Qingyong, Su Tingkui, and Zhu Qi

蘇廷魁，字賡堂，廣東高要人。 Su Tingkui (style name Gengtang) came from Gaoyao in Guangdong.

廷魁疏劾其壞舊制，用私親，超擢太驟，易啟幸進之門，請俟賽尚阿還，令回章京本任，詔斥擅預黜陟，猶以素行端方，不之罪。 Tingkui impeached this as a breach of precedent, nepotism, and reckless promotion that opened the door to favoritism, and asked that Muyin return to his clerk post when Saišangga came back. An edict rebuked Tingkui for interfering in appointments, but spared him because of his upright record.

上先隱其名，出疏示賽尚阿，賽尚阿退，飲台垣酒，問：「誰實彈我？」 The Emperor first concealed Tingkui's name and showed the memorial to Saišangga; when Saišangga withdrew and drank with the censorial officials, he asked, "Who impeached me?"

廷魁出席曰：「公負國，某不敢負公。」 Tingkui rose and said, "You have failed the state; I dare not fail you by concealing it."

八年，英法聯軍踞廣州，廷魁與侍郎羅惇衍等倡設團防局，嚴清野，絕漢奸，招募東莞及三元里、佛山練勇得數万人，聲言戒期攻城，敵師出，擊斬百餘級。 In Xianfeng 8 the Anglo-French forces occupied Guangzhou; Tingkui and Vice Minister Luo Dunyan organized a militia defense bureau, cleared the countryside, cut off collaborators, and recruited tens of thousands of militia from Dongguan, Sanyuanli, and Foshan; when they announced an attack and the enemy came out, they killed more than a hundred.

敵始有戒心，稍戢，連艘北犯，既而天津議和，廣東敵兵未退，民益憤，廷魁等請留練局以防土寇。 The enemy grew cautious and withdrew somewhat, then sailed north; after peace at Tianjin the foreign troops remained in Guangdong and popular anger grew; Tingkui asked to keep the militia bureau against local bandits.

初，艇匪擾廣寧，圍四會、肇慶，兵疲糧罄，或勸之去，廷魁曰：「予團防大臣也，誓與城為存亡！」 Earlier, when boat bandits besieged Sihui and Zhaoqing in Guangning and troops were exhausted, some urged him to flee. Tingkui said, "I am the militia defense commissioner—I swear to live or die with this city!"

陳慶鏞、蘇廷魁、朱琦時稱「三直」； Chen Qingyong, Su Tingkui, and Zhu Qi were known as the "Three Upright Ones";

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 394Volume 394 Biographies 181: Xu Guangjin, Ye Mingchen, Huang Zonghan · 1 passage

民團四起，文宗因徐廣縉等前拒英人入城，賴紳民之力，欲復用之，命在籍侍郎羅惇衍、京卿龍元僖、給事中蘇廷魁治團練。 Militia sprang up everywhere; recalling how Xu Guangjin had blocked British entry with gentry and commoners behind him, the Xianfeng Emperor wanted to revive that strategy and ordered retired Vice Minister Luo Dunyi, capital official Long Yuanxi, and Supervising Secretary Su Tingkui to organize the militia.