Tan Shaoguang (譚紹光)

Overview

Tan Shaoguang was a rebel Leader.

Life and dates

Death

killed by Gao Yunguan 雲官殺紹光 · Authority Gao Yunguan (郜雲官)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 435, passage 85
AD 1863 同治二年十月
Assassinated · At Suzhou 蘇州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 53

Attested activity

AD 1863 同治二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 435, passages 65, 72
AD 1863 同治二年十月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passages 52-53
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 32; Draft History of Qing 415, passage 53; Draft History of Qing 431, passage 12
AD 1862 同治元年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 415, passages 45, 47; Draft History of Qing 435, passages 18, 38
AD 1862 同治元年九月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 411, passages 33-34

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Prince Mu 慕王
Held · rebel title (偽)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 12
Prince of Mo 慕王
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 32
Prince of Mu 慕王
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 435, passage 38

Places and affiliations

Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國
Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 435, passage 38
Polity Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 411, passages 32, 52
Polity Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 415, passage 47; Draft History of Qing 431, passage 12

Events and relationships

Fought
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Commander · At west of Shanghai 滬西
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 431, passage 12
Reinforced, defeated at Beixinjing; attacked Huangdu and was routed
AD 1862 同治元年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passages 32, 34-35
Swore to hold Suzhou; assassinated when city defected
AD 1863 同治二年十月 · Military · Defender · At Suzhou 蘇州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passages 52-53

Assessments and attributes

Assessment especially fierce and cunning · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 52

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 411Volume 411 Biographies 198: Li Hongzhang · 4 passages

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既定浦東廳縣，偽慕王譚紹光來援，敗之北新涇，賊走嘉定。 Once the districts east of the Huangpu were secured, the rebel Prince of Mo, Tan Shaoguang, came to reinforce; Hongzhang defeated him at Beixinjing and drove the rebels back toward Jiading.

譚紹光率數十萬眾，連營江口，犯黃渡。 Tan Shaoguang led several hundred thousand men, pitched camp after camp along the river mouth, and struck at Huangdu.

譚紹光尤兇狡，誓死守，附城築長牆石壘，堅不可猝拔。 Tan Shaoguang was especially fierce and cunning; he swore to die in defense and built long walls and stone forts against the city, too strong to take by sudden assault.

十月，鴻章親視師，以砲毀之，城賊爭權相猜，謀反正，刺殺譚紹光，開門納軍。 In the tenth month Hongzhang inspected the army in person. Cannon fire destroyed the outer works; inside the city the rebels quarreled over power, plotted to defect, assassinated Tan Shaoguang, and opened the gates to the imperial forces.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 415Volume 415 Biographies 202: Huang Yisheng, Ding Yifang, Wang Ji, Wu Jiabang, Li Chengmou, Li Chaobin, Jiang Fushan, Liu Peiyuan · 2 passages

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賊酋譚紹光合嘉、湖、蘇、昆諸賊圖犯上海，屢撲青浦，翼升與陸軍合擊走之。 Tan Shaoguang rallied rebels from Jiaxing, Huzhou, Suzhou, and Kunshan to strike Shanghai and hammered Qingpu again and again; Yisheng and the land forces beat them back together.

常熟守賊駱國忠以城降，譚紹光來爭，陷福山，翼升赴援，進攻河西、白茅、徐六涇諸口。 Changshu's commander Luo Guozhong surrendered the city; Tan Shaoguang contested it and seized Fushan. Yisheng hurried to help and pushed the passes at Hexi, Baimao, and Xuliujing.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 431Volume 431 Biographies 218: Guo Songlin, Li Changle, Yang Dingxun, Tang Diankui, Tang Dingkui, Teng Siwu, Luo Guozhong · 1 passage

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同治元年，李鴻章率淮軍八千赴上海，松林從，與偽忠王李秀成偽慕王譚紹光大戰滬西，破賊眾十萬。 In 1862 Li Hongzhang led eight thousand Huai Army men to Shanghai, and Songlin went with him. West of the city he fought the rebel Loyal King Li Xiucheng and the rebel Prince Mu Tan Shaoguang and routed a rebel host of one hundred thousand.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 435Volume 435 Biographies 222: Hua Er, Lei Bo Lei Dong, Fa Er Di Fu, Ge Deng, Ri Yi Ge, De Ke Bei, He De, Bo Li · 5 passages

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俄偽慕王譚紹光復來犯，薄西門，與總兵黃翼升各軍擊之，賊潰，奔北岸，華爾毀其七營。 Soon the Taiping commander Tan Shaoguang attacked again and pressed the west gate; Ward joined Major General Huang Yisheng's forces in driving the rebels back across the north bank and destroying seven of their camps.

譚紹光構悍賊來爭，與諸軍大破之，薄昆城，偕李恆嵩夾擊，賊酋偽朝將先期逸去。 Tan Shaoguang rallied fierce rebel troops to meet them; Gordon and the allied armies routed them, closed on Kunshan, and with Li Hengsong attacked from both sides while the rebel commander, the false Court General, had already fled.

而紹光所部每戰猶致死，自偽納王郜雲官以下，皆萌貳志，詣營乞降。 yet Shaoguang's men still fought with desperate courage; from the false Prince of Na, Gao Yunguan, downward, the garrison turned toward surrender and sent envoys to the besiegers.

乃與學啟乘單舸會雲官等於洋澄湖，令斬秀成、紹光以獻，學啟與誓，戈登證之。 He and Xueqi then took a small boat to meet Yunguan and the others on Yangcheng Lake, demanding the heads of Xiucheng and Shaoguang as the price of surrender; Xueqi swore the pact and Gordon witnessed it.

未幾，秀成遁，雲官殺紹光，開齊門迎降，賞頭等功牌、銀幣，並犒其軍。 Xiucheng soon escaped; Yunguan killed Shaoguang, opened the Qi Gate to the besiegers, and was rewarded with a first-class merit plaque, silver, and a feast for his troops.