Qing · Scholar and Official

Wu Chongyao 伍崇曜

Attested AD 1849 - AD 1857

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wu Chongyao was a scholar and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1857 咸豐七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 394, passage 122
AD 1849 道光二十九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 394, passage 42

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 394Volume 394 Biographies 181: Xu Guangjin, Ye Mingchen, Huang Zonghan · 2 passages

於是錫封廣縉一等子爵，賜雙眼花翎，是役商民一心，尤得紳士許祥光、伍崇曜之力為多，二人並被優擢。 Guangjin was then created a first-class baron and granted the double-eyed peacock feather. In this affair merchants and commoners stood together, with particular help from the gentrymen Xu Xiangguang and Wu Chongyao, both of whom received exceptional promotions.

巡撫柏貴檄紳士伍崇曜等議和，名琛猶持不許入城之議，夜避左都統署，英人大索得之，舁登舟。 Governor Bogui summoned gentry including Wu Chongyao to negotiate peace; Mingchen still clung to his refusal of entry into the city, fled at night to a Manchu banner office, was hunted down by the British, and carried off to their ships.