Xi Ling'a (錫齡阿) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xi Ling'a was a Mongol military officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Martial and Fierce	武烈	Wulie

Life and dates

Death

AD 1861 咸豐十一年
killed in street fighting with both sons 與兩子…同殞於陣 · At Zhapu 乍浦
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 147

Attested activity

AD 1861 咸豐十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 147

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Ronghui (榮輝)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 147
Parent of Rongyao (榮耀)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 147

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Mongol 蒙古
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 144

Career and standing

Deputy Commander of Fuzhou then Zhapu 福州副都統，調乍浦副都統
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 146
posthumous name Martial and Fierce 諡武烈
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 148
Commander-in-Chief rank 都統銜
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 148
hereditary Commandant of Cavalry with Cloud Cavalry 騎都尉兼雲騎尉世職
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 148

Places and affiliations

At Jingzhou 荊州 · Relation Stationed at
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 144
Organization Plain White Banner 正白旗 · Relation Registered in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 144

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 398Volume 398 Biographies 185: Zong Shixianghou, Huo Longwu, Fu Zhu Hong A, En Zhang, Chen Shengyuan, Qi Suzao, Chen Kerang, Liu Tongying, Rui Chang, Jie Chun, Xi Ling A · 3 passages

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瑞昌杰純錫齡阿 Rui Chang; Jie Chun; Xi Ling'a

錫齡阿，扎哈蘇氏，蒙古正白旗人，荊州駐防。 Xi Ling'a, of the Zhahasu clan, was a Mongol of the Plain White Banner stationed at Jingzhou.

贈都統銜，予騎都尉兼雲騎尉世職，諡武烈，入祀京師昭忠祠。 He was posthumously granted commander-in-chief rank, a hereditary cavalry command with an additional cloud-cavalry title, and the posthumous name Martial and Fierce, and was enshrined in the Zhaozhong Memorial Hall in Beijing.