Xucheng (緒成) | 24 Histories

Overview

Xucheng was a Son of Rui Chang.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1864 同治三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 126

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Ruichang (瑞昌)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 126
Child of Wu (吳)
mother 母
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 126

Events and relationships

Never found after separation
Disappearance · Subject
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 398, passage 128

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 · 2 passages

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同治三年，杭州复，左宗棠奏瑞昌妾吳，於城破時挈兩幼子緒成、緒恩出走失散。 In 1864, after Hangzhou was recovered, Zuo Zongtang reported that Rui Chang's concubine Wu had fled the fallen city with two young sons, Xucheng and Xu'en, and been separated from them in the chaos.

詔念瑞昌忠烈，命本旗傳交其長子內閣中書緒光收養，飭宗棠購訪緒成下落，迄未得。 Moved by Rui Chang's martyrdom, the throne ordered his banner to place the boy in the care of his eldest son, Secretariat drafter Xuguang, and instructed Zuo Zongtang to search for Xucheng. He was never found.