Overview
Xue Cong was a Military Officer.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 1773 沒於陣Cause struck by a musket ball in an uphill assault 中槍，沒於陣 · Killed in battleDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 81
- AD 1772 三十七年Killed in battle · At eastern bank ridge of Dawu 達烏東岸山梁Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 326, passage 152
- At Molong Ravine 墨隴溝 · Killed in actionDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 90
Attested activity
- AD 1771 乾隆三十六年Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 329, passages 12-13, 18
- AD 1772 三十七年Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 90
- AD 1772 三十七年Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 326, passage 152
- AD 1771 to AD 1773 薛琮…阿爾泰討金川…沒於陣Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 329, passages 67, 71, 81
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Xue Yifeng (薛翼鳳)father 父 · paternal lineDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 68
Key source chapters
- Draft History of Qing, Chapter 329 Volume 329 Biographies 116: Song Yuanjun, Xue Cong, Zhang Zhiyuan, Dong Tianbi, Chai Daji 18 passages
- Draft History of Qing, Chapter 318 Volume 318 Biographies 105: A Gui, A Di Si, A Bi Da 1 passage
- Draft History of Qing, Chapter 326 Volume 326 Biographies 113: Kai Tai, A Er Tai, Gui Lin, Wen Fu 1 passage
Career and standing
- regimental commander of the Zhangla Garrison in Sichuan 四川漳臘營參將AppointedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 70
- regimental commander / Canjiang 參將HeldDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 12
- Colonel 參將Held · From Source Date: Text: 三十七年 · Western Year: AD 1772Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 326, passage 152
- battlefield shrine sacrifice 立祠戰地祀AD 1775 to AD 1776 立祠戰地祀琮等 · Received posthumouslyDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 82
- hereditary yin privilege 廕生Yin privilege · EnteredDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 69
- offense redeemed by battlefield merit 以功論贖PardonedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 88
Places and affiliations
- Polity Qing 清 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 90; Draft History of Qing 329, passage 12
- Polity Qing 清 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 67
- At Xianning, Shaanxi 陝西咸寧Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 67
- Organization Patrol Battalion 巡捕營 · Relation Member ofDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 69
Works and attributed material
- My head belongs to the enemy, not to you! 琮頭當與賊，不與公也！Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 86
Events and relationships
- Attacked KayaiDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 18
- Captured fortificationsAD 1773 琮督兵直進 · Military · Commander · At more than ten palisades and over seventy watchtowers 毀柵十餘，奪碉七十餘Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 80
- Captured watchtowers and returnedAD 1771 to AD 1773 奮前奪數碉反 · Military · CommanderDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 87
- CapturedAD 1771 to AD 1772 阿爾泰討金川 · Military · Commander · At Nading and Biangu watchtowers and stockades 納頂、邊谷諸碉寨Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 72
- CapturedMilitary · Commander · At Kayai 卡丫Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 74
- Dawn rendezvous pactDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 84
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- FoughtDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 73
- Killed in actionAD 1773 軍盡覆 · Military · Commander · Outcome Entire force wiped out; twenty five including Zhang Qingshi and Chen Dingguo died with himDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 81
- Led pincerAD 1773 攻阿仰東山 · Military · Commander · At rear of Jiamu and Ga'erjin toward Molonggou 甲木、噶爾金後繞山道應墨壟溝 · With Guilin (桂林)Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 75
- Posthumous shrineDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 82
- Punitive expeditionDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passages 12-13
- Served underDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 71
- Stranded without suppliesAD 1773 琮深入，糧盡，待桂林不至 · Military · CommanderDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 77
- TookMilitary · Commander · At Tongjiamu 通甲木Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 74
- Relation Close comrade of · Person Song Yuanjun (宋元俊)Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 83
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment counted among the army's best fighters · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 83
- Assessment fierce commander who advanced deep and ran out of supplies · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 326, passage 152
- Assessment fought hardest at Balangla · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 329, passage 73
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 90; Draft History of Qing 329, passages 12, 67
References in the histories
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