Qing · Military Officer

Yu Jin'ao 俞金鼇

Yú Jīn'áo

Attested AD 1742 - AD 1784

Passages: 14
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yu Jin'ao was a Military Officer.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Hou'an	厚菴	Hòu'ān

Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 113

Attested activity

AD 1742 乾隆七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 92
AD 1784 乾隆四十九年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 335, passages 101, 136

Family

Sibling of Sister of Yu Jin'ao (俞金鼇之姊)
wife's younger brother 妻弟 · Uncertain siblings
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 115

Career and standing

Blue Feather Bodyguard 藍翎侍衛
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 92
provincial commander-in-chief at Urumqi 烏魯木齊提督
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 96
regional commander of Suzhou Garrison in Gansu 甘肅肅州鎮總兵
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 93
provincial commander-in-chief 提督
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 100
Left Commissioner-in-Chief 左都督
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 112
Resigned
Retired
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 112

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passages 91-92
At Tianjin, Zhili 直隸天津
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 91
At Ili 伊犁 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 94

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1742 乾隆七年 · Credential military jinshi 武進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 92

Events and relationships

Attended thousand elders banquet
Ritual · Attendee
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 114
Suppressed miao rebellion
Military · Commander · With Shi Manyi (石滿宜) · At Fenghuang 鳳凰廳
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 108
Suppressed rebellion
Military · Commander · With Tian Wu (田五) · At Jingyuan 靖遠
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passages 101, 104-105
Relation Refused alliance with · Person Heshen (和珅)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passages 117-118
Relation Student of · Person Qian Chenqun (錢陳群)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 115

Assessments and attributes

Assessment fought at Shifeng Fort; meritorious · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 335, passage 153

References in the histories

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History

14 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 335Volume 335 Biographies 122: Fu Senga, Yi Leitu, Hu Gui, Yu Jin Ao, Yin Dexi, Gang Ta · 14 passages

富僧阿伊勒圖胡貴俞金鼇尹德禧剛塔 Fu Senga, Yi Leitu, Hu Gui, Yu Jin'ao, Yin Dexi, and Gangta

俞金鼇，字厚菴，直隸天津人。 Yu Jin'ao, styled Hou'an, came from Tianjin in Zhili.

金鼇請具一歲糧，亦從其請。 Jin'ao asked that a full year's rations be issued in advance, and that request too was granted.

固原回李化玉與河州回田五糾眾為亂，攻靖遠，金鼇與涼州副都統圖桑阿合軍討之，逐賊馬營街，固原提督剛塔亦以師來會，多所斬獲。 When the Guyuan Muslim Li Huayu and the Hezhou Muslim Tian Wu raised followers and attacked Jingyuan, Jin'ao joined Deputy Military Governor Tusang'a of Liangzhou to suppress them, driving the rebels toward Maying Street; Guyuan Commander-in-Chief Gangta brought his force to the rendezvous as well, and together they killed or captured a great number of the enemy.

土司楊宗業以土兵助戰，賊憑山設拒，土兵敗走，金鼇擊賊退。 The tusi Yang Zongye sent native levies to help, but the rebels held the heights and routed the auxiliaries; Jin'ao then struck and forced the rebels to withdraw.

金鼇進次烏家坪，擊賊，斃頭人三，擒二十有九。 Jin'ao advanced to Wujiaping, engaged the rebels, killed three of their leaders, and took twenty-nine prisoners.

福康安督兵剿石峰堡，令金鼇防底店護運道。 When Fuk'anggan took command against Shifeng Fort, he stationed Jin'ao at Didian to secure the supply line.

复移直隸，未行，鳳凰廳苗石滿宜糾眾為亂，金鼇聞報馳赴，令鎮筸鎮總兵尹德禧督軍破賊寨，生致其渠。 He was reassigned to Zhili but had not yet left when the Miao leader Shi Manyi of Fenghuang raised a revolt; Jin'ao hurried to the scene and ordered Zhen'ao Garrison Commander Yin Dexi to storm the rebel stockade and take the chief alive.

上以金鼇習苗疆事，命仍留湖廣。 Because Jin'ao was experienced in Miao frontier affairs, the emperor ordered him to remain in Huguang.

台灣林爽文為亂，命德禧將湖北兵二千以往，金鼇出駐鳳凰廳鎮苗疆。 When Lin Shuangwen rose in Taiwan, Yin Dexi was sent with two thousand Hubei troops while Jin'ao remained to garrison Fenghuang and keep the Miao frontier quiet.

引疾乞罷，上以金鼇有勞，下總督畢沅察病狀，乃加左都督，允解官歸。 He pleaded illness and asked to retire; the emperor, mindful of his service, had Governor-General Bi Yuan verify his condition, promoted him to Left Commissioner-in-Chief, and allowed him to resign and return home.

金鼇嘗預千叟宴，高宗賜之酒，命賦詩記事，金鼇辭不能詩。 Jin'ao once attended the Banquet for a Thousand Elders; the Qianlong Emperor offered him wine and asked him to compose a commemorative poem, but Jin'ao begged off, saying he was no poet.

金鼇謝不可。 Jin'ao politely refused.

貴定增城，金鼇、剛塔攻石峰堡，名位顯晦殊，要不可謂無功也，故類次焉。 Hu Gui pacified Zengcheng; Yu Jin'ao and Gangta fought at Shifeng Fort—their reputations rose and fell in different measure, yet none was without real service; hence they are recorded together in this chapter.