Zhang Yao (張曜) | 24 Histories

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Zhang Yao was a Military commander.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1888 光緒十四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 465, passages 225-226
AD 1863 同治二年春
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 115
AD 1862 同治元年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 423, passage 85
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 438, passage 80
AD 1867 同治六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 81
AD 1865 同治四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 438, passage 85

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AD 1862 同治間募軍
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 450, passage 8
AD 1882 張曜
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 437, passage 113
AD 1864 to AD 1868 翼長…分守河北
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 461, passages 15, 24, 26

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Career and standing

deputy commander / wing commander 翼長
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 461, passage 15
Governor 巡撫
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passage 226

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Active in
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 450, passage 8
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 81; Draft History of Qing 429, passage 115; Draft History of Qing 461, passage 15; Draft History of Qing 465, passage 226
Organization Songwu Army 嵩武軍 · Relation Commander of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 461, passage 23

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Song Qing (宋慶) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 461, passage 16

Events and relationships

Divided Yellow River north bank defense
Military · Commander · With Song Qing (宋慶)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 461, passage 26
Held Yellow River against Nian
AD 1867 六年 · Military · Commander · With Song Qing (宋慶)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 461, passage 24
Night raid with Yu Jichang at Houji
AD 1863 同治二年春 · Military · Commander · With Yu Jichang (餘際昌) · At Houji 侯集
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 429, passage 115
Relation Subordinate of · Person Li Hongzhang (李鴻章)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 411, passage 81
Relation Recommender of · Person Yu Xian (毓賢)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 465, passage 226

Assessments and attributes

Assessment became a celebrated general · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 450, passage 43
Assessment praised Song Qing's inquiry as a blessing for Henan · Mode named-speech Speaker Zhang Yao (張曜)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 461, passage 16

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 411Volume 411 Biographies 198: Li Hongzhang · 1 passage

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飭豫軍提督宋慶、張曜及周盛波、劉秉璋分守山東東平以上，自靳口至濟寧； He ordered the Henan commanders Song Qing and Zhang Yao, together with Zhou Shengbo and Liu Bingzhang, to hold the line from Dongping in Shandong upward, from Jinkou to Jining;

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 423Volume 423 Biographies 210: Zong Jichen, Yin Gengyun, Wang Zheng, Mu Jixianga, You Baichuan, Shen Huai · 1 passage

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同治元年，率部卒五千，從僧格林沁平金樓寨教匪，又偕提督張曜克張岡捻巢，以道員記名，賜花翎。 In the first year of Tongzhi (1862) he led five thousand men with Sengge Rinchen against the sect rebels at Jinlou Stockade, then with Brigadier Zhang Yao captured the Nian base at Zhanggang. He was noted for promotion to intendant and awarded the peacock feather.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 429Volume 429 Biographies 216: Jiang Zhongyi, Zhou Kuanshi, Shi Qingji, Yu Jichang, Lin Wencha, Zhao Deguang, Zhang Wende · 1 passage

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捻首張總愚竄侯集，際昌會張曜夜襲之，擒其黨獨角虎、週馬，授河北鎮總兵。 When the Nian chief Zhang Zongyu slipped into Houji, Jichang and Zhang Yao raided the camp by night, seized his lieutenants Dujiaohu and Zhou Ma, and Jichang was made provincial commander of the Hebei garrison.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 437Volume 437 Biographies 224: Rong Lu, Wang Wenshao, Zhang Zhidong, Qu Hongji · 1 passage

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因薦唐炯、徐延旭、張曜材任將帥。 He recommended Tang Jiong, Xu Yanxu, and Zhang Yao as capable commanders.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 438Volume 438 Biographies 225: Yan Jingming, Zhang Zhiwan, Lu Chuan Lin, Lin Shaonian · 2 passages

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大喜竄阜陽，勾結皖捻，一由岳城趨楊莊偪雷堰，一入張岡，總兵張曜馳擊破之。 Daxi fled to Fuyang and joined forces with Anhui Nian rebels. One column advanced from Yuecheng toward Yangzhuang threatening Leiyan, while another entered Zhanggang. Brigade General Zhang Yao rushed to attack and defeated them.

張曜既敗總愚重陽店，乘勝襲西坪，大順亦敗走。 Zhang Yao had already defeated Zongyu at Chongyangdian and, pressing his advantage, attacked Xiping. Dashun was also defeated and fled.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 450Volume 450 Biographies 237: Li Henian, Wen Bin, Ren Daorong, Xu Zhenyi, Wu Dacheng · 2 passages

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一曰嵩武軍，張曜統之； and the Songwu Army under Zhang Yao,

拔宋慶、張曜統豫軍，後皆為名將。 He elevated Song Qing and Zhang Yao to lead the Henan armies, and both later became celebrated generals.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 461Volume 461 Biographies 248: Song Qing, Lv Benyuan, Xu Bangdao, Ma Yukun, Yi Ke Tang A, Rong He, Zhang Shun · 5 passages

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時張曜為翼長，慶往訪，詳詢地勢寇情。 Zhang Yao was then his deputy commander; Qing called on him and asked at length about the terrain and rebel movements.

曜喜曰：「諸將無問及此者，君來，豫之福也！」 Zhang Yao said with delight, "None of the other generals bother to ask about such things — your arrival is a blessing for Henan!"

巡撫李鶴年因增練兩大軍，令曜領嵩武軍，而以毅軍專屬慶。 Governor Li Henian then expanded two major forces, putting Zhang Yao in charge of the Songwu Army while the Yijun alone was placed under Qing's sole command.

六年，與曜扼黃河，蹙捻至山東，聚而殲之。 In the sixth year he and Zhang Yao held the Yellow River line, hemmed the Nian into Shandong, and destroyed them in a final encirclement.

時總愚南擾河津，偪解州，詔慶與曜分守河北。 Zongyu was then raiding south around Hejin and pressing Jiezhou; the court ordered Qing and Yao to divide the defense of the north bank of the Yellow River.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 465Volume 465 Biographies 252: Xu Tong With: Yu Shi, Yu Shi Son: Cheng Yu, Gang Yi, Zhao Shuqiao, Qi Xiu, Ying Nian, Yu Lu With: Ting Yong, Yu Xian With: Li Tingxiao · 1 passage

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以巡撫張曜奏薦，得實授，累遷按察使，權布政使。 Governor Zhang Yao recommended him for substantive appointment; he rose to surveillance commissioner and acting provincial treasurer.