Zhao Jinlong (趙金龍)

Overview

Zhao Jinlong was a Yao Rebel Leader.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1832 十二年
Cause killed in suppression 就殲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 373, passage 153
AD 1832 道光十二年
Executed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 382, passage 16
AD 1832 十二年
Killed in disorderly retreat
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 379, passages 102, 106
AD 1832 十二年
Killed in revolt suppression
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passages 128, 130

Attested activity

AD 1832 道光十二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 382, passage 16
AD 1832 十二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 373, passage 153; Draft History of Qing 379, passages 65, 102
AD 1832 道光十二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passages 128-130; Draft History of Qing 366, passage 185

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Yao 瑤
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 379, passage 102
Yao 瑤
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 128

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Active under
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 128

Events and relationships

Led Hunan Yao rebellion
Military · Rebel leader
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 382, passage 16
Rebelled
AD 1832 十二年 · Military · Rebel leader · At Jianghua, Hunan 湖南江華 · Outcome Killed; revolt crushed by Lu Kun and Luo Siju
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 128
Rebelled
AD 1832 道光十二年春 · Military · Rebel · At Hunan 湖南
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 366, passage 185
Rose
AD 1832 十二年 · Rebellion · Leader
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 379, passages 65, 102

Assessments and attributes

Item burned remains and personal effects 焚骸及佩物 · Relation Identified by
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 130
Item sword, seals, wooden idols 劍印木偶 · Relation Possessed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 379, passage 106

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 373, passage 153
His children (子女) were captured after the stronghold fell.
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 379, passage 105

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 365Volume 365 Biographies 152: Jue Luo Bao Xing, Zong Shijingzheng, Zong Shixien, Chen Guanjun, Zhuo Bingtian · 3 passages

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十二年，湖南江華瑤趙金龍作亂，命禧恩偕盛京將軍瑚松額督師，未至，總督盧坤、提督羅思舉已平之，殲金龍。 In Daoguang 12 (1832), when the Yao leader Zhao Jinlong rose in Jianghua, Xi'en was sent with General Husong'e—but Lu Kun and Luo Siju had already crushed the revolt and killed Jinlong before they arrived.

禧恩素貴倨，奉命視師，意氣甚盛，嗛諸將不待而告捷，謂金龍死未可信。 Accustomed to privilege, Xi'en marched in high style and refused to believe the victory reports, insisting Jinlong might still be alive.

思舉以金龍焚骸及佩物為證，議始息。 Luo Siju produced Jinlong's charred body and belongings, ending the argument.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 366Volume 366 Biographies 153: Sun Yuting, Jiang Youxian, Li Hongbin · 1 passage

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十二年春，湖南瑤趙金龍倡亂，廣東連州瑤聞風蠢動，遣兵防剿。 In the spring of the twelfth year the Yao leader Zhao Jinlong rebelled in Hunan. Hearing the news, the Yao of Lianzhou in Guangdong stirred, and troops were sent to guard and suppress them.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 373Volume 373 Biographies 160: Zong Shiyishan, Long Wen, Zong Shiyijing, Wen Wei, Te Yi Shun, Yu Buyun · 1 passage

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十二年，率貴州兵剿江華瑤趙金龍，偕提督羅思舉破賊巢，金龍就殲，加太子少保。 In the twelfth year he led Guizhou troops against the Yao rebel Zhao Jinlong of Jianghua; with Luo Siju he destroyed the rebel base and killed Jinlong, and was made Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 379Volume 379 Biographies 166: Zhao Shenzhen, Lu Kun, Ceng Sheng, Tao Shu · 5 passages

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十二年，湖南江華瑤趙金龍作亂，粵瑤應之，湖南提督海凌阿及副將、游擊等皆戰歿，坤親往督師，密陳湖北提督羅思舉能辦賊。 In the twelfth year the Yao leader Zhao Jinlong of Jianghua in Hunan rose in rebellion, and Yao in Guangdong rose in response; the Hunan provincial commander Hailing'a and his vice commanders and brigade officers were all killed in battle. Kun went in person to take command and secretly memorialized that the Hubei provincial commander Luo Siju was the man to defeat the rebels.

羅思舉督諸將晝夜環攻，斃賊數千，破其巢，擒金龍子女及頭目數百人。 Luo Siju directed the generals in round-the-clock encirclement attacks, killing several thousand rebels, destroying their stronghold, and capturing Jinlong's children and several hundred subordinate leaders.

金龍乘間逸，為亂軍所殲，獲其屍及劍印木偶諸物。 Jinlong slipped away in the confusion and was killed by his own disorderly troops; his corpse was recovered along with his sword, seals, wooden idols, and other objects.

粵瑤趙青仔糾眾數千入楚界，聲言為金龍復仇，連敗之於濠江、銀江，擒青仔磔於市。 The Guangdong Yao leader Zhao Qingzai mustered several thousand men and crossed into Hunan, claiming to avenge Jinlong; he was repeatedly defeated at Haojiang and Yinjiang, captured, and dismembered in the marketplace.

瑤匪趙金龍之亂，率師會剿，擢湖南永州鎮總兵，殲金龍，及擒粵瑤趙青仔，戰皆力。 During the Yao rebellion of Zhao Jinlong he led troops in the joint campaign, was promoted to commander of the Yongzhou garrison in Hunan, destroyed Jinlong, and captured the Guangdong Yao leader Zhao Qingzai—fighting with great vigor in every engagement.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 382Volume 382 Biographies 169: Hu Song E, Bu Yan Tai, Sa Ying A · 1 passage

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十二年，命偕尚書禧恩督師剿湖南瑤匪趙金龍，至則金龍已就戮，其黨趙青仔率餘匪竄廣東、湖北境，督兵剿平之。 In the twelfth year he was ordered with Minister Xi'en to command the suppression of the Hunan Yao rebel Zhao Jinlong; by the time they arrived Jinlong was already dead, but his lieutenant Zhao Qingzai had fled with the survivors into the Guangdong–Hubei borderlands, and Hu Song'e led troops to crush them.