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'''Ye Zhichao''' ({{zh|t=葉志超|w=Yeh Chih-ch'ao}}; died 1901) was a [[Han Chinese|Chinese]] general of the [[Qing Dynasty]] who fought in the [[First Sino-Japanese War]], being the commander of Qing forces stationed in [[Joseon Dynasty|Korea]]. An aging veteran of the [[Nian Rebellion]]{{sfb|Paine|2017|p=21}} and commander of the [[Zhili]] provincial troops under [[Li Hongzhang]] when the war broke out,{{sfb|Paine|2003|p=143}} General Ye initially led the 3,000 Chinese army at [[Ason]], but when they were [[Battle of Seonghwan|driven out]] of the city by the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] he retreated north to [[Pyongyang]].Also in November 1891 he sided with Chinese secret society called Jindandao (金丹道), who rose in revolt in [[Inner Mongolia]] and massacred 150,000 - 500,000 Mongols when Li Hongzhang, Governor-General of Chinese Zhili Province, dispatched |
'''Ye Zhichao''' ({{zh|t=葉志超|w=Yeh Chih-ch'ao}}; died 1901) was a [[Han Chinese|Chinese]] general of the [[Qing Dynasty]] who fought in the [[First Sino-Japanese War]], being the commander of Qing forces stationed in [[Joseon Dynasty|Korea]]. An aging veteran of the [[Nian Rebellion]]{{sfb|Paine|2017|p=21}} and commander of the [[Zhili]] provincial troops under [[Li Hongzhang]] when the war broke out,{{sfb|Paine|2003|p=143}} General Ye initially led the 3,000 Chinese army at [[Ason]], but when they were [[Battle of Seonghwan|driven out]] of the city by the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] he retreated north to [[Pyongyang]].Also in November 1891 he sided with Chinese secret society called Jindandao (金丹道), who rose in revolt in [[Inner Mongolia]] and massacred 150,000 - 500,000 Mongols when Li Hongzhang, Governor-General of Chinese Zhili Province, dispatched Ye Zhichao, Commander-in-chief of Zhili, to suppress the rebels but he falsely reporting to the imperial court in Beijing that the [[Mongol banner]] army killed innocent Chinese. Prince [[Vangdudnamjil]], the jasagh of the Kharachin Right Banner, who was consulted with by the imperial court, successfully rebutted General Ye's claim with a detailed report{{sfb|Borjigin Burensain, The Complex Structure of Ethnic Conflict in the Frontier: Through the Debates around the ‘Jindandao Incident’ in 1891, Inner Asia, Vol. 6, No.1, pp. 41-60, 2004.}} Following the [[Battle of Pyongyang (1894)|defeat]] at Pyongyang by the Japanese in September 1894, Ye Zhichao ordered the Chinese defenders to retreat over the [[Yalu River]] (which marked the border between China and Korea) into Qing territory.{{sfb|Schmidt|2007|p=162}} General Ye was sentenced to death for his failures but managed to avoid being executed due to his ''[[guanxi]]'' connections.{{sfb|Schmidt|2007|p=284}} He was also reputed to be an opium addict.{{sfb|Paine|2003|p=226}} |
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Revision as of 14:38, 31 October 2018
Ye Zhichao (Chinese: 葉志超; Wade–Giles: Yeh Chih-ch'ao; died 1901) was a Chinese general of the Qing Dynasty who fought in the First Sino-Japanese War, being the commander of Qing forces stationed in Korea. An aging veteran of the Nian Rebellion[1] and commander of the Zhili provincial troops under Li Hongzhang when the war broke out,[2] General Ye initially led the 3,000 Chinese army at Ason, but when they were driven out of the city by the Imperial Japanese Army he retreated north to Pyongyang.Also in November 1891 he sided with Chinese secret society called Jindandao (金丹道), who rose in revolt in Inner Mongolia and massacred 150,000 - 500,000 Mongols when Li Hongzhang, Governor-General of Chinese Zhili Province, dispatched Ye Zhichao, Commander-in-chief of Zhili, to suppress the rebels but he falsely reporting to the imperial court in Beijing that the Mongol banner army killed innocent Chinese. Prince Vangdudnamjil, the jasagh of the Kharachin Right Banner, who was consulted with by the imperial court, successfully rebutted General Ye's claim with a detailed report[3] Following the defeat at Pyongyang by the Japanese in September 1894, Ye Zhichao ordered the Chinese defenders to retreat over the Yalu River (which marked the border between China and Korea) into Qing territory.[4] General Ye was sentenced to death for his failures but managed to avoid being executed due to his guanxi connections.[5] He was also reputed to be an opium addict.[6]
Sources
References
- ^ Paine (2017), p. 21.
- ^ Paine (2003), p. 143.
- ^ Borjigin Burensain, The Complex Structure of Ethnic Conflict in the Frontier: Through the Debates around the ‘Jindandao Incident’ in 1891, Inner Asia, Vol. 6, No.1, pp. 41-60, 2004.
- ^ Schmidt (2007), p. 162.
- ^ Schmidt (2007), p. 284.
- ^ Paine (2003), p. 226.
Books
- Paine, S.C.M (2003). The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895: Perception, Power, and Primacy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81714-5.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Paine, S.C.M (2017). The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 1107676169.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Schmidt, J.D. (2007). Within the Human Realm: The Poetry of Huang Zunxian, 1848-1905. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521036666.
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