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APPENDIX C

GLOSSARY OF PERSONS
I. CHINESE
CHANG LIANG-CHI

. In 1853 was Governor of Human, and later
Viceroy of Hu-Kwang. Reprimanded for making a false report on
another Commander.
CH'ÊNG HSÜEH-CH'I

. General under Li Hung-chang. Was involved
in the murder of the Wangs after the capture of Soochow. Killed in
action at Chia-hsing in April 1864.
CH'ÊNG YÜ-TS'AI

. In 1850 was Viceroy of Hu-Kwang. Failed to
stop the Taipings.
CH'I-SHAN

. Special Imperial Commissioner in 1853, ordered to
prevent the Taipings from advancing north into Honan. In foreign
works he is called Kishen. He concluded the Convention of Chuenpi
(20/1/1841) ceding Hong Kong to the British. He was sent to Peking
in chains for trial.
CHIANG CHUNG-YÜAN

. His volunteers, the so-called 'Ch'u
Braves' were the first contingent of Hunanese to fight outside their
province against the Taipings.
HO-CH'UN

. Manchu general who served under Hsiang Jung (q.v.)
in Kwangsi. After the death of the latter he was made Imperial Com-
missioner and Commander-in-Chief. In May 1860 he was driven by
the Taipings into Tan-yang in Kiangsu, where he was wounded and
died later at Ch'ang-chou.
HSIANG JUNG

. In 1850, the Governor of Kwangsi having failed to
suppress the rebellion that had broken out there, Hsiang Jung was
ordered to proceed there as Commander-in-Chief. His attempts to
suppress it were unsuccessful also. Nevertheless he was at least
pertinacious for, although he could not stop the victorious north-
ward advance of the Taipings he 'pursued' them--followed them-up
would be more correct--from Kwangsi through Hunan, Hupeh,
Kiangsu, Anhwei, to Nanking which he reached ten days after the
Taipings had taken it. In 1856 he was heavily defeated, and retreated
to Tan-yang, where he is said to have committed suicide.
HSIAO CH'AO-KUEI

(Western King). One of the Taiping chiefs.
Was wounded in the attack on Ch'ang-sha on 5 October 1852 and
died soon after. After his death, his widow, Hung Hsüan-ch'iao,
sister of Heavenly King, took over command of all women under
the Taiping banner. According to some Chinese sources, their little
son was adopted by Heavenly King and made 'Junior Western
King'.

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Publication Information: Book Title: Chinese Sources for the Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864. Contributors: J. C. Cheng - author. Publisher: Hong Kong University Press. Place of Publication: Hong Kong. Publication Year: 1963. Page Number: 158.
    
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