Pan Dingxin
Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Pan Dingxin (Template:Zh; 1828–1888) was a Qing dynasty governor and military commander of the Huai Army, best known for his role in the Sino-French War.[1]Template:Rp[2]Template:Rp
Early life
Pan was born in Lujiang, Anhui Province. He began his education with his father Pan Xiao'an, a teacher. One of his classmate was Liu Bingzhang. He passed the county exam (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and then the provincial exam, obtaining the juren (Template:Zh) degree in 1849.[3]
Career
He edited biographies at the Guoshiguan, National History Bureau (国史馆). When the Taiping Rebellion broke out, he ran militia and eventually had his own army, the Ding Battalion (Template:Zh; also Ting-tzu-ying). He was a commander in the civil wars against the Taiping Rebellion and the Nian Rebellion.[1]Template:Rp[2]Template:Rp He served as governor of Shandong in 1865, Yunnan in 1876 and Guangxi in 1884.,[1]Template:Rp[2]Template:Rp[4] He was most noted for his role during the Sino-French War: Battle of Đồng Đăng, Battle of Bang Bo (Zhennan Pass), Kep Campaign.
Movie
Pan Dingxin is at the center of the movie The War of Loong (2017)
References
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- ^ a b c Spector, Stanley (1964). Li Hung-chang and the Huai Army. Seattle: University of Washington Press. LCCN 64-11052.
- ^ a b c Folsom, Kenneth E. Friends (1968). Friends, Guests, and Colleagues. Los Angeles: University of California Press. LCCN 67-26479.
- ^ Biography of Pan Dingxin, in Draft History of Qing
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."省级机构". Guangxi Chronicles (广西地方志). Retrieved 2015-09-05.
Further reading
- Li Hongzhang zhi Pan Dingxin shu zha (Chinese: 李鴻章致潘鼎新書札), Publisher: Wenhai Chubanshe (Template:Zh), [1980], Taipei.
