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Shifengbao jilüe 石峰堡紀略

May 1, 2011 © Ulrich Theobald

(Qinding) Shifengbao jilüe (欽定)石峰堡紀略 (also written 石峯堡紀略) "(Imperially endorsed) Miliary history of the war against the rebels of Shifengbao" is a history of the war of the Qing dynasty 清 (1644-1911) against the Muslim rebellion of Shifengbao 石峰堡, Gansu.

The 21-juan long book was compiled on imperial order shortly after the end of the war. The rebellion was caused by a harsh policy against the Muslims in Gansu after they proved to be very unruly subjects of the Qing. In 1784 Tian Wu 田五 stirred up a rebellion that was put down by the experienced commander Agūi 阿桂 (1717-1797) in 1785. The first part includes laudatory poems by the Qianlong Emperor 乾隆帝 (r. 1736-1795) for the victor.

The book is included in the series Siku quanshu 四庫全書.

Sources:
Gao Wende 高文德, ed. (1995). Zhongguo shaoshu minzu shi da cidian 中國少數民族史大辭典 (Changchun: Jilin jiaoyu chubanshe), 1670.
Li Xueqin 李學勤, Lü Wenyu 呂文鬰, eds. (1996). Siku da cidian 四庫大辭典 (Changchun: Jilin daxue chubanshe), Vol. 1, 915.
Zhou Weizhou 周偉洲, Ding Jingtai 丁景泰, eds. (2006). Sichou zhi lu da cidian 絲綢之路大辭典 (Xi'an: Shaanxi renmin chubanshe), 785.