Pan Dingxin (; 1828–1888) was a

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

governor and military commander of the

Huai Army The Huai Army (), named for the Huai River, was a military force allied with the Qing dynasty raised to contain the Taiping Rebellion in 1862. It was also called the Anhui Army because it was based in Anhui province. It helped to restore the stabil ...

, best known for his role in the

Sino-French War The Sino-French War (, french: Guerre franco-chinoise, vi, Chiến tranh Pháp-Thanh), also known as the Tonkin War and Tonquin War, was a limited conflict fought from August 1884 to April 1885. There was no declaration of war. The Chinese arm ...

.Spector, Stanley (1964). ''Li Hung-chang and the Huai Army''. Seattle: University of Washington Press. LCCN 64-11052.Folsom, Kenneth E. Friends (1968). ''Friends, Guests, and Colleagues''. Los Angeles: University of California Press. LCCN 67-26479.

Early life

Pan was born in

Lujiang Lujiang County () is a county of Anhui Province, East China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Hefei, the capital of Anhui. It is the southernmost county-level division The administrative divisions of China ...

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

Province. He began his education with his father Pan Xiao'an, a teacher. One of his classmate was

Liu Bingzhang Liu Bingzhang (; May 20, 1826 – August 23, 1905) was a Qing dynasty Chinese scholar-official and general. He served as Governor of Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces and Viceroy of Sichuan. He was a commander in the civil war against the Taiping Re ...

. He passed the county exam () and then the provincial exam, obtaining the juren () degree in 1849.

Career

He edited biographies at the Guoshiguan, National History Bureau ( 国史馆). When the

Taiping Rebellion The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a massive rebellion and civil war that was waged in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Han, Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It lasted fr ...

broke out, he ran militia and eventually had his own army, the Ding Battalion (; also Ting-tzu-ying). He was a commander in the civil wars against the Taiping Rebellion and the

Nian Rebellion The Nian Rebellion () was an armed uprising that took place in northern China from 1851 to 1868, contemporaneously with Taiping Rebellion (1851–1864) in South China. The rebellion failed to topple the Qing dynasty, but caused immense economic ...

. He served as governor of

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

in 1865,

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

in 1876 and

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

in 1884., He was most noted for his role during the

: Battle of Đồng Đăng,

Battle of Bang Bo (Zhennan Pass) The Battle of Bang Bo, known in China as the Battle of Zhennan Pass ( zh, 鎮南關之役), was a major Chinese victory during the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885). The battle, fought on 23 and 24 March 1885 on the Tonkin-Guangxi bor ...

Kep Campaign Kep or KEP may refer to: Kep Australia * Kep Track Cambodia * Kep Province ** Kep District *** Krong Kep (town) * Kep National Park Vietnam * Kép, Vietnam ** Kép Railway Station * Kep Campaign, Sino-French War (1884–1885) Oth ...

Movie

Pan Dingxin is at the center of the movie The War of Loong (2017)

Early life

Career

Movie

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