丁宝桢与“贵州兵乱”析论

Analysis of Ding Baozhen and the Guizhou Insurrection

咸丰年间贵州爆发大规模的叛乱。清政府因忙于镇压太平天国运动,对贵州兵乱无力应对,丁宝桢在1854-1859年间以在籍翰林院庶吉士的身份组织团练,参与了对贵州各地叛乱的平定和助剿,并因功受到清廷的褒奖升迁。在平定贵州兵乱过程中,丁宝桢逐渐形成了刚正清廉的优良品质和办政风格,成为其正式治军和步入仕途的开始。

During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was an insurrection in Guizhou. The Qing government was busy to suppress the TaiPing Rebellion, in which Ding Baozhen played an role. Form 1854 to 1859, as a Hanlin bachelor, Ding organized the local troops and siege against the Insurrection in Guizhou, for which he was praised and promoted by the Qing government. In the process of pacification of the Guizhou Insurrection, Ding developed his own good quality and honest upright style of a government officer and also marked the beginning of his control of the military and the government official career.