Guan Tianpei

Guan Tianpei

Guan Tianpei (forenklet kinesisk: 关天培; tradisjonell kinesisk: 關天培; Wade–Giles: Kuan T'ien-p'ei; født i 1781 i Chuzhou i provinsen Jiangsu i Kina, falt 26. februar 1841 ved Bocca Tigris) var en kinesisk admiral under Qing-dynastiet og kjempet under første opiumskrig. I 1838 etablerte han gode forbindelser med den britiske admiral Frederick Maitland. Guan kjempet i det første slaget ved Chuenpee (1839), det annet slag ved Chuenpee (1841) og i slaget ved Bocca Tigris (1841). En britisk beskrivelse av hans død i Anunghoyfortene under slaget lyder:

Among these, the most distinguished and lamented was poor old Admiral Kwan, whose death excited much sympathy throughout the force; he fell by a bayonet wound in his breast, as he was meeting his enemy at the gate of Anunghoy, yielding up his brave spirit willingly to a soldier's death, when his life could only be preserved through the certainty of degradation. He was altogether a fine specimen of a gallant soldier, unwilling to yield when summoned to surrender, because to yield would imply treason.

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