Bai Rong (白鎔) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Bai Rong as an official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Bai Rong	白鎔	Bai Rong
Surname	Bai	白	Bai
Personal name	Bai Rong	白鎔	Bai Rong
Given	Rong	鎔	Rong
Courtesy name	Xiaoshan	小山	Xiaoshan

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Official
Scholar
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光十九年 · Western Year: AD 1839 · Age: Value: 74 · Reckoning: sui · Place: at home / 於家
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 嘉慶十八年 · Western Year: AD 1813
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Source Date: Text: 嘉慶四年 · Western Year: AD 1799
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Source Date: Text: 道光七年 · Western Year: AD 1827
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Source Date: Text: 道光九年 · Western Year: AD 1829
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Source Date: Text: 道光元年 · Western Year: AD 1821
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Source Date: Text: 道光十一年 · Western Year: AD 1831
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Source Date: Text: 道光十三年 · Western Year: AD 1833
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Source Date: Text: 道光十九年 · Western Year: AD 1839
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Family

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Child of Mother of Bai Rong (白鎔母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: compiler / 編修 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶四年 · Western Year: AD 1799
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Label: left censor-in-chief / 左都御史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光十一年 · Western Year: AD 1831
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Label: minister of Works / 工部尚書 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光十三年 · Western Year: AD 1833
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Label: educational commissioner for Anhui / 安徽學政 · Action: appointed
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Label: demoted to chief judge of the Court of Judicial Review / 降大理寺卿 · Action: demoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光十三年 · Western Year: AD 1833
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Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: lived-under
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Place: Tongzhou in Shuntian / 順天通州
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Learning and skills

Credential: jinshi / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶四年 · Western Year: AD 1799
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Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · About: Anhui tax arrears proposal
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Events and relationships

Kind: disaster-relief · Role: inspector · Action: inspected Jiangnan disaster relief · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光十一年 · Western Year: AD 1831
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Kind: investigation · Role: investigator · Action: investigated wrongful death case · Other Person Id: Bai Qin (白勤) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光九年 · Western Year: AD 1829
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: excellent household discipline · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Source Person Id: Daoguang Emperor (道光帝)
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References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 375Volume 375 Biographies 162: Bai Rong, Sun Huan, Shi Zhiyan, Na Qingan, Sheng Yin, Li Zongfang, Yao Yuanzhi, He Rulin, Ji Zhichang, Lie Chuan · 6 passages

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白鎔，字小山，順天通州人。 Bai Rong, styled Xiaoshan, came from Tongzhou in Shuntian.

母沒，廬墓三年，鎔造廬贈賻，題請旌表。 After his mother's death Xu observed three years of mourning in a hut at her grave. Bai Rong built the hut, sent gifts of condolence, and recommended him for official recognition.

時尚書穆彰阿、硃士彥亦奉命勘湖、河汎溢狀，穆彰阿先回京，鎔遂偕士彥履勘沿河閘壩工程，與總督陶澍定議以工代賑。 Ministers Mujiang'a and Zhu Shiyan had also been sent to assess flooding on lakes and rivers. Mujiang'a returned first, whereupon Bai Rong and Zhu Shiyan inspected sluice and dam projects along the waterways and, with Governor-General Tao Shu, adopted relief work in place of direct grain distribution.

是科雙好不盡取中，坐降大理寺卿。 That year not all dual-excellence candidates were passed, and for this Bai Rong was demoted to chief judge of the Court of Judicial Review.

鎔事母孝，教子弟嚴。 Bai Rong was devoted to his mother and strict in the upbringing of his children and nephews.

或餘澤延世，子孫復繼簪纓，若白鎔、那清安、升寅諸人是也。 Others left virtue that extended through generations, with descendants continuing in official rank, as with Bai Rong, Na Qingan, Sheng Yin, and the like.