Bu Jitong (步際桐) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Bu Jitong as an official. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Bu Jitong	步際桐	Bu Jitong
Personal name	Bu Jitong	步際桐	Bù Jìtóng
Title	Censor	御史

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Value: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:369:s0057

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 道光十九年 · Western Year: AD 1839
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:369:s0057

Career and standing

Label: Censor / 御史 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:369:s0057

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author
Explicit · qingshigao:369:s0057

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 369Volume 369 Biographies 156: Lin Zexu, Deng Tingzhen, Da Hong A · 1 passage

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御史步際桐言出結徒虛文，則徐以彼國重然諾，不肯出結，愈不能不向索取，持之益堅。 Censor Bu Jitong argued that demanding written pledges was mere empty form. Lin replied that since the British prized their word, their refusal to sign made the demand all the more necessary, and he held his ground more firmly.