Qing · Scholar

Cai Yuanxi 蔡元禧

Attested AD 1657

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Cai Yuanxi was a scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1657 十四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 264, passage 57

Career and standing

Doctor of Letters 博士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 264, passage 57
Sentenced
AD 1657 十四年 · Sentenced to decapitation
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 264, passage 57

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Associated
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 264, passage 57

Events and relationships

Mediated exam bribery
AD 1657 十四年 · Legal · Go between
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 264, passage 57

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 264Volume 264 Biographies 51: Hao Weine, Ren Kepu, Liu Hongru, Liu Jian, Zhang Tingshu · 1 passage

复疏論順天鄉試給事中陸貽吉與同考官李振鄴、張我樸交通行賄鬻舉人，下吏部、都察院嚴鞫，貽吉、振鄴、我樸與居間博士蔡元禧，進士項紹芳，行賄舉人田耜、鄔作霖皆坐斬。 He again memorialized charging that at the Shuntian provincial examination supervising secretary Lu Yiji and fellow examiners Li Zhenye and Zhang Wopu had taken bribes to sell candidacies; the Ministry of Personnel and the Censorate were ordered to interrogate them strictly; Lu Yiji, Li Zhenye, Zhang Wopu, the go-between Doctor of Letters Cai Yuanxi, jinshi Xiang Shaofang, and the bribing candidates Tian Si and Wu Zuolin were all sentenced to decapitation.