Chen Ning (陳寧) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Chen Ning as an administrator and official. This record brings together 3 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Chen Ning	陳寧	Chén Níng
Personal name	Chen Ning	陳寧
Personal	Chen Ning	陳寧	Chen Ning
Nickname	Iron Brand Chen	陳烙鐵

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · mingshi:127:s0068, mingshi:140:s0032

Roles

Administrator
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 九年 · Western Year: AD 1376
Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:127:s0068
Source Date: Text: 洪武五年 · Western Year: AD 1372
Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:140:s0032, mingshi:140:s0031

Career and standing

Label: prefect of Suzhou / 蘇州前守 · Action: held
Explicit · mingshi:140:s0032

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: harsh; nicknamed Iron Brand Chen · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · mingshi:140:s0032

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 127Volume 127 Biographies 15: Li Shanzhang, Wang Guangyang · 1 passage

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祺尚主後一月，御史大夫汪廣洋、陳寧疏言：「善長狎寵自恣，陛下病不視朝幾及旬，不問候。 A month after Qi's marriage, Censor-in-Chief Wang Guangyang and Chen Ning reported, "Shanzhang, emboldened by favor, had failed to attend the Emperor during a ten-day illness.

History of Ming, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 28: Wei Guan, Tao Houzhong, Liu Shihuan, Wang Zongxian, Lu Wensui, Wang Guan, Dao Tong, Lu Xi, Qing Wensheng · 2 passages

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前守陳寧苛刻，人呼「陳烙鐵」。 His predecessor Chen Ning had ruled with harsh severity, and the people nicknamed him "Iron Brand Chen."

觀盡改寧所為，以明教化、正風俗為治。 Guan reversed everything Ning had put in place and made his administration a project of moral instruction and the reform of local custom.