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Overview Chen Pengnian was an official and Canal Governor.
Identity Historical · Male
Life and dates Death Attested activity AD 1705 康熙四十四年
AD 1644 to AD 1911 清一代
AD 1720 to AD 1723 雍正初
Key source chapters
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 300
Volume 300 Biographies 87: Chen Qi Yuan, He Shijian, Tang Jizu, Ma Weihan, Yu Dian, Wang Yezi, Liu Erwei
2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 278
Volume 278 Biographies 65: Mu Tianyan, A Shan, Ga Li
10 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 503
Volume 503 Biographies 290: Yi Shu Er
1 passage
Career and standing calligrapher 書人
acting provincial treasurer 署布政使
Acting
Grand Canal governor 河道總督
Held
prefect of Jiangning 江寧知府
Held
prefect of Suzhou 蘇州知府
Restored
Sentenced
Places and affiliations Polity Qing 清 · Relation Lived underLearning and skills Skill running script 行書 · Level ranked · Domain calligraphy 書 Assessments and attributes References in the histories
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 278 Volume 278 Biographies 65: Mu Tianyan, A Shan, Ga Li · 10 passages
四十四年，疏劾江寧知府陳鵬年貪酷，並以妓樓改建講堂，凟聖諭，大不敬。
In Kangxi 44 he impeached Jiangning Prefect Chen Pengnian for greed and cruelty, and for converting a brothel into a lecture hall—profaning the sage's teaching, a grave offense.
命會桑額及河道總督張鵬翮集讞，坐鵬年罪至斬，上特命來京，事具鵬年傳。
He was ordered to join Sang E and Canal Director Zhang Penghe in judgment; Pengnian was sentenced to death, but the emperor ordered him brought to Beijing instead—the full account is in Pengnian's biography.
其失民心，獨劾陳鵬年一事耳。」
He lost popular support only over impeaching Chen Pengnian."
知府陳鵬年初為總督阿山劾罷，上復命守蘇州；
Prefect Chen Pengnian had first been impeached and dismissed by Governor-General A Shan; the emperor restored him to Suzhou;
鵬年素伉直，忤噶禮。
Pengnian had always been upright and outspoken and clashed with Ga Li.
噶禮續劾宜思恭虧帑，又論糧道賈樸建關開河皆有所侵蝕，遂及鵬年覈報不實，鵬年復坐罷。
Ga Li continued impeaching Yi Sigong for treasury shortfalls, charged Grain Intendant Jia Pu with embezzling on canal works, and extended the charge to Pengnian for false verification; Pengnian was dismissed again.
噶禮复密疏鵬年虎丘詩怨望，上不為動。
Ga Li also sent a secret memorial claiming Pengnian's Tiger Hill poem showed resentment; the emperor was unmoved.
即如陳鵬年稍有聲譽，噶禮欲害之，摘虎丘詩有悖謬語，朕閱其詩，初無他意。
Even Chen Pengnian, who had some reputation, Ga Li tried to ruin by seizing on irreverent words in his Tiger Hill poem—I read the poem and saw no ill intent.
鵬年初扼於阿山，繼挫於噶禮，皆欲中以危法，抑又甚矣。
Pengnian was first blocked by A Shan, then crushed by Ga Li; both tried to trap him with capital charges—an even graver wrong.
幸賴聖祖仁明，隴其復起，鵬年致大用，伯行亦終獲全。
Fortunately the Sage Ancestor was benevolent and clear-sighted: Longqi was restored, Pengnian rose to high office, and Boxing ultimately survived unscathed.
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 300 Volume 300 Biographies 87: Chen Qi Yuan, He Shijian, Tang Jizu, Ma Weihan, Yu Dian, Wang Yezi, Liu Erwei · 2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 503 Volume 503 Biographies 290: Yi Shu Er · 1 passage
佳品上二十二人，沈荃真書，王鴻緒行書，先著行書，查士標行書，汪士鋐真書，何焯小真書，陳奕禧行書，陳鵬年行書，徐良行書，蔣衡真書，於振行書，趙知希草書，孔繼涑行書，稽璜真書，錢澧行書，桂馥分書，翁方綱小真書，張燕昌小真書，康基田行書，錢坫篆書，谷際岐行書，洪梧小真書；
Fine grade, upper rank, twenty-two artists: Shen Quan in regular script, Wang Hongxu in running script, Xian Zhu in running script, Zha Shibiao in running script, Wang Shihong in regular script, He Chao in small regular script, Chen Yixi in running script, Chen Pengnian in running script, Xu Liang in running script, Jiang Heng in regular script, Yu Zhen in running script, Zhao Zhixi in cursive script, Kong Jisu in running script, Ji Huang in regular script, Qian Li in running script, Gui Fu in clerical script, Weng Fanggang in small regular script, Zhang Yanchang in small regular script, Kang Jitian in running script, Qian Dian in seal script, Gu Jiqiao in running script, and Hong Wu in small regular script;