Chen Ruqi (汝器) | 24 Histories

Overview

Chen Ruqi was an official, Son of Chen Qitai.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1674 to AD 1700 啟泰死後
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passages 153, 157

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Chen Qitai (陳啟泰)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 153

Career and standing

Right Vice Commissioner 右通政
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 154
Governor of Anhui 安徽巡撫
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 157
Seized by Zheng Jing
Captivity
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 153

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 154

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 253Volume 253 Biographies 40: Mo Luo, Chen Fu, Wang Zhiding, Li Xingyuan, Chen Qitai, Chen Danchi, Ye Yingliu · 3 passages

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啟泰子汝器，聞變，赴漳州迎喪，為鄭錦兵掠去。 Qitai's son Ruqi, hearing of the disaster, went to Zhangzhou to meet the funeral train and was seized by Zheng Jing's troops.

逾二年乃脫還，詣京師，上念其父子忠義，加贈工部侍郎，授汝器右通政。 After more than two years he escaped and reached the capital. Mindful of the father and son's loyalty, the Emperor additionally posthumously made Qitai Vice Minister of the Board of Works and appointed Ruqi Right Vice Commissioner.

汝器官至安徽巡撫。 Ruqi rose to Governor of Anhui.