Chen Xiaosheng (陳孝升)

Overview

Chen Xiaosheng was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1803 八年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 278
AD 1802 嘉慶七年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 355, passage 90

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 322 Volume 322 Biographies 109: Dou Guangnai, Li Shufang, Fan Yibin, Cao Xibao, Xie Zhending, Qian Feng, Yin Zhuangtu 2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 355 Volume 355 Biographies 142: Kui Lun, Guang Xing, Chu Peng Ling 1 passage

Career and standing

Yunnan Provincial Administration Commissioner 雲南布政使
AD 1803 八年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 278
fraudulent military supplies 冒銷軍需
AD 1803 八年 · Punished · Punished
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 278

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清朝 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 278
At Yunnan 雲南 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 278

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 322Volume 322 Biographies 109: Dou Guangnai, Li Shufang, Fan Yibin, Cao Xibao, Xie Zhending, Qian Feng, Yin Zhuangtu · 2 passages

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因及雲南布政使陳孝升、道員薩榮安方以冒銷軍需被罪，令巡撫那彥寶詰壯圖，何無一言奏及。 He noted that Yunnan officials were being punished for fraudulent military supplies and asked why Zhuangtu had not reported it.

壯圖言以不得孝升等確據，未敢入告，仍請議處，上命寬之。 Zhuangtu said he lacked proof and had not dared report; he still asked for punishment, and the Emperor pardoned him.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 355Volume 355 Biographies 142: Kui Lun, Guang Xing, Chu Peng Ling · 1 passage

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尋調署雲南巡撫，劾布政使陳孝升、迤西道薩榮安以維西軍務冒帑，治如律。 Soon he was transferred to act as governor of Yunnan, impeached Administration Commissioner Chen Xiaosheng and Western Circuit Intendant Sa Rong’an for embezzling Weixi military funds, and punished them by law.