Ming · Official

Chen Xun 陳循

Attested AD 1450 - AD 1457

Passages
5
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Chen Xun as an official and statesman. This record brings together 5 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Chen Xun 陳循 Chen Xun
Personal name Chen Xun 陳循 Chen Xun

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月丁亥 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0001, mingshi:012:s0010
  • Source Date: Text: 景泰 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1450 · End: AD 1456
    Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:169:s0023

Family

Career and standing

  • Legal Action: demotion to frontier garrison service / 謫戍 · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月丁亥 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0010
  • Label: exile or execution / 誅竄 · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 英宗復位 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:169:s0027

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records · 1 passage
History of Ming, Chapter 169Volume 169 Biographies 57: Gao Gu, Hu Ying, Wang Zhi · 4 passages