Qing · Grand Secretary

Chen Zhilin 陳之遴

Chén Zhīlín

First attested AD 1628; died AD 1658

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Chen Zhilin was a Grand Secretary.

PeriodQing
IdentityHistorical · Male

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TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Yansheng 彥升 Yànshēng

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 245Volume 245 Biographies 32: Gang Lin, Feng Quan, Chen Mingxia, Chen Zhilin, Liu Zhengzong · 14 passages
時捕治京師巨猾李應試,王大臣會鞫,之遴默不語,王大臣詰之,之遴曰:「上立置應試於法則已,如或免死,則必受其害,是以不言。」 At that time the great rogue of the capital Li Yingshi was being arrested and tried; the prince and great ministers jointly interrogated the case; Zhilin remained silent; when they pressed him, Zhilin said: "If Your Majesty at once puts Yingshi to the law, that is enough; but if he is spared death, I will surely suffer harm from him—therefore I do not speak."
因責左副都御史魏裔介等媕阿緘默,裔介退,具疏劾之遴植黨營私,當上詰問,但云「才疏學淺」,良心已昧; He thereupon rebuked Left Vice Censor-in-Chief Wei Yijie and others for fawning compliance and silence; Yijie withdrew and submitted a detailed memorial impeaching Zhilin for forming factions and pursuing private ends; when the emperor questioned him, he could only say "my talent is meager and my learning shallow"—his conscience was already clouded;
給事中王楨又劾之遴市權豪縱,昨蒙詰責,不思閉門省罪,即於次日遨遊靈佑宮,逍遙恣肆,罪不容誅。 Supervising secretary Wang Zhen again memorialized against Zhilin for trading in power and acting with arrogant license; having just received imperial rebuke, he did not think to shut his doors and reflect on his guilt but on the very next day wandered at leisure in the Lingyou Palace, roaming freely and unrestrained—an offense that could not be spared execution.