Dong Hanchen (董漢臣)

Overview

The translated histories identify Dong Hanchen as an astronomer and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Dong Hanchen	董漢臣	Dong Hanchen

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Astronomer
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1687
Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0114

Career and standing

Label: Astronomy Bureau director / 靈臺郎 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1687
Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0114

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 271Volume 271 Biographies 58: Xu Qianxue, Wang Hongxu, Gao Shiqi · 5 passages

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會靈臺郎董漢臣疎陳時事，以諭教元良、愼簡宰執爲言。 Around this time Dong Hanchen, a director at the Astronomy Bureau, submitted a memorial on state affairs urging proper education for the crown prince and careful selection of chief ministers.

御史陶式玉劾漢臣摭拾浮言，欺世盜名，請逮治。 Censor Tao Shiyu charged Dong Hanchen with peddling empty talk to win fame and asked that he be arrested.

漢臣及博士賈文然等十五人並以詞理舛誤黜。 Dong Hanchen and fifteen others, including Doctor Jia Wenran, were all dismissed for defects in their written submissions.

初，以式玉疎下九卿集議，尚書湯斌謂大臣不言，慚對漢臣。 When Tao Shiyu's memorial was first referred to the Nine Ministers, Minister Tang Bin declared that senior officials who held their tongues should be ashamed before Dong Hanchen.

漢臣既黜，鴻緒偕左都御史璙丹、副都御史徐元珙合疎劾斌務名鮮實，並追論江寧巡撫去任時，巧飾文告，以博虚譽。 After Dong Hanchen's dismissal, Wang Hongxu joined Left Censor-in-Chief Kuang Dan and Vice Censor-in-Chief Xu Yuanqi in impeaching Tang Bin for cultivating a reputation without substance, and for having, as Jiangning governor on leaving office, dressed up his farewell proclamations to win hollow acclaim.