Du Shoutian (杜受田)

Overview

Du Shoutian was an official and Teacher.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zhinong	芝農	Zhinong
Posthumous name	Du Wen Zheng	杜文正	Du Wen Zheng

Life and dates

Death

AD 1852 咸豐二年
At Qingjiangpu 清江浦
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 25

Attested activity

AD 1851 咸豐元年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 18
AD 1835 十五年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 5
AD 1838 十八年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 7
AD 1852 二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 385, passages 19, 25
AD 1844 二十四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 8
AD 1823 道光三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 3

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AD 1850 三十年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 14

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Du E (杜堮)
father 父
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 2
Parent of Du Han (杜翰)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passages 27, 36-37

Kinship Role grandsons · Count 3
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 27

Career and standing

Minister of Personnel 吏部尚書
AD 1850 三十年 · Acting
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 14
Minister of Rites 禮部尚書
AD 1851 咸豐元年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 18
tutor in the Upper Study 上書房
AD 1835 十五年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 5
Vice Minister of Works 工部侍郎
AD 1838 十八年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 7
chief tutor of the Upper Study 上書房總師傅
AD 1844 二十四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 8
Left Censor-in-Chief 左都御史
AD 1844 二十四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 8

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Minister of Works 工部尚書
AD 1844 二十四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 8
Hanlin compiler 編修
AD 1823 道光三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 3
Associate Grand Secretary 協辦大學士
AD 1850 三十年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 14
Grand Tutor of the Heir Apparent 太子太傅
AD 1850 三十年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 14
Minister of Justice 刑部尚書
AD 1850 三十年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 14
Grand Secretariat academician 內閣學士
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 6
Shanxi education commissioner 山西學政
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 4
Vice Minister of Revenue 戶部侍郎
AD 1838 十八年 · Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 7
Grand Secretary 大學士
AD 1852 咸豐二年 · Posthumous
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 27
Grand Tutor 太師
AD 1852 咸豐二年 · Posthumous
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 27

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 1
At Binzhou, Shandong 山東濱州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 1
At Qingjiangpu 清江浦 · Relation Died at
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 25

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1823 道光三年 · Credential jinshi 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 3

Works and attributed material

Deathbed memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 26
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passages 20-22

Events and relationships

Guided succession
AD 1840 to AD 1850 宣宗晚年 · Political · Tutor · With Xianfeng Emperor (咸豐帝)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passages 10-13
Recommended
Recommendation · Recommender · With Lin Zexu (林則徐)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 16
Recommended
Recommendation · Recommender · With Zhou Tianjue (週天爵)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passage 16
Supervised flood relief
AD 1852 二年 · Relief · Commissioner · With Yiliang (怡良) · At Shandong and Jiangbei 山東、江北
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passages 19-21, 25
Relation Teacher of · Person Xianfeng Emperor (咸豐帝)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 385, passages 5, 9

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 385Volume 385 Biographies 172: Du Shoutian Son: Han, Qi Junzao Son: Shi Zhang, Weng Xincun, Peng Yunzhang · 14 passages

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杜受田，字芝農，山東濱州人。 Du Shoutian, whose courtesy name was Zhinong, came from Binzhou in Shandong.

受田，道光三年進士，會試第一，殿試二甲第一，選庶吉士，授編修。 Du Shoutian became a jinshi in 1823, topping both the metropolitan and palace examinations (first in the second class), entered the Hanlin as a bachelor, and was appointed a compiler.

文宗自六歲入學，受田朝夕納誨，必以正道，歷十餘年。 Xianfeng had begun his lessons at six; for more than a decade Shoutian guided him day and night along the right path.

立儲遂密定，受田輔導之力也。 The choice of heir was quietly fixed—owing in large part to Shoutian's tutelage.

受田雖未入樞廷，國家大政及進退大臣，上必諮而後行。 Though he never sat on the Grand Council, the emperor consulted him on every major policy and every senior appointment or dismissal before acting.

廣西軍事亟，受田數陳方略，薦林則徐、週天爵，先後起用。 As the Guangxi crisis worsened, he repeatedly outlined strategy and urged the reinstatement of Lin Zexu and Zhou Tianjue, both of whom were eventually recalled to service.

提督向榮老於軍事，以同列不和被謗，力陳輿論，數保全之。 The veteran commander Xiang Rong was attacked for clashing with colleagues; Shoutian cited public opinion and several times kept him in post.

受田自侍文宗學，未嘗離左右，當陛辭，不覺感戀流涕。 Having never left the prince's side since tutoring began, he wept openly when bidding farewell at court.

文宗震悼，贈太師、大學士，入祀賢良祠，賜金五千兩治喪，遣近臣慰視其父堮，擢其子檢討翰為庶子，孫三人並賜舉人。 Xianfeng was stricken: he posthumously made Shoutian grand tutor and grand secretary, enshrined him in the Shrine of Worthies, gave five thousand taels for the funeral, sent a close minister to console his father E, promoted his son Han from reviewer to chamberlain of the heir apparent, and granted all three grandsons the juren degree.

复特詔曰：「杜受田品端學粹，正色立朝，皇考深加倚重，特簡為朕師傅。 A special edict read: "Du Shoutian was upright in conduct and pure in learning, and spoke with moral authority at court. My late father relied on him deeply and chose him especially as my teacher.

援嘉慶朝大學士硃珪故事，特諡文正。」 Following the Jiaqing precedent of Grand Secretary Zhu Gui, he was given the posthumous name Wen Zheng (Cultured and Upright)."

明年，上臨雍講學，复詔褒受田曩日講貫之功，即家賜祭一壇。 The next year, at the imperial lecture at the National University, he again praised Shoutian's teaching and granted a sacrificial altar at his home.

文宗念受田舊勞，數月間迭擢工部侍郎，命在軍機大臣上行走，辦理京城巡防事宜。 Mindful of Shoutian's service, Xianfeng within months raised him repeatedly to vice minister of works and ordered him to serve above the Grand Councilors in charge of capital defense.

肅順曰：「君誠不愧杜文正之子也！」 Sushun said: 'You are indeed worthy of Du Wen Zheng's son!'