Qing · Ruler

Emperor Shizu 世祖

Shizu

Attested AD 1644 - AD 1661

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Shizu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1658 十五年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 264, passage 72
AD 1644 to AD 1661 世祖朝
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 264, passage 99

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 264, passages 72, 99

Events and relationships

Ordered ministry to deliberate and implement
AD 1658 十五年 · Political · Ruler · With Ren Kepu (任克溥)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 264, passage 72

Assessments and attributes

Assessment under his reign local officials dared not gift governors or lightly visit the provincial capital · Mode quotation Speaker Ren Kepu (任克溥)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 264, passage 99

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 264, passages 72, 99

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 264Volume 264 Biographies 51: Hao Weine, Ren Kepu, Liu Hongru, Liu Jian, Zhang Tingshu · 3 passages

十五年，充會試同考官，出闈，疏言：「伏讀上諭，令各衙門條奏興利除弊。 In the fifteenth year he served as associate metropolitan examiner; when he left the examination compound he memorialized: "I have read Your Majesty's instruction ordering every yamen to memorialize on promoting benefit and removing harm.

上以所奏切中時弊，下部詳議行。 The emperor, finding that the memorial struck at the abuses of the time, ordered the ministry to deliberate in detail and carry it out.

十一年，疏言：「嘉魚知縣李世錫告湖廣巡撫林天擎索賄，以此知餽遺不絕，苞苴尚行，較世祖朝有司不敢餽遺督撫、不敢輕至省會風氣迥殊。 In the eleventh year he memorialized: "Jiayu magistrate Li Shixi reported that Huguang governor Lin Tianqing had demanded bribes — from this one knows that gifts never cease and graft still flourishes; compared with the Shizu reign, when local officials dared not send gifts to governors and dared not lightly visit the provincial capital, the climate is utterly different.