Fang Ming (方名) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Fang Ming as an official. This record brings together 3 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	Fang Ming	方名	Fang Ming

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 康熙五十年 · Western Year: AD 1711
Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0154

Career and standing

Label: magistrate; associate examiner / 知縣 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0154
Status: conviction · Action: sentenced · Reason: examination fraud
Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0167

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 278Volume 278 Biographies 65: Mu Tianyan, A Shan, Ga Li · 3 passages

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五十年，伯行疏言本科江南鄉試取士不協輿論，正考官副都御史左必蕃亦檢舉同考官知縣王曰俞、方名所薦士有不通文字者。 In Kangxi 50 Boxing reported that the Jiangnan provincial examination selections did not match public opinion; chief examiner Vice Censor-in-Chief Zuo Bifan also reported that associate examiners Magistrates Wang Yueyu and Fang Ming had recommended candidates who could barely write.

鵬翮至，會讞，既得副考官編修趙晉及曰俞、名諸交通狀，伯行欲窮其獄。 When Penghe arrived they held a joint hearing; once bribery by associate examiner Compiler Zhao Jin, Yueyu, Ming, and others was established, Boxing wanted to pursue the case fully.

獄具，晉、曰俞、名及所取士交通得賄，當科場舞弊律論罪； The case concluded: Jin, Yueyu, Ming, and their candidates were convicted of bribery under the examination-fraud statute;