Qing · Grand Secretary

Ganglin 剛林

First attested AD 1626; died AD 1651

Passages
12
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

Ganglin was a Grand Secretary.

PeriodQing
IdentityHistorical · Male

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Gongmao 公茂 Gongmao
Epithet Bakshi 巴克什

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

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Key source chapters

  1. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 245 Volume 245 Biographies 32: Gang Lin, Feng Quan, Chen Mingxia, Chen Zhilin, Liu Zhengzong 11 passages
  2. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 246 Volume 246 Biographies 33: Tan Tai, He Luohui, Xi Tu Ku, Bo Er Hui, Leng Sengji 1 passage

Origins and identity

Career and standing

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Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

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Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment curried favor with the Prince Regent · Mode historian-judgment
  • Assessment served Taizong and with Fan Wencheng and Xifu received concurrent appointments; ought to have had merit in founding the enterprise; held high rank at the dynasty's beginning yet was not equal to bearing it; suffered punishment without being spared · Mode historian-judgment

References in the histories

12 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 245Volume 245 Biographies 32: Gang Lin, Feng Quan, Chen Mingxia, Chen Zhilin, Liu Zhengzong · 11 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 246Volume 246 Biographies 33: Tan Tai, He Luohui, Xi Tu Ku, Bo Er Hui, Leng Sengji · 1 passage