Ge Kun (戈鯤) | 24 Histories

Overview

Ge Kun was a Clerk.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1875 to AD 1884 光緒初，官浙江
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 452, passages 133-134

Career and standing

chief clerk to the British consul 為英國領事主文牘
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 133
Expelled
Expelled overseas · Authority Zong Yuanhan (宗源瀚)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 134

Places and affiliations

At Ningbo 寧波 · Relation Active at
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passages 132-133

Events and relationships

Crimes reported to superiors and coastal ministers
Legal · Accused
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 134

Assessments and attributes

Assessment domineering, cunning, illicit profits harming the people · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 133

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 133

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 452Volume 452 Biographies 239: Hong Rukui, Yang Zonglian, Shi Pu, Shi Kekuan, Shen Baojing, Zhu Qiang Younger Brother: Qi Zhao, Zong Yuanhan, Xu Qingzhang, Xu Zhen, Kuai Guangdian, Chen Yusheng, Pan Minbiao, Yan Zuolin, Tang Xijin, Lou Chunfan · 2 passages

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有戈鯤者，素豪猾，為英國領事主文牘，積為奸利病民。 A man named Ge Kun, long domineering and cunning, served as chief clerk to the British consul and had amassed illicit profits at the people's expense.

源瀚發其罪狀，牒上大吏及南、北洋大臣，逐鯤海外。 Yuanhan exposed his crimes, reported him to superior officials and the coastal ministers, and had him expelled from the country.