Qing · Censor

Guo Xiu 郭琇

Died AD 1715

Passages
47
Chapters
4
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Guo Xiu as an official and statesman. This record brings together 47 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Guo Xiu 郭琇 Guo Xiu
Personal Guo Xiu 郭琇
Personal name Guo Xiu 郭琇 Guo Xiu
Courtesy name Huaye 華野 Huaye
Personal Xiu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙五十四年 · Western Year: AD 1715

Attested activity

Family

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  • Kin of Guo Eryin (郭爾印)
    Kinship Term: father's elder brother / 世父 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: nephew · Object Role: paternal-uncle
    Kinship Term: father's elder brother / 世父 · Line: paternal · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew
  • Child of Guo Jingchang (郭景昌)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Label: governor-general of Huguang / 湖廣總督 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙三十八年 · Western Year: AD 1699
  • Label: Censor-in-Chief / 僉都御史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙二十七年 · Western Year: AD 1688
  • Label: Jiangnan circuit censor / 江南道御史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙二十五年 · Western Year: AD 1686
  • Label: Left Censor-in-Chief / 左都御史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1689
  • Label: Vice Minister of Personnel / 吏部侍郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1689
  • Label: magistrate of Wujiang / 吳江知縣 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙十八年 · Western Year: AD 1679
  • Label: Director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices / 太常寺卿 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Grand Secretariat academician / 內閣學士 · Action: appointed
  • Label: Left Censor-in-Chief / 左都御史 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1689
  • Label: censor / 御史 · Action: held
  • Label: enshrined among local worthies and Wujiang noted officials / 祀鄉賢,並祀吳江名宦 · Action: granted
  • Status: retired · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙二十九年 · Western Year: AD 1690
  • Status: demotion · Action: demoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1689
  • Status: dismissal · Action: stripped · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙四十一年 · Western Year: AD 1702

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙九年 · Western Year: AD 1670

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: direct remonstrating official who struck down powerful ministers · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

Source notes

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 269Volume 269 Biographies 56: Suo Etu, Ming Zhu · 6 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 270Volume 270 Biographies 57: Hao Yu, Yang Suyun, Guo Xiu · 34 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 271Volume 271 Biographies 58: Xu Qianxue, Wang Hongxu, Gao Shiqi · 6 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 278Volume 278 Biographies 65: Mu Tianyan, A Shan, Ga Li · 1 passage