Qing · Qing official, administrator, and judge

He Jing 何璟

Died AD 1888

Passages
14
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify He Jing as an administrator, judge, and official. This record brings together 14 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

PeriodQing

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal He Jing 何璟 He Jing
Courtesy Xiaosong 小宋 Xiaosong

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Judge
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十四年 · Regnal Year: 14 · Western Year: AD 1888
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0152

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of He Yu (何愈)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Career and standing

  • Office: Acting Governor / 兼署巡撫 · Action: appointed-concurrently · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 1879
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0135
  • Office: Lu-Feng Circuit Intendant / 安徽廬鳳道 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐十年 · Regnal Year: 10 · Western Year: AD 1860
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0125
  • Office: Hanlin Compiler / 編修 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十七年 · Regnal Year: 27 · Western Year: AD 1847
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0121
  • Office: Provincial Judge / 按察使 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同治二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1863
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0126
  • Office: Hubei Provincial Treasurer / 湖北布政使 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同治四年 · Regnal Year: 4 · Western Year: AD 1865
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0128
  • Office: Supervising Secretary / 給事中 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐八年 · Regnal Year: 8 · Western Year: AD 1858
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0124
  • Office: Governor of Fujian / 福建巡撫 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同治九年 · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1870
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0130
  • Office: Governor-General of Fujian and Zhejiang / 閩浙總督 · Action: recalled-after-mourning
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0131
  • Office: Governor / 巡撫 · Action: served-successively-in-Shanxi-and-Jiangsu · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同治九年後 · Western Year: AD 1870
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0130
  • Office: Censor / 御史 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十七年 · Regnal Year: 27 · Western Year: AD 1847
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0121
  • Status: filial-mourning-for-father · Action: entered
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0131
  • Action: dismissed · Reason: slackness and incompetence · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十年 · Regnal Year: 10 · Western Year: AD 1884
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0151
  • Action: referred-for-deliberation · Reason: negligence concerning Yang Zaiyuan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十年 · Regnal Year: 10 · Western Year: AD 1884
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0142

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: Presented Scholar (jinshi) / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十七年 · Regnal Year: 27 · Western Year: AD 1847
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0121

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: memorial · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十年 · Regnal Year: 10 · Western Year: AD 1884 · Subject: adding ships and recruiting troops for Fujian, Xiamen, and Taiwan
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0140
  • Kind: self-impeachment · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十年 · Regnal Year: 10 · Western Year: AD 1884
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0150
  • Kind: warning · Role: speaker · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十年 · Regnal Year: 10 · Western Year: AD 1884 · Subject: warned Zhang Peilun that the French would attack Mawei the next day · Other Person Id: Zhang Peilun (張佩綸) · Quoted: true · Provenance: Mode: quoted-speech · Speaker Person Id: He Jing (何璟)
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0146
  • Kind: strategic-assessment · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 1879 · Subject: Taiwan and Keelung were strategically vital
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0137
  • Kind: memorial · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐七年 · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 1857 · Subject: errors of Ye Mingchen, Bai Gui, and other officials · Other Person Ids: Ye Mingchen (葉名琛), Bogui (柏貴)
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0122
  • Kind: memorial-series · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐八年 · Regnal Year: 8 · Western Year: AD 1858 · Subject: eight memorials on war, defense, and foreign affairs
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0123

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: assembled vessels, raised troops, and built batteries for Taiwan defense · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒五年 · Regnal Year: 5 · Western Year: AD 1879
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0137
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: deployed Zhang Desheng, Sun Kaihua, and Yang Zaiyuan for coastal defense · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒九年 · Regnal Year: 9 · Western Year: AD 1883 · Other Person Ids: Zhang Desheng (張得勝), Sun Kaihua (孫開華), Yang Zaiyuan (楊在元)
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0139
  • Kind: administrative · Role: administrator · Action: directed seven days and nights of flood relief and dredged the Hongtang River · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒三年 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 1877
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0133, qingshigao:458:s0134
  • Kind: administrative · Role: administrator · Action: disbursed treasury funds for Huangpi famine relief · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 逾歲（同治四年後） · Western Year: AD 1866
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0129
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: failed to reinforce the defeated fleet and remained in the provincial capital · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十年 · Regnal Year: 10 · Western Year: AD 1884
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0148
  • Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: repelled Nian attacks with Yu Jisan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同治二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1863 · Other Person Id: Yu Jisan (喻吉三)
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0127
  • Kind: administrative · Role: administrator · Action: strengthened coastal defense in response to negotiations with Japan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒三年 · Regnal Year: 3 · Western Year: AD 1877
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0132
  • Relation: intimidated-by · Person Id: Zhang Peilun (張佩綸)
    Explicit · qingshigao:458:s0141, qingshigao:458:s0143

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 458Volume 458 Biographies 245: Xu Yanxu, Tang Jiong, He Jing, Zhang Zhaodong · 14 passages
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