Ming · Official and Poet

Jian Ying 蹇英

Attested AD 1435

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jian Ying was an official and Poet.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1435 英宗即位
Directly stated · History of Ming 149, passage 69

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Jian Yi (蹇義)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Ming 149, passage 69

Career and standing

Director of the Imperial Seals Office 尚寶司丞
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Ming 149, passage 69
Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常少卿
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 149, passage 69

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 149Volume 149 Biographies 37: Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji · 1 passage

子英，有詩名，以蔭為尚寶司丞，歷官太常少卿。 His son Ying was renowned as a poet; through hereditary privilege he became a director in the Imperial Seals Office and eventually rose to Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices.