Qing · Ruler

Jiaqing Emperor 仁宗

Attested AD 1799

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jiaqing Emperor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1799 嘉慶四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 15

Career and standing

began to rule in person 始親政
AD 1799 嘉慶四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 15

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 15

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 356Volume 356 Biographies 143: Hong Liangji, Guan Shiming, Gu Jiqi, Li Zhongzhao, Shi Chengzao · 4 passages

四年，高宗崩，仁宗始親政。 In 1799 the Qianlong emperor died and the Jiaqing emperor took the reins himself.

將告歸，上書軍機王大臣言事，略曰：「今天子求治之心急矣，天下望治之心孔迫矣，而機局未轉者，推原其故，蓋有數端。 On the eve of resigning he sent a long letter to the Grand Council prince-ministers. It began: "The emperor's hunger for reform is keen and the empire's longing for order still keener, yet the machinery of government has barely moved. The reasons, I believe, are several.

夫以聖天子赫然獨斷，欲平反一事而尚如此，則此外沉冤何自而雪乎？ If even when the sage emperor himself intervened to right one case the outcome was still such, how were all the other buried wrongs ever to be cleared?

然竊以為實有真知灼見者，自不究其從前，亦當籍其姓名，於升遷調補之時，微示以善惡勸懲之法，使人人知聖天子雖不為已甚，而是非邪正之辨，未嘗不洞悉，未嘗不區別。 Yet for men of real insight, even without prosecuting the past, their names should be recorded; at every promotion or transfer let a quiet signal show reward and punishment, so all would know that though the emperor would not go to extremes, he still saw clearly who was upright and who was not.