Kui Lun (魁倫) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Kui Lun as an administrator, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 20 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Kui Lun	魁倫	Kui Lun
Title	Fuzhou General	福州將軍
Personal name	Kuilun	魁倫
Surname	Wanyan	完顏	Wanyan
Clan	Wanyan clan	完顏氏	Wanyan shi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Administrator
General
Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: granted suicide / 賜死 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶五年 · Western Year: AD 1800
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:355:s0027, qingshigao:355:s0026

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 乾隆五十三年 · Western Year: AD 1788
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Source Date: Text: 嘉慶 · Western Year: AD 1799
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:362:s0202
Source Date: Text: 嘉慶三年 · Western Year: AD 1798
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:355:s0013, qingshigao:355:s0014
Source Date: Text: 嘉慶五年春 · Western Year: AD 1800
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:355:s0021, qingshigao:355:s0027
Source Date: Text: 嘉慶元年 · Western Year: AD 1796
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:355:s0012
Source Date: Text: 嘉慶四年 · Western Year: AD 1799
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:355:s0017, qingshigao:355:s0018

Family

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Descendant of Zhabina (查弼納)
Kinship Term: grandfather of (Kui Lun as grandson) / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Parentage: biological
Ancestor of Grandson of Kui Lun
Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Child of Father of Kui Lun
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Child of Mother of Kui Lun
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Parent of Zhalafen (扎拉芬)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Spouse of Wife of Kui Lun
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife

Origins and identity

Ethnicity: Manchu / 滿洲
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Lineage: Wanyan clan / 完顏氏
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Career and standing

Label: Acting Minister of Personnel / 署吏部尚書 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶四年 · Western Year: AD 1799
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:355:s0017
Label: Governor-general / 總督 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶元年 · Western Year: AD 1796
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Label: Military governor of Fuzhou / 福州將軍 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 乾隆五十三年 · Western Year: AD 1788
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:355:s0006

Places and affiliations

Place: Plain Yellow Banner / 正黃旗
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Organization: Plain Yellow Banner / 正黃旗 · Relation: member-of
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Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: failed to stop Ran Tianyuan crossing Jialing/Tong · Other Person Id: Ran Tianyuan (冉天元) · Place: Sichuan / 四川 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶五年春 · Western Year: AD 1800
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:355:s0021, qingshigao:355:s0026
Kind: legal · Role: prosecutor · Action: impeached Fujian officials · Other Person Id: Wula Na (伍拉納) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾隆五十三年后 · Western Year: AD 1788
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:355:s0009, qingshigao:355:s0010

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: blunt integrity · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · qingshigao:355:s0016
Assessment: did not die a natural death because of overreach/greed pattern · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · qingshigao:355:s0141

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 355Volume 355 Biographies 142: Kui Lun, Guang Xing, Chu Peng Ling · 18 passages

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魁倫廣興初彭齡 Kui Lun, Guang Xing, and Chu Pengling

魁倫，完顏氏，滿洲正黃旗人，副將軍查弼納孫也。 Kui Lun, of the Wanyan clan, was a Manchu of the Plain Yellow Banner and a grandson of the deputy general Zhabina.

嘗入覲，高宗詢家世，魁倫陳戰功甚悉。 On one audience at court, the Gaozong Emperor asked about his lineage, and Kui Lun recounted his family’s battle honors at length.

魁倫遂疊疏劾閩省吏治廢弛，伍拉納及巡撫浦霖溺職，按察使錢受椿等迎合助虐。 Kui Lun then filed repeated memorials denouncing Fujian’s collapsed governance, accusing Wula Na and Governor Pu Lin of neglecting duty and Surveillance Commissioner Qian Shouchun and others of flattering their superiors and aiding abuse.

上怒，褫伍拉納等職逮問，命長麟署總督，偕魁倫鞫訊，得伍拉納等貪婪及庫藏虧絀狀，俱伏法。 The emperor flew into a rage, stripped Wula Na and his associates of rank and ordered them arrested; he appointed Chang Lin acting governor-general and had him investigate jointly with Kui Lun. Their corruption and the treasury shortfalls were proved, and all were put to death.

伍拉納為和珅姻戚，當按治時，上切責長麟瞻徇，罷去，以事由魁倫舉發，特寬之，代署總督，嚴捕海盜，屢獲其魁。 Wula Na was related by marriage to Heshen. During the prosecution the emperor sharply rebuked Chang Lin for partiality and dismissed him. Because Kui Lun had brought the matter to light, he was treated with special leniency, made acting governor-general, waged a vigorous campaign against pirates, and repeatedly took their ringleaders.

魁倫屢於上前自稱昔治四川啯匪功，謂賊不難辦，請赴軍前，時上督責諸將平賊甚急，經略勒保未稱帝意，命魁倫赴四川，逮勒保治罪，即代署總督，駐達州治軍餉。 Before the throne Kui Lun often boasted of his earlier success against the Gelo bandits in Sichuan, claiming the rebels would be easy to crush, and begged to take the field. The emperor was then urgently pressing his generals to end the rebellion; Commander-in-Chief Lebao had failed to please him. Kui Lun was sent to Sichuan, Lebao was arrested for punishment, and Kui Lun immediately became acting governor-general, basing himself at Dazhou to oversee army provisions.

勒保獲譴由蜚語，既就逮，所部訴其冤，乞代奏，魁倫稍稍為置辯，終以玩誤軍務讞擬重闢，軍心因之渙散，不為用。 Lebao’s disgrace sprang from slander; after his arrest his troops protested his innocence and asked that their plea be forwarded. Kui Lun offered a measure of defense, yet the final verdict still charged him with bungling the campaign and recommended the heaviest penalty. Morale collapsed and the army would not follow Kui Lun.

額勒登保繼為經略，與德楞泰先後赴甘肅剿竄匪，魁倫專任四川軍事。 Eledengbao became commander-in-chief; he and Delin Tai went in succession to Gansu to hunt down roving bandits, while Kui Lun alone handled military affairs in Sichuan.

五年春，冉天元糾數路殘匪潛匿大竹，魁倫逡巡未發，賊脅眾數万由定遠渡嘉陵江，圖擾川西，魁倫繞道鄰水，自順慶追剿，檄總兵七十五還守重慶。 In the spring of the fifth year Ran Tianyuan rallied remnant bands from several routes and hid in Dazhu. Kui Lun dallied and did not strike. The rebels raised a host of tens of thousands, crossed the Jialing at Dingyuan, and aimed to ravage western Sichuan. Kui Lun detoured through Linshui and gave chase from Shunqing, while ordering Commander-in-Chief No. 75 back to hold Chongqing.

上以數年來賊氛皆在川東北，惟川西完善，地為軍餉所出，斥魁倫疏防，革職留任。 For years the rebels had troubled only northeastern Sichuan, while the west stayed intact and supplied the army’s grain. The emperor denounced Kui Lun’s negligent defense, removed his rank but kept him on duty.

賊尋渡江掠蓬溪，諸將獨總兵硃射鬥力戰而兵少，魁倫約為接應復不至，射鬥戰死。 The rebels soon crossed again and looted Pengxi. Of all the generals only Zhu Shedou fought fiercely with too few troops. Kui Lun had promised support but once more failed to arrive, and Shedou fell in battle.

魁倫退屯潼川，降三品頂戴，詔責嚴守潼河，曰：「此爾生死關頭也！」 Kui Lun fell back to Tongchuan, was demoted to third-rank insignia, and received an edict to guard the Tong River at all costs: “Your life and death hang on this!”

四月，賊伺川西備嚴，乘間竄渡潼河，焚太和，逼成都，上怒魁倫屢失機縱賊，褫職逮問，命勒保代署總督。 In the fourth month the rebels, finding western Sichuan well defended, stole across the Tong River, burned Taihe, and threatened Chengdu. The emperor raged that Kui Lun had again lost his chance and let them escape, stripped him and ordered his arrest, and appointed Lebao acting governor-general.

侍郎周興岱往會鞫，尋逮克賜死，子扎拉芬戍伊犁。 Vice Minister Zhou Xingdai went to assist the investigation; Kui Lun was soon arrested and granted suicide, and his son Zhala Fen was exiled to Yili.

魁倫居官廉，自為尚書時，詔寬減閩關賠繳銀六千兩，至是罄家產不足償，上益憐之，給還宅一區，俾其妻有所棲止； Kui Lun had served with integrity. As Minister of Personnel he had already been granted remission of six thousand taels owed from the Fujian customs levy. Now he spent his entire estate and still fell short; the emperor pitied him further, restored one house, and gave his wife a roof over her head.

复屢與總督魁倫互劾，召還，左遷通政副使。 He and Governor-General Kui Lun traded impeachments again and again; recalled to the capital, he was demoted to vice commissioner of the Court of Transmission.

魁倫、廣興之所以不得其死也。 That is why Kui Lun and Guang Xing did not die natural deaths.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 362Volume 362 Biographies 149: Fang Ji, Zhu Erhan, Yang Hu, Liao Yin, Chen Changqi, Zhu Ergenge, Cha Chonghua · 2 passages

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久之，福州將軍魁倫闢佐幕，甚見信任。 In time, Fuzhou General Kuilun brought him onto his staff, where he won deep trust.

魁倫劾總督伍拉納、巡撫浦霖，即命署總督，治其獄。 Kuilun impeached Governor-General Wulana and Governor Pu Lin, was at once appointed acting governor-general, and presided over their trials.