Qing · Official and Administrator

Li Shijie 李世傑

Attested AD 1784 - AD 1791

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Shijie was an official and Administrator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1788 to AD 1791 尋起為山西巡撫
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 21
AD 1784 to AD 1787 黃、運兩河漫溢
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 10

Career and standing

Governor-General of the Two Jiangs 兩江總督
AD 1784 to AD 1787 黃、運兩河漫溢 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 10

Assessments and attributes

Assessment inexperienced in hydraulic engineering · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Qianlong Emperor (乾隆帝)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 10
Assessment kept himself clean among frontier governors · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Yin Zhuangtu (尹壯圖)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 343, passage 21

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 343Volume 343 Biographies 130: Shu Lin Younger Brother: Guang Hou, Jue Luo Ji Qing, Jue Luo Zhang Lin, Fei Chun, Bai Ling, Bo Lin · 3 passages

黃、運兩河漫溢，帝因兩江總督李世傑未諳河工，命書麟佐之。 When the Yellow River and Grand Canal burst their banks, the emperor ordered Shu Lin to assist Governor-General Li Shijie of the Two Jiangs, who was inexperienced in hydraulic engineering.

與世傑及河督李奉翰議，漫口有四，惟司家莊、湯家莊兩處分溜，急興工堵築； With Li Shijie and Canal Director Li Fenghan he decided that of the four breach points, only Sijiazhuang and Tangjiazhuang had a split current, and that blocking and repair work there must begin at once.

內閣學士尹壯圖論州縣虧空由於派累，疆臣中惟李世傑、書麟獨善其身，和珅尤忌之，命壯圖赴各省清查倉庫，自山西始，壯圖因獲譴。 Cabinet Academician Yin Zhuangtu argued that local deficits came from excessive levies. Among frontier governors only Li Shijie and Shu Lin had kept their hands clean, which Heshen especially resented. Heshen sent Zhuangtu to audit provincial granaries, starting in Shanxi, and Zhuangtu himself was punished in the affair.