Li Wentian (李文田) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Wentian as an official and scholar. This record brings together 8 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	Li Wentian	李文田	Li Wentian
Surname	Li	李	Li
Personal name	Li Wentian	李文田	Li Wentian
Courtesy name	Shaonong	芍農	Shaonong
Posthumous name	Wencheng	文誠	Wencheng
Given name	Wentian	文田	Wentian
Given	Wentian	文田	Wentian

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0040, qingshigao:445:s0051
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:441:s0250

Roles

Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 1895
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0065

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 九年 · Western Year: AD 1870
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:441:s0044, qingshigao:441:s0043
Source Date: Text: 二十年 · Western Year: AD 1894
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:441:s0064, qingshigao:441:s0061
Source Date: Text: 光緒八年 · Western Year: AD 1882
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0061
Source Date: Text: 同、光 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1862 · End: AD 1908
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:441:s0248, qingshigao:441:s0250
Source Date: Text: 同治五年 · Western Year: AD 1866
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0043
Source Date: Text: 咸豐九年 · Western Year: AD 1859
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0041
Source Date: Text: 明年 · Western Year: AD 1895
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:441:s0065, qingshigao:441:s0064
Source Date: Text: 鄉舉 · Western Year: AD 1870
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:445:s0051

Family

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Child of Mother of Li Wentian
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother

Career and standing

Label: inner-palace classical scholar and tutor / 典學內直
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:441:s0248, qingshigao:441:s0250

Places and affiliations

Place: Shunde, Guangdong / 廣東順德
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0040

Learning and skills

Credential: jinshi, third of first class / 一甲三名進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐九年 · Western Year: AD 1859
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0041
Skill: northwest geography / 西北輿地 · Level: expert
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0066
Skill: broad and elegant learning / 學識淹雅 · Level: renowned
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0250

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Units: s0051, s0052, s0053, s0054, s0055, s0056, s0057, s0058
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0051, qingshigao:441:s0052, qingshigao:441:s0053, qingshigao:441:s0054, qingshigao:441:s0055, qingshigao:441:s0056, qingshigao:441:s0057, qingshigao:441:s0058
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Baojun (寶鋆)
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0049

Events and relationships

Kind: examination · Role: chief examiner · Action: advanced Zhu Yixin · Other Person Id: Zhu Yixin (朱一新)
Explicit · qingshigao:445:s0051

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: famed for comprehensive erudition · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0250
Assessment: learning was broad and elegant · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · qingshigao:441:s0250

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 441Volume 441 Biographies 228: Pan Zuyin, Li Wentian, Sun Yijing, Xia Tongshan, Zhang Jiaxiang, Zhang Yinglin, Zhang Renfu, Zhang Hengjia · 7 passages

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潘祖廕李文田孫詒經夏同善張家驤 Pan Zuyin, Li Wentian, Sun Yijing, Xia Tongshan, and Zhang Jiaxiang

李文田，字芍農，廣東順德人。 Li Wentian, courtesy name Shaonong, was a native of Shunde in Guangdong.

文田日：「正為是來耳！」 Wentian replied, "That is precisely why I have come!"

明年，卒，卹如製，諡文誠。 The following year he died; condolence gifts followed regulations, and he was given the posthumous name Wencheng (Sincere in Culture).

文田學識淹通，述作有體，尤諳究西北輿地。 Wentian's learning was broad and penetrating, his writings well structured, and he was especially expert in the geography of the northwest.

乃與李文田等請起用恭親王奕訢，稱旨。 He then joined Li Wentian and others in asking to recall Prince Gong Yixin; the request pleased the throne.

祖廕好賢勤事，文田學識淹雅，同以通博稱。 Zuyin loved worthies and was diligent in affairs; Wentian's learning was broad and elegant; both were famed for comprehensive erudition.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 445Volume 445 Biographies 232: Wu Kedu, Zhu Yixin, Tu Keshou, An Weijun, Wen Ti, Jiang Chunlin · 1 passage

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鄉舉對策語觸時忌，主司李文田特拔之。 In the provincial examination his policy essay touched contemporary taboos, but chief examiner Li Wentian specially advanced him.