Ming · Official and Administrator

Li Zhanggeng 李長庚

First attested AD 1573; died AD 1644

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11
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1
Histories
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Li Zhanggeng was an official and Administrator.

PeriodMing
IdentityHistorical · Male

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TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Youqing 酉卿 Youqing

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  • Audience at terrace of peace
    AD 1633 六年正月次日 · Political · Summoned · At Terrace of Peace 平臺
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 256, passages 284, 289
  • campaigned against bandits and captured their ringleaders 討擒其渠魁
    Military · Commander · Captured ringleaders · At Wuding and other prefectures and counties 武定諸州縣
    Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 189
  • first opposed then supported Deng-Lai sea transport to Liaodong 議行登、萊海運
    AD 1618 四十六年 · Logistical · Advisor · Debated sea transport · At Dengzhou and Laizhou to Liaodong 登、萊海運遼東
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 256, passages 190-192
  • devoted himself to famine relief; people relied on him to recover 盡心荒政，民賴以蘇
    Administrative · Administrator · Famine relief
    Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 188
  • Led colleagues memorial against eunuch interference
    AD 1633 六年正月 · Political · Memorialist · With Wang Kun (王坤)
    Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 256, passages 284-287
  • Lived at home ten years
    Personal · Subject
    Directly stated · History of Ming 256, passage 227
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History of Ming, Chapter 256Volume 256 Biographies 144: Cui Jingrong, Huang Kezuan, Bi Ziyan, Li Zhanggeng, Liu Zhifeng · 11 passages
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長庚初言不便，後言：「自登州望鐵山西北口，至羊頭凹，歷中島、長行島抵北信口，又歷兔兒島至深井，達蓋州，剝運一百二十里，抵娘娘宮，陸行至廣寧一百八十里，至遼陽一百六十里，每石費一金。」 Zhanggeng at first said it was impractical, but later said, "From Dengzhou toward the northwest mouth of Tieshan to Yangtou'ao, passing Middle Island and Changxing Island to Beixin Mouth, then Rabbit Island to Shenjing and Gaizhou—lighterage one hundred twenty li to Niangniang Palace; overland to Guangning one hundred eighty li, to Liaoyang one hundred sixty li—each shi of grain costs one tael."
時議歲運米百八十萬石，豆九十萬石，草二千一百六十萬束，銀三百二十四萬兩，長庚請留金花，行改折，借稅課，言：「臣考會計錄，每歲本色、折色通計千四百六十一萬有奇。 At the time annual transport was set at 1,800,000 shi of rice, 900,000 shi of beans, 21,600,000 bundles of fodder, and 3,240,000 taels of silver. Zhanggeng asked to retain golden-flower silver, carry out commutation, and borrow tax levies, saying, "I have examined the accounting records: each year goods-in-kind and commuted payments together total more than 14,610,000 taels.