Qing · Official and Scholar

Li Zongfang 李宗昉

Died AD 1846

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Li Zongfang as an official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

PeriodQing

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Li Zongfang 李宗昉 Li Zongfang
Personal name Li Zongfang 李宗昉 Li Zongfang
Courtesy name Zhiling 芝齡 Zhiling
Personal name Zongfang 宗昉

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1846
    Explicit · qingshigao:375:s0133

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: minister of Rites / 禮部尚書 · Action: appointed
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:375:s0131

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: jinshi second in first class / 一甲二名進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶七年 · Western Year: AD 1802
    Explicit · qingshigao:375:s0116

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 375Volume 375 Biographies 162: Bai Rong, Sun Huan, Shi Zhiyan, Na Qingan, Sheng Yin, Li Zongfang, Yao Yuanzhi, He Rulin, Ji Zhichang, Lie Chuan · 3 passages
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初，宗昉督學貴州時，巡撫議丈全省田為增賦計，民情惶駭，會檄學官徵集圖書，得御史包承祚奏疏，乾隆初，學政鄒一桂請丈田，而承祚奏駁之，極言黔中山多平地少，民每虛佔不毛之地，胥吏高下其手，以丈高下不可準之田，賦未必增，民受其害。 Earlier, when Zongfang was educational commissioner in Guizhou, the governor proposed surveying all land in the province to increase taxation, terrifying the populace. When educational officials were ordered to collect documents, he found a memorial by Censor Bao Chengzuo. In the early Qianlong reign, Educational Commissioner Zou Yigui had requested land surveys, but Chengzuo had memorialized in rebuttal, arguing that Guizhou had more mountains than flat land, that people often falsely claimed barren plots, that clerks manipulated the process, that surveying uneven terrain would not necessarily increase revenue, and that the people would suffer.