Qing · Official and Statesman

Lin Shaonian 林紹年

Attested AD 1862 - AD 1910

Passages
15
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Lin Shaonian as an administrator, official, and statesman. This record brings together 15 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Lin Shaonian 林紹年 Lin Shaonian
Surname Lin Lin
Personal name Lin Shaonian 林紹年 Lin Shaonian
Given Shaonian 紹年 Shaonian
Posthumous name Wenzhi 文直 Wenzhi
Courtesy name Zanyu 贊虞 Zanyu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Age

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: Grand Councilor / 軍機大臣 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒三十二年 · Western Year: AD 1906
  • Label: governor of Yunnan / 巡撫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900
  • Label: censor / 御史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十四年 · Western Year: AD 1888
  • Label: governor of Henan / 河南巡撫 · Action: appointed
  • Label: prefect of Zhaotong / 昭通府知府 · Action: appointed

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同治十三年 · Western Year: AD 1874

Works and attributed material

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: forceful and upright; achieved much in frontier posts but little lasting note at court · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 438Volume 438 Biographies 225: Yan Jingming, Zhang Zhiwan, Lu Chuan Lin, Lin Shaonian · 15 passages