Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Ling Minzhan 淩民瞻

Attested AD 1069

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Ling Minzhan was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1069 二年三月甲申
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 96, passages 21, 23-24

Career and standing

Demoted
AD 1069 二年三月甲申 · Demotion
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 24

Places and affiliations

AD 1069 二年三月甲申
Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 96, passage 23

Events and relationships

Dredging destroyed ancient sluices
AD 1069 二年三月甲申 · Hydraulic · Responsible official · Outcome Navigation worsened
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 24
Proposed abolishing Lucheng barrage and installed unused gates at Wangting
AD 1068 to AD 1069 先是 · Hydraulic · Proposer
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 23

Assessments and attributes

Assessment the people were worn out with hardship after the destroyed works · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 24

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 96Volume 96 Treatises 49: Rivers and Canals 6 · 2 passages

二年三月甲申，先是，淩民瞻建議廢呂城堰，又即望亭堰置閘而不用。 On jiashen day in the third month of the second year: earlier, Ling Minzhan had proposed abolishing the Lücheng barrage and had installed gates at Wangting barrage but left them unused.

及因浚河，隳敗古涇函、石閘、石鹈達，河流益阻，百姓勞弊，至是，民瞻等貶降有差。 Dredging work then destroyed the ancient sluice culverts, stone gates, and Shitida structures, making the river even harder to navigate and exhausting the populace. At this point Minzhan and his associates were demoted to varying degrees.