Qing · Official and Statesman

Liu Zhengzong 正宗

Zhengzong

Attested AD 1644 - AD 1660

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Liu Zhengzong was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1660 十七年
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 245, passages 244-245
AD 1644 to AD 1660 際初運
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 245, passages 252-253

Career and standing

Suffered
Punished
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 245, passages 254-255

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 245, passages 245, 252

Events and relationships

Brought down
Political · Rival · With Chen Mingxia (名夏)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 245, passage 255
Had proteges
Political · Patron
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 245, passage 252
Memorialized against
Legal · Accused · With Yijie (裔介)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 245, passage 245
Relation Brought down · Person Chen Mingxia (名夏)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 245, passage 255

Assessments and attributes

Assessment wielded considerable influence; held high rank at the dynasty's beginning yet was not equal to bearing it; suffered punishment; brought down Mingxia yet could not himself escape guilt · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 245, passages 252-255

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 245Volume 245 Biographies 32: Gang Lin, Feng Quan, Chen Mingxia, Chen Zhilin, Liu Zhengzong · 3 passages

裔介劾正宗，詞連縉彥，奪官逮訊。 When Yijie memorialized against Zhengzong, his language implicated Jinyan; Jinyan was stripped of office and arrested for interrogation.

之遴、正宗各有所援引，知當時亦頗用事。 Zhilin and Zhengzong each had their own protégés; one knows that at the time they too wielded considerable influence.

正宗傾名夏，亦不免於罪，尤可鑑矣。 Zhengzong brought down Mingxia, yet could not himself escape guilt—this is especially worth taking as a warning.