Lü Xianji (呂賢基) | 24 Histories

Overview

Lü Xianji was an official and Statesman.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Hetian	鶴田	Hètián

Life and dates

Death

AD 1853 十月
Died when the city fell · At Shucheng 舒城
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 32

Attested activity

AD 1853 三年正月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 14
AD 1853 十月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 32
AD 1853 七月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 24
AD 1853 八月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 25
AD 1852 二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 7
AD 1851 咸豐元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 6

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AD 1850 文宗即位
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 4
AD 1835 道光十五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 2

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Lü Jinwen (錦文)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 34

Kinship Role sons · Count 1
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 34

Career and standing

bachelor of the Hanlin Academy 庶吉士
AD 1835 道光十五年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 2
compiler 編修
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 2
vice minister of Works 工部侍郎
AD 1851 咸豐元年 · Exceptionally promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 6
censor 御史
Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 3
director of the Court of State Ceremonial 鴻臚寺卿
Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 5
supervising secretary 給事中
Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 3

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Hall of Loyalty and Devotion in the capital and native prefecture 京師及本籍府城昭忠祠
Enshrined
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 35
local worthies 鄉賢
Enshrined · At Anhui 安徽
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 36-37
special shrine at Shucheng 舒城專祠
Granted · At Shucheng 舒城
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 34
ministerial rank 尚書銜
AD 1853 咸豐三年 · Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 34
hereditary Commandant of Cavalry 騎都尉世職
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 35

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 2
At Jingde, Anhui 安徽旌德
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 1
AD 1853 三年正月
At Anhui 安徽 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 14
AD 1853 八月
At Shucheng 舒城 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 25, 29
AD 1853 八月
At Tongcheng 桐城 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 25
At Jingde 旌德 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 1

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1835 道光十五年 · Credential metropolitan graduate 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 2

Works and attributed material

AD 1853 三年正月
Memorial · Co author · With Zhou Tianjue (週天爵) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 19-21
AD 1853 三年正月
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · With Emperor Wenzong (文宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 14-16
AD 1852 二年
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · With Emperor Wenzong (文宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 7-12
AD 1850 文宗即位
Sealed memorial · Author · Paraphrased · With Emperor Wenzong (文宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 4
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 30-31

Events and relationships

Asked the throne to invite open counsel amid rebel war and river work crisis
AD 1852 二年 · Political · Memorialist
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 7, 12-13
Impeached Zhang Xiyu for withdrawing to Daguan
Legal political · Accuser · With Zhang Xiyu (張熙宇)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 28
Ordered Geng Yintai and Wu Dengyong to drive off Hubei rebels from Yingshan, Taihu, and Hongjiabu
AD 1853 七月 · Military · Commander · With Geng Yintai (賡音太)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 24
Ordered to Anhui to handle defense and suppression with Jiang Wenqing and Zhou Tianjue
AD 1853 三年正月 · Military administrative · Imperial commissioner · With Jiang Wenqing (蔣文慶) · At Anhui 安徽
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 14
Refused advice to abandon Shucheng and mounted the walls
AD 1853 十月 · Military · Defender · At Shucheng 舒城
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passages 29-32
Submitted sealed counsel urging imperial learning, moral renewal, nurturing talent, and relief of popular hardship
AD 1850 文宗即位 · Political · Memorialist · With Emperor Wenzong (文宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 4

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Went to Shucheng and Tongcheng to raise militia after rebels reoccupied Anqing
AD 1853 八月 · Military · Organizer · At Shucheng and Tongcheng 舒城、桐城
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 25
Relation Requested assistance of · Person Yuan Jiasan (袁甲三)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 18
Relation Requested assistance of · Person Li Hongzhang (李鴻章)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 18
Relation Requested assistance of · Person Zhao Yun (趙畇)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 18

Assessments and attributes

AD 1853 咸豐三年
Assessment always loyal and upright; sure to have kept honor intact · Mode speech Speaker Emperor Wenzong (文宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 33
Assessment character upright and official conduct loyal and direct; the honor fully deserved · Mode edict Speaker Emperor Wenzong (文宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 36
Assessment deeply mourned · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor Wenzong (文宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 34
AD 1850 文宗即位
Assessment especially well received · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor Wenzong (文宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 4
AD 1853 三年正月
Assessment plan approved but not carried out before Anqing and Jiangning fell · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 17
Assessment proposal endorsed by the emperor · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor Wenzong (文宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 22

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Assessment stood on principle and spoke out freely; many recommendations were adopted · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 3

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 399, passage 1

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 399Volume 399 Biographies 186: Lv Xianji, Zou Minghe, Dai Xi, Tang Yifen, Zhang Fei, Huang Cong, Tao Tingjie, Feng Peiyuan, Sun Mingen, Shen Bingyuan, Zhang Xigeng · 8 passages

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呂賢基，字鶴田，安徽旌德人。 Lü Xianji, styled Hetian, was from Jingde in Anhui.

三年正月，命賢基馳赴安徽會同巡撫蔣文慶及週天爵辦理防剿事宜，賢基疏言：「江寧以東西梁山為要隘，必先扼守。 In the first month of the third year Xianji was ordered to rush to Anhui to work with Governor Jiang Wenqing and Zhou Tianjue on defense and suppression. He memorialized: 'The eastern and western Liang Mountains are the key passes of Jiangning and must be seized and held first.

七月，湖北敗賊竄陷英山，擾太湖，分犯洪家埠，賢基檄游擊賡音太、伍登庸擊走之。 In the seventh month defeated rebels from Hubei broke into Yingshan, raided Taihu, and sent detachments against Hongjiabu. Xianji ordered battalion commanders Geng Yintai and Wu Dengyong to beat them back.

八月，賊復自江西竄踞安慶，賢基赴舒城、桐城勸募團練，為官軍聲援。 In the eighth month the rebels again swept in from Jiangxi and occupied Anqing. Xianji went to Shucheng and Tongcheng to raise militia and give the regular forces a supporting presence.

已革按察使張熙宇退駐大關，賢基抗疏劾之。 The dismissed provincial judge Zhang Xiyu had pulled back and encamped at Daguan, and Xianji submitted a strong memorial impeaching him.

賢基曰：「奉命治鄉兵殺賊，當以死報國。 Xianji said: 'I was ordered to raise local militia and fight the rebels. I ought to repay the state with my life.

文宗初聞舒城失守，即曰：「賢基素懷忠義，必能大節無虧。」 When Emperor Wenzong first heard that Shucheng had fallen, he said at once: 'Xianji has always been loyal and upright; he is sure to have kept his honor intact.'

後安徽請祀鄉賢，特諭：「賢基品行端正，居官忠直，名副其實。」 Later Anhui asked that he be enshrined among local worthies, and a special edict declared: 'Xianji's character was upright and his official conduct loyal and direct; the honor is fully deserved.'