Overview
Mei Zhili was an official.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Hesheng | 和勝 | Hesheng |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 1126 to AD 1127 靖康之變Cause Died in the state's calamityDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 274, 277
- AD 1127 靖康二年二月Beaten to death and head displayedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 196
Age
- 49Reckoning Sui · Circumstance at deathDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 200
Attested activity
- AD 1100 to AD 1126 卷三百五十七 列傳第一百十六Strongly inferred · History of Song 357, passage 1
- AD 1100 to AD 1126 徽宗朝Dated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passages 161-163
- AD 1120 to AD 1121 方臘Dated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 176
- AD 1110 to AD 1127 梅執禮Strongly inferred · History of Song 357, passage 160
- AD 1126 欽宗立Dated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 183
- AD 1126 to AD 1127 金人圍京都Dated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passages 187-188
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- AD 1126 to AD 1127 靖康之變Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 274, 277
- AD 1127 靖康二年二月Directly stated · History of Song 357, passages 196, 200
Career and standing
- head of the search for funds 主根索Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 189
- Hanlin academician 翰林學士AD 1126 欽宗立 · AppointedDated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 183
- Minister of Personnel 吏部尚書AD 1126 欽宗立 · AppointedDated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 183
- doctor of the Military Academy 武學博士AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 162
- editor of imperial commands 敕令刪定官AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 162
- prefect of Qizhou 知蘄州AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 178
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- assistant magistrate of Changshan 常山尉Assigned · Negated trueDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 162
- attendant of the Xianmo Hall 顯謨閣待制DemotedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 178
- assistant director of the Armory 軍器丞HeldDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 166
- assistant director of the Court of State Ceremonial 鴻臚丞HeldDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 166
- tutor of the Zishan Hall 資善堂翊善HeldDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 169
- vice director of the Revenue Section 比部員外郎HeldDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 166
- Secretariat drafter 中書舍人PromotedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 169
- supervising secretary 給事中PromotedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 169
- vice director of the National University 國子司業PromotedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 169
- compiler of the Jiying Hall 集英殿修撰RestoredDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 179
- prefect of Chuzhou 知滁州AD 1100 to AD 1126 徽宗朝 · TransferredDated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 179
- Minister of Revenue 戶部尚書AD 1126 欽宗立 · TransferredDated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 183
- prefect of Zhenjiang 知鎮江府AD 1126 欽宗立 · TransferredDated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 183
- Ministry of Personnel 吏部TransferredDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 169
- Revenue Bureau 度支TransferredDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 169
- vice director of the Left Office 左司員外郎TransferredDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 169
- vice minister of Rites 禮部侍郎TransferredDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 173
- academician of the Duanming Hall 端明殿學士AD 1127 高宗即位 · Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 201
- academician of the Zizheng Hall 資政殿學士AD 1127 高宗即位 · Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 202
- Senior Grandee of the Court for Imperial Offerings 通奉大夫AD 1127 高宗即位 · Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 201
- EnteredStripped of officeDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 178
Places and affiliations
- Polity Song 宋 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 162, 183, 274, 277
- At Pujiang in Wuzhou 婺州浦江Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 161
- At Chuzhou 滁州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 179, 181-182
- At Pujiang 浦江 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 161
- At Qizhou 蘄州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 178
- At Zhenjiang 鎮江 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 183
Learning and skills
- EarnedCredential Presented Scholar 進士Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 162
Works and attributed material
- admonitory poem 戒之以詩Relation AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 177
- Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Wang Fu (王黼) · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 175-176
- Historical judgment · Subject · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 274, 277
- Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 168, 185-186
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 164, 181, 189, 192-193
Events and relationships
- Argued for dismissalDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 170
- Arrived late after the Meng sacrifice at the original templeRitual · Late arriverDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 178
- Asked that palace funds pass through the Revenue BureauAdministrative · ReformerDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 184
- Blocked requests by Meng Changling, Yang Kai, and Zhang YouLegal · CensorDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 171-172
- Exposed a fraudulent tea certificateDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 167-168
- Pleaded for the caned deputiesLegal · PleaderDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 196
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- Plotted to seize Wansheng Gate and recover the two emperorsMilitary · Conspirator · Outcome FailedDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 198-199
- Refused to visit the chief ministerPolitical · ActorDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 165
- Resisted enemy demands and met disasterAD 1126 to AD 1127 靖康之變 · Political · ResisterDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 274
- Urged personal campaign and evacuation of the retired emperor and retired empress, the empress, and the crown princeAD 1126 to AD 1127 金人圍京都 · Military · AdviserDated from the passage context · History of Song 357, passage 187
- Won a reduction of 200000 in the Chuzhou salt levyAdministrative · PetitionerDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 182
- Relation Colleague of · Person An Fu (安扶)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 189
- Relation Friend of · Person Wang Fu (王黼)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 174
- Relation Colleague of · Person Cheng Zhen (程振)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 189
- Relation Fellow resister with · Person Cheng Zhen (程振)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 274
- Relation Colleague of · Person Chen Zhizhi (陳知質)Directly stated · History of Song 357, passage 189
- Relation Recommended by · Person Qiang Yuanming (強淵明)Strongly inferred · History of Song 357, passage 163
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment could not bear the capital people's suffering; resisted the strong enemy's insatiable demands and personally met disaster · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 274
- Assessment the posthumous reward was too modest · Mode named-source-reportDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 202
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passage 1
- Value historicalDirectly stated · History of Song 357, passages 160-161
References in the histories
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