Yuan · Official

Min Ben 閔本

Mǐn Běn

Attested AD 1368

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Min Ben as an official and scholar. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Min Ben	閔本	Mǐn Běn
Personal	Ben	本	Ben
Personal	Min Ben	閔本	Min Ben
Courtesy	Zongxian	宗先	Zongxian

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0031

Roles

Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Manner: suicide by hanging
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0041

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 至正二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1368
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:196:s0037, yuanshi:196:s0089

Family

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Parent of Zhenzhen (真真)
Kinship Term: elder daughter / 長女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Birth Order: 1 · Object Role: daughter
Spouse of Lady Cheng (程氏)
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage
Parent of Nünu (女女)
Kinship Term: younger daughter / 次女 · Parentage: biological · Subject Birth Order: 2 · Object Role: daughter

Kinship Role: daughters · Count: 2
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0042

Career and standing

Label: attendant academician of the Hall of Gathered Worthies / 集賢侍講學士 · Action: appointed
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0036
Label: clerk in the Ministry of Rites / 禮部令史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0033
Label: Minister of Personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: appointed
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0035
Status: recipient of rank of Supporter of the Court · Label: Supporter of the Court / 中奉大夫
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0040

Places and affiliations

Label: Yuan / 元 · Relation: served
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0040
Place: Henei / 河內
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0031

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quote: true
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0037, yuanshi:196:s0038

Events and relationships

Relation: recruited-by · Person Id: Buhua (不花)
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0033

Assessments and attributes

有目疾
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0036

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 196Volume 196 Biographies 83: Loyal and Righteous Acts 4 · 6 passages

閔本，字宗先，河內人。 Min Ben, whose style name was Zongxian, was from Henei.

早歲得推擇為禮部令史，御史大夫不花奇本之才，辟以為掾，平反冤獄，甚有聲。 In his early years he was selected as a clerk in the Ministry of Rites. Censor-in-chief Buhua admired his talent and recruited him as an aide; he reversed wrongful convictions and won wide renown.

本素貧，且有目疾，嘗上章乞謝事，不允，詔授集賢侍講學士。 Ben had always been poor and also suffered from an eye ailment. He once submitted a memorial asking to retire, but permission was denied; instead he was appointed attendant academician of the Hall of Gathered Worthies.

大明兵薄京師，本謂其妻程氏曰：「國事至此，吾知之久矣。 When Ming forces pressed close to the capital, Ben said to his wife Lady Cheng, "The affairs of state have come to this—I have known it would for a long time.

本乃朝服，與程氏北向再拜，大書於屋壁曰：「元中奉大夫、集賢侍講學士閔本死。」 Ben then put on court dress, and together with Lady Cheng bowed twice facing north. He wrote in large characters on the wall: "Min Ben, Yuan recipient of the rank of Supporter of the Court and attendant academician of the Hall of Gathered Worthies, is dead."

二女：長真真，次女女，見本死，呼天號泣，亦自縊於其傍。 His two daughters—the elder Zhenzhen and the younger Nünu—seeing him dead, cried out to heaven and wept, and hanged themselves beside him as well.