Mingzhu (明珠) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Mingzhu as an official and statesman. This record brings together 37 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Mingzhu	明珠	Míngzhū
Courtesy	Duanfan	端範	Duānfàn
Personal name	Mingzhu	明珠	Mingzhu
Native name	Mingzhu	明珠
Personal	Mingzhu	明珠	Mingzhu
Clan	Nara	納喇氏
Surname	Nara	納喇

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0001, qingshigao:275:s0026, qingshigao:287:s0146

Roles

Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙四十七年 · Western Year: AD 1708
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0140

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 康熙七年 · Western Year: AD 1668
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0073
Source Date: Text: 康熙三十五年 · Western Year: AD 1696
Explicit · qingshigao:287:s0146, qingshigao:287:s0147
Source Date: Text: 康熙三年 · Western Year: AD 1664
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0071
Source Date: Text: 康熙二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1682
Explicit · qingshigao:275:s0026
Source Date: Text: 康熙二十七年 · Western Year: AD 1688
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0109
Source Date: Text: 康熙二十七年 · Western Year: AD 1688
Explicit · qingshigao:270:s0153
Source Date: Text: 康熙五年 · Western Year: AD 1666
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0072
Source Date: Text: 康熙十一年 · Western Year: AD 1672
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0076
Source Date: Text: 康熙十二年 · Western Year: AD 1673
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0077
Source Date: Text: 康熙十六年 · Western Year: AD 1677
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0093
Source Date: Text: 康熙十四年 · Western Year: AD 1675
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0092
Source Date: Text: 康熙四十七年 · Western Year: AD 1708
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0140

Family

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Descendant of Gintaisi (金台石)
Kinship Term: grandfather / 祖 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal
Child of Niyaha (尼雅哈)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Kui Xu (揆敘)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological

Origins and identity

Ethnicity: Manchu / 滿洲
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0068

Career and standing

Label: academician of the Hall of Literary Glory / 弘文院學士 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 康熙五年 · Western Year: AD 1666
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0072
Label: grand secretary of the Hall of Military Glory / 武英殿大學士 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 康熙十六年 · Western Year: AD 1677
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0093
Label: interior minister / 內大臣 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 康熙二十七年 · Western Year: AD 1688
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0137
Label: left censor-in-chief / 都察院左都御史 · Action: appointed
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0075
Label: minister of civil appointments / 吏部尚書 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 康熙十四年 · Western Year: AD 1675
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0092
Label: minister of justice / 刑部尚書 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 康熙七年 · Western Year: AD 1668
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0074
Label: minister of war / 兵部尚書 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 康熙十一年 · Western Year: AD 1672
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0076
Label: superintendent / 總管 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 康熙三年 · Western Year: AD 1664
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0071
Label: Grand Secretary / 大學士 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:275:s0026, qingshigao:287:s0146
Title: Grand Preceptor to the Crown Prince / 太子太師 · Action: granted
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0093
Status: dismissed · Action: stripped of grand secretaryship · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙二十七年 · Western Year: AD 1688
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0136

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0068, qingshigao:275:s0026
Place: Southern Park / Hawk-Drying Terrace / 南苑晾鷹台 · Relation: active-at · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙十二年 · Western Year: AD 1673
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0077, qingshigao:269:s0078
Organization: Plain Yellow Banner / 正黃旗 · Relation: member-of
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0068

Works and attributed material

Work: History of the Ming / 明史 · Relation: chief-compiler
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0093
Work: Veritable Records / 實錄 · Relation: chief-compiler
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0093
Kind: impeachment · Role: accused · Other Person Id: Guo Xiu (郭琇) · Quoted: true
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0109, qingshigao:269:s0110, qingshigao:269:s0111, qingshigao:269:s0112, qingshigao:269:s0113, qingshigao:269:s0114, qingshigao:269:s0115, qingshigao:269:s0116, qingshigao:269:s0117, qingshigao:269:s0118, qingshigao:269:s0119, qingshigao:269:s0120, qingshigao:269:s0121, qingshigao:269:s0122, qingshigao:269:s0123, qingshigao:269:s0124, qingshigao:269:s0125, qingshigao:269:s0126, qingshigao:269:s0127

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: logistics · Action: supervised western-route provisions against Galdan · Other Person Id: Galdan (噶爾丹)
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0138
Kind: political · Role: advocate · Action: supported abolishing the Three Feudatories · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙十二年 · Western Year: AD 1673
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0083, qingshigao:269:s0087
Relation: ally-of · Person Id: Yu Guozhu (余國柱)
Explicit · qingshigao:270:s0153

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: corrupt faction leader · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Guo Xiu (郭琇)
Explicit · qingshigao:270:s0154
Assessment: corrupt; bribes piled mountain-high · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0096
Assessment: fell through greed and extravagance · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0183
Assessment: when he held power his influence blazed · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · qingshigao:287:s0152