Overview
The translated histories identify Mu Tianyan as an administrator, named individual, and official. This record brings together 27 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Mu Tianyan | 慕天顏 | Mu Tianyan |
| Courtesy | Gongji | 拱極 | Gongji |
| Surname | Mu | 慕 | Mu |
| Personal | Mu Tianyan | 慕天顏 | |
| Given | Tianyan | 天顏 | Tianyan |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · qingshigao:269:s0164
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · qingshigao:278:s0003
Roles
- Administrator
- Named Individual
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙三十五年 · Western Year: AD 1696Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0063
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 康熙三十五年 · Western Year: AD 1696Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0063
- Source Date: Text: 康熙九年 · Western Year: AD 1670Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0006
- Source Date: Text: 康熙二十七年 · Western Year: AD 1688Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0164
- Source Date: Text: 康熙二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1684Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0044
- Source Date: Text: 康熙二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1687Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0047
- Source Date: Text: 康熙二十年 · Western Year: AD 1681Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0034
- Source Date: Text: 康熙十三年 · Western Year: AD 1674Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0011
- Source Date: Text: 康熙十九年 · Western Year: AD 1680Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0028
- Source Date: Text: 康熙十二年 · Western Year: AD 1673Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 康熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1676Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0015
- Source Date: Text: 順治十二年 · Western Year: AD 1655Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0004
Family
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- Child of Mother of Mu TianyanKinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother
Career and standing
- Label: director-general of grain transport / 漕運總督 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1687Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0047
- Label: magistrate of Qiantang in Zhejiang / 浙江錢塘知縣 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治十二年 · Western Year: AD 1655Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0004
- Label: minister of war / 兵部尚書 · Action: conferredExplicit · qingshigao:278:s0019
- Label: vice censor-in-chief on the right / 右副都御史 · Action: held-concurrentExplicit · qingshigao:278:s0019
- Label: Shang-Jingnan circuit in Huguang / 湖廣上荊南道 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙九年 · Western Year: AD 1670Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0006
- Label: governor of Jiangning / 江寧巡撫 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1676Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0015
- Label: Jiangsu provincial treasurer / 江蘇布政使 · Action: promotedExplicit · qingshigao:278:s0008
- Label: prefect of Xinghua in Fujian / 福建興化知府 · Action: promotedExplicit · qingshigao:278:s0005
- Label: governor of Hubei / 湖北巡撫 · Action: recalled · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1684Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0044
- Label: Xing-Quan circuit in Fujian / 福建興泉道 · Action: transfer-requestedExplicit · qingshigao:278:s0007
- Label: governor of Guizhou / 貴州巡撫 · Action: transferredExplicit · qingshigao:278:s0046
- Label: subprefect of Nanning in Guangxi / 廣西南寧同知 · Action: transferredExplicit · qingshigao:278:s0005
- Title: Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent / 太子少保 · Action: conferredExplicit · qingshigao:278:s0019
- Title: vice minister of war / 兵部侍郎 · Action: conferredExplicit · qingshigao:278:s0017
- Status: imprisonment · Action: jailedExplicit · qingshigao:278:s0061
- Status: demotion · Action: sentenced · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙二十年 · Western Year: AD 1681Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0040, qingshigao:278:s0041
- Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0062
- Status: dismissal · Action: stripped-of-officeExplicit · qingshigao:278:s0059
Places and affiliations
- Place: Jingning in Gansu / 甘肅靜寧Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0003
Learning and skills
- Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治十二年 · Western Year: AD 1655Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0004
Works and attributed material
Events and relationships
- Kind: military-logistics · Role: supervisor · Action: built-transport-boats · Other Person Id: Wu Sangui (吳三桂) · Place: Yuezhou / 岳州Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0018
- Kind: waterworks · Role: proposer · Action: dredged · Place: Baimao Harbor and Mengdu River / 白茆港、孟瀆河Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0032
- Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0068
- Relation: rival-of · Person Id: Jin Fu (靳輔)Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0056, qingshigao:278:s0058
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: knew Longqi's integrity yet could not tolerate him · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · qingshigao:278:s0189
- Assessment: left benevolent achievements; especially praised in Jiangnan · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · qingshigao:278:s0064, qingshigao:278:s0067
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · qingshigao:269:s0164
References in the histories
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