Oboi (鰲拜) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Oboi as a general, military officer, official, and statesman. This record brings together 6 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Oboi	鰲拜	Áobài
Personal name	Oboi	鰲拜
Personal	Oboi	鼇拜	Áobài
Personal	Oboi	鼇拜	Aobai

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:246:s0031, qingshigao:272:s0094
Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:259:s0082, qingshigao:269:s0006, qingshigao:275:s0029

Roles

General
Military Officer
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 1646
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:259:s0082
Source Date: Text: 康熙八年 · Western Year: AD 1669
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0006
Source Date: Text: 康熙初 · Western Year: AD 1662
Explicit · qingshigao:275:s0029
Source Date: Text: 康熙初四輔臣時期 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1661 · End: AD 1669
Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0094
Source Date: Text: 順治二年 · Western Year: AD 1645
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:246:s0031

Career and standing

Status: dominated-government · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:275:s0029
Status: condemned · Action: convicted
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0006

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:259:s0082, qingshigao:275:s0029

Events and relationships

Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Yang Guangxian (楊光先)
Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0094

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0006

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 246Volume 246 Biographies 33: Tan Tai, He Luohui, Xi Tu Ku, Bo Er Hui, Leng Sengji · 2 passages

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二年，英親王阿濟格坐奏軍事不實得罪，命譚泰與鰲拜等集眾宣其罪。 In the second year Prince Ying Ajige was condemned for false military reports; Tan Tai and Oboi were told to gather the court and announce his guilt.

鰲拜复訐譚泰阿附睿親王及營私擅政諸狀，讞皆實。 Oboi further charged Tan Tai with siding with Prince Rui and ruling for private gain; every count was sustained.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 259Volume 259 Biographies 46: Yi Li Bu, Ha Ke San, A Er Hu, Lu Shen, Ya Ji, Kuo Er Kun, Wang Chengye · 1 passage

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三年，從肅親王豪格西征，會叛將賀珍等犯漢中，分兵守雞頭關，路什與巴牙喇纛章京鰲拜擊卻之； In Shunzhi 3 (1646) he followed Prince Su Haoge west. When rebel generals He Zhen and others struck Hanzhong, Lu Shen and Vanguard Banner Commander Oboi repulsed them at Jitou Pass;

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 269Volume 269 Biographies 56: Suo Etu, Ming Zhu · 1 passage

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及鼇拜獲罪，大學士班布爾善坐黨誅，授索額圖國史院大學士，兼佐領。 After Oboi's fall, Grand Secretary Banbursan was put to death as his partisan; Songgotu was made grand secretary of the Historiographic Institute and company commander.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 272Volume 272 Biographies 59: Tang Ruowang, Yang Guangxian, Nan Huai Ren · 1 passage

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南懷仁等復呈告光先依附鼇拜，將歷代所用洪範五行稱為滅蠻經，致李祖白等無辜被戮，援引吳明烜誣告湯若望謀叛。 Nan Huai Ren and others further accused Yang Guangxian of siding with Oboi, calling the Hongfan Five Phases used through the ages the "Scripture for Destroying Barbarians," causing the innocent execution of Li Zubai and others, and citing Wu Mingxuan's false charge that Tang Ruowang plotted rebellion.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 275Volume 275 Biographies 62: Ge Er Gu De, Zhao Shilin, Guo Shilong, Fu Lata, Ma Rulong · 1 passage

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自康熙初，鼇拜柄政，總督硃昌祚等以圈地獲罪，由是無敢訟言其失者。 Since early Kangxi, when Oboi dominated the government, Governor Zhu Changzuo and others had been punished for protesting land seizures, and afterward no one dared sue over banner encroachments.