Prince Chun (醇郡王)

Overview

The translated histories identify Prince Chun as an aristocrat, general, and royal family member. This record brings together 9 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	Prince Chun	醇郡王	Chun Junwang
Title	Chun	醇
Title	Prince Chun	醇郡王	Chún Jùnwáng
Title	Prince Chun	醇親王
Title	Prince of Chun	醇郡王
Title	Prince of Chun	醇王
Title	seventh imperial son	皇七子

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:390:s0099, qingshigao:467:s0002
Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:436:s0119

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 光緒七年後 · Western Year: AD 1881
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:467:s0120, qingshigao:467:s0118
Source Date: Text: 光緒六年 · Western Year: AD 1880
Explicit · qingshigao:436:s0119
Source Date: Text: 光緒十年 · Western Year: AD 1884
Explicit · qingshigao:436:s0181
Source Date: Text: 同治四年 · Western Year: AD 1865
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:139:s0161
Western Year: AD 1865 · Source Date: Text: 同治四年
Explicit · qingshigao:391:s0116
Source Date: Text: 咸豐八年 · Western Year: AD 1858
Explicit · qingshigao:390:s0122
Source Date: Text: 道光二十五年 · Western Year: AD 1845
Explicit · qingshigao:390:s0099

Career and standing

Label: commander of Shenji Camp training / 訓練神機營 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:139:s0161, qingshigao:139:s0162
Title: Prince Chun / 醇郡王 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:139:s0161

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:139:s0161
Organization: Shenji Camp / 神機營 · Relation: commanded
Explicit · qingshigao:139:s0161

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Topic: Yixin should not be abruptly dismissed
Explicit · qingshigao:391:s0116

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: trained-Shenji-Camp-and-drilled-troops
Explicit · qingshigao:139:s0161, qingshigao:139:s0162

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 139Volume 139 Treatises 114: Military 10, Training · 2 passages

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四年，醇郡王等訓練神機營兵及練兵三萬餘人，操演漸著成效，綠營亦就整肅。 In year 4 Prince Chun trained the Shenji Camp and over thirty thousand drilled men with growing success; the Green Standard grew orderly too.

令仍隸醇郡王節制，督操閱兵大臣，一併閱看。 They stayed under Prince Chun, with drill and inspection ministers reviewing them together.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 390Volume 390 Biographies 177: Jia Zhen, Zhou Zupei, Zhu Fengbiao, Dan Maoqian · 2 passages

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二十五年，授皇七子讀。 In the twenty-fifth year he was made tutor to the seventh imperial son.

逾數月，命以翰林院侍講學士銜，仍直上書房，授醇郡王讀如故。 After several months he was restored to the Upper Study with the rank of Hanlin expositor and again made tutor to the Prince of Chun as before.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 391Volume 391 Biographies 178: Wo Ren, Li Tangjie, Wu Tingdong · 1 passage

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會惇、醇兩王亦奏言奕訢不可遽罷，乃復命入直。 When the Princes of Dun and Chun also argued that Yixin must not be removed so hastily, he was ordered back to the council.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 436Volume 436 Biographies 223: Shen Guifen, Li Hongzao, Weng Tonghe, Sun Yuwen · 3 passages

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六年，廷臣爭俄約久不決，懿旨派惇親王、醇親王及同龢與潘祖廕每日在南書房看摺件電報，擬片進呈取進止，至俄約改定始止。 In 1880 the court disputed the Russian treaty for months; an imperial decree assigned Princes Dun and Chun, together with Tonghe and Pan Zuyin, to review memorials and telegrams daily in the Southern Library and draft recommendations for the throne, continuing until the treaty was revised.

時法越事起，毓汶以習於醇親王，漸與聞機要。 When war broke out between France and Vietnam, Yuwen, being close to Prince Chun, gradually gained access to confidential affairs.

初，醇親王以尊親參機密，不常入直，疏牘日送邸閱，謂之「過府」。 At first Prince Chun, as an imperial kinsman in confidential affairs, did not regularly attend council sessions; memorials were sent daily to his residence for review—called "passing through the mansion."

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 467Volume 467 Biographies 254: Li Bingheng, Wang Tingxiang, Nie Shicheng, Luo Rongguang, Shou Shan Zu Sun : Rui Chang, Feng Xiang, Chong Yu · 1 passage

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醇親王閱北洋軍，以其教練有方，薦授天津鎮總兵。 When Prince Chun inspected the Beiyang army and found his training sound, he recommended him as regional commander of the Tianjin garrison.