Ruan Hongdao (阮弘道)

Overview

Ruan Hongdao was an official and Scholar.

Life and dates

Death

At in office 卒官
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 244

Attested activity

AD 1356 同時所設省中官
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 135, passage 170
AD 1356 從渡江
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 135, passage 240
AD 1363 是歲
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 135, passage 241

Family

Kinship Role Confucian scholar ancestors · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 239

Career and standing

branch secretariat commissioner of Fujian 福建行省參政
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 244
branch secretariat commissioner of Jiangxi 江西行省參政
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 244
director 郎中
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 241
vice director of the left and right sections of the branch secretariat 行省左右司員外郎
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 240
official of the Jiangnan Branch Secretariat 省中官
AD 1356 同時所設省中官 · Organization Jiangnan Branch Secretariat 江南行中書省 · Served
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 135, passage 170

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming Founder's regime 太祖政權 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 240
Polity Zhu Yuanzhang's Jiangnan regime 太祖江南政權 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 170
At Chuzhou 滁
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 239
At Fujian 福建 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 244
At Jiangxi 江西 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 244

Learning and skills

Belief Confucianism 儒 · Relation Family tradition
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 239

Events and relationships

Crossed the Yangzi
AD 1356 從渡江 · Military · Follower
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 135, passage 240
Followed Grand General Wen Zheng in defending Nanchang, with merit
AD 1363 是歲 · Military · Officer · With Wen Zheng (文正) · At Nanchang 南昌
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 135, passage 241
Relation Subordinate of · Person Wen Zheng (文正)
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 241

Assessments and attributes

Assessment among the Founder's oldest associates; refined, literary, skilled in government · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 242

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 170

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 135Volume 135 Biographies 23: Chen Yu, Ye Dui, Fan Chang, Song Siyan, Guo Jingxiang, Yang Yuangao, Ruan Hongdao, Kong Keren · 6 passages

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同時所設省中官李夢庚、郭景祥、侯元善、楊元杲、陶安、阮弘道、孔克仁、王愷、欒鳳、夏煜等數十人。 At the same time the secretariat included Li Menggeng, Guo Jingxiang, Hou Yuanshan, Yang Yuangao, Tao An, Ruan Hongdao, Kong Keren, Wang Kai, Luan Feng, Xia Yu, and dozens of others.

〈（阮弘道）〉 (Ruan Hongdao)

楊元杲、阮弘道，皆滁人，家世皆儒者。 Yang Yuangao and Ruan Hongdao were both natives of Chuzhou, from families of Confucian scholars for generations.

元杲以郎中擢理軍儲於金華，而弘道亦於是歲以郎中從大都督文正守南昌，皆有功。 Yuangao was promoted from director to manage military supplies at Jinhua, while Hongdao in the same year, also as director, followed Grand General Wen Zheng in defending Nanchang; both performed with merit.

帝嘗曰：「文臣從渡江，掌簿書文字，勤勞十餘年，無如楊元杲、阮弘道、李夢庚、侯元善、樊景昭者。」 The Emperor once said, "Among the civil officials who crossed the Yangzi and managed ledgers and documents, laboring for more than ten years, none compare with Yang Yuangao, Ruan Hongdao, Li Menggeng, Hou Yuanshan, and Fan Jingzhao."

其後，元杲歷應天府尹，弘道歷福建、江西行省參政，皆卒官。 Later, Yuangao served as prefect of Yingtian, and Hongdao served as branch secretariat commissioner in Fujian and Jiangxi; both died in office.