Overview
The translated histories identify Rui Cheng as an administrator, aristocrat, and official. This record brings together 15 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 | Rui Cheng | 瑞澂 | Rui Cheng |
| Personal | Ruicheng | 瑞澂 | Ruicheng |
| Courtesy | Xinru | 莘儒 | Xinru |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · qingshigao:471:s0084
Roles
- Administrator
- Aristocrat
- Official
Life and dates
Death
- Cause: illness / 病 · Place: Shanghai / 上海 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 居上海四年 · Western Year: AD 1915Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0115, qingshigao:471:s0108
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 1911Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:473:s0139
- Source Date: Text: 三年七月 · Western Year: AD 1911Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0102
- Source Date: Text: 光緒三十三年 · Western Year: AD 1907Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0089
- Source Date: Text: 宣統改元 · Western Year: AD 1909Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0094
- Source Date: Text: 居上海四年 · Western Year: AD 1915Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0115, qingshigao:471:s0108
- Source Date: Text: 逾歲 · Western Year: AD 1910Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0097, qingshigao:471:s0094
Family
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- Descendant of Qishan (琦善)Kinship Term: grandson / 孫 · Generation Distance: 2 · Line: paternal · Parentage: biological
- Child of Gongtang (恭鏜)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son - Kin of Zaize (載澤)Kinship Term: relation by marriage / 姻婭 · Union Category: other
Kinship Term: relation by marriage / 姻婭 · Union Category: other
Origins and identity
- Label: Manchu of the Plain Yellow Banner / 滿洲正黃旗Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0084
Career and standing
- Label: acting Huguang governor-general / 署湖廣總督 · Action: acting · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宣統改元 · Western Year: AD 1909Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0096, qingshigao:471:s0094
- Label: assistant for Sichuan–Hankou and Canton–Hankou railways / 會辦川漢、粵漢鐵路 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年七月 · Western Year: AD 1911Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0102
- Label: Jiangxi judicial commissioner / 江西按察使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒三十三年 · Western Year: AD 1907Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0089
- Label: Ministry of Justice clerk / 刑部筆帖式 · Action: appointedExplicit · qingshigao:471:s0085
- Label: Huguang governor-general / 湖廣總督 · Action: confirmed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 逾歲 · Western Year: AD 1910Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0097, qingshigao:471:s0094
- Label: Jiujiang daotai / 九江道 · Action: postedExplicit · qingshigao:471:s0086
- Label: Jiangsu administration commissioner / 江蘇布政使 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒三十三年 · Western Year: AD 1907Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0089
- Label: governor / 巡撫 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宣統改元 · Western Year: AD 1909Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0095, qingshigao:471:s0094
- Label: chief secretary / 主事 · Action: promotedExplicit · qingshigao:471:s0085
- Label: asked to resign / 乞解職 · Action: resignation-requested · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宣統改元 · Western Year: AD 1909Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0094
- Label: Shanghai daotai / 上海道 · Action: transferredExplicit · qingshigao:471:s0086
- Label: vice director in the Ministry of Revenue / 戶部員外郎 · Action: transferredExplicit · qingshigao:471:s0085
- Status: impeachment · Action: impeached · Other Person Id: Wang Xianqian (王先謙) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 逾歲 · Western Year: AD 1910Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0099, qingshigao:471:s0097
- Status: impeachment · Action: impeached · Other Person Id: Ye Dewei (葉德輝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 逾歲 · Western Year: AD 1910Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0099, qingshigao:471:s0097
- Status: impeachment · Action: impeached · Other Person Id: Zou Lvhe (鄒履和) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 逾歲 · Western Year: AD 1910Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0098, qingshigao:471:s0097
- Status: impeachment · Action: impeached · Other Person Id: Kong Xianggu (孔憲穀) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 逾歲 · Western Year: AD 1910Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0099, qingshigao:471:s0097
- Status: impeachment · Action: impeached · Other Person Id: Feng Qijun (馮啟鈞) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 逾歲 · Western Year: AD 1910Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0098, qingshigao:471:s0097
- Status: arrest-order · Action: ordered-arrested · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 1911Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0114, qingshigao:471:s0102
- Status: dismissal · Action: stripped-of-office · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 1911Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0108, qingshigao:471:s0102
Places and affiliations
- Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: servedExplicit · qingshigao:471:s0085
- Place: Shanghai / 上海 · Relation: fled-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 1911
- Place: Shanghai / 上海 · Relation: posted-toExplicit · qingshigao:471:s0086
Learning and skills
- Credential: tribute student / 貢生 · Action: heldExplicit · qingshigao:471:s0085
Events and relationships
- Kind: military · Role: fleeing-commander · Action: abandoned-Wuchang · Place: Wuchang / 武昌 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 1911Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0108, qingshigao:471:s0102
- Kind: legal · Role: prosecutor · Action: arrested-revolutionaries · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 1911Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0106, qingshigao:471:s0102
- Kind: administrative · Role: reformer · Action: built-police-systemExplicit · qingshigao:471:s0088
- Kind: administrative · Role: implementer · Action: constitutional-preparationsExplicit · qingshigao:471:s0100
- Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: failed-to-prepare-for-Wuchang-uprising · Place: Wuchang / 武昌 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年 · Western Year: AD 1911
- Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: pursued-bandits · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒三十三年 · Western Year: AD 1907
- Relation: associate-of · Person Id: Zhang Jian (張謇)Explicit · qingshigao:471:s0101
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: chief criminal for abandoning Wuchang · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · qingshigao:471:s0121
- Assessment: prestige rose after Hunan impeachments · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · qingshigao:471:s0099
- Assessment: reputation for uprightness in foreign dealings · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · qingshigao:471:s0087
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · qingshigao:473:s0056
References in the histories
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