Sangge (桑哥) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Sangge as a named individual, official, and statesman. This record brings together 4 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Sangge	桑哥	Sānggē
Personal name	Sangge	桑哥	Sānggē
Transliterated	Sangge	桑哥	Sangge
Personal	Sangha	桑哥

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:179:s0012

Roles

Named Individual
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 至元二十七年前後的故人財產敘述 · Reign Id: yuan-zhiyuan · Regnal Year: 27 · Western Year: AD 1290
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:117:s0075, yuanshi:117:s0080
Source Date: Text: 至元二十八年 · Reign Id: yuan-zhiyuan · Regnal Year: 28 · Western Year: AD 1291
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:179:s0013
Source Date: Text: 楫徽州任內 · Western Year: c. AD 1287
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:191:s0073, yuanshi:191:s0074

Career and standing

Status: fall-from-power · Action: fell
Explicit · yuanshi:179:s0013

Events and relationships

Kind: fiscal-administration · Role: ministerial founder · Action: established the ministry and audited realm finances
Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0074

Assessments and attributes

Item: household wealth / 家財 · Relation: posthumously-redistributed
Explicit · yuanshi:117:s0080

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 117Volume 117 Biographies 4: Belgutei, Jochi, Tula, Yahudou, Kuanchepuhua, Tiemu'er Buhua · 1 passage

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復命納裏忽、徹徹不花往錫命其部屬同時被剽掠者，以故相桑哥家財分賜之，仍各賜白金五十兩、珠子一酒扈，鈔幣稱是。 He further ordered Nariqhu and Cheche Buqa to go and comfort his retainers who had suffered the same raids, distributing among them the household wealth of the late Chancellor Sangha, and granting each fifty taels of silver, a measure of pearls, and banknotes in proportion besides.

History of Yuan, Chapter 179Volume 179 Biographies 66: He Sheng, Yang Duoerzhi, Xiao Baizhu · 2 passages

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盧世榮、桑哥秉政，勢焰熏灼，勝父仁傑留守上都，不肯為之下，桑哥欲陰中之，累數十奏，帝皆不聽。 Under Lu Shirong and Sangge, who wielded power with intimidating force, Sheng's father Renjie, serving as governor of Shangdu, refused to bow to them. Sangge tried to destroy him in secret, filing dozens of accusations, but the emperor paid no heed.

至元二十八年，桑哥敗，罷尚書省，政歸中書。 In 1291, Sangge fell from power, the Secretariat was abolished, and governance reverted to the Central Secretariat.

History of Yuan, Chapter 191Volume 191 Biographies 78: Virtuous Officials 1 · 1 passage

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桑哥立尚書，會計天下錢糧，參知政事忻都、戶部尚書王巨濟，倚勢刻剝，遣吏徵徽州民鈔，多輸二千錠，巨濟怒其少，欲更益千錠，楫詣巨濟曰：「公欲百姓死耶、生耶？ When Sangge established the Ministry of Revenue and audited the realm's finances, Vice Grand Councillor Xindu and Minister of Revenue Wang Juji, relying on their power, engaged in harsh exactions. They sent officials to collect paper currency from Huizhou's populace, who paid two thousand ingots more than required. Juji was angry that the amount was too small and wanted to add another thousand. Ji went to Juji and said: "Do you, sir, wish the common people to live or to die?