Qing · Official

Shangzhen 上振

Attested AD 1730 - AD 1770

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shangzhen was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1730 to AD 1770 高祖上振官湖南司獄
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 380, passage 202

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of He Changling (賀長齡)
great-grandfather 高祖 · paternal line · 3 generations · Through Paternal grandfather of He Zhangling (賀長齡祖父), Father of He Zhangling (賀長齡父)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 380, passage 202
Parent of Paternal grandfather of He Zhangling (賀長齡祖父)
son 子 · paternal line
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 380, passage 202

Career and standing

Jail warden of Hunan 湖南司獄
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 380, passage 202

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 380, passage 202
At Hunan 湖南 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 380, passage 202
At Hunan 湖南 · Relation Settled in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 380, passage 202

Assessments and attributes

Assessment quietly merciful to prisoners · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 380, passage 202

Source notes

Too poor to return to ancestral home, so the family settled in Hunan
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 380, passage 202

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 380Volume 380 Biographies 167: Chen Ruolin, Dai Sanxi, Sun Erzhun, Cheng Zuluo, Ma Jisheng, Yu Tai, He Zhangling · 1 passage

高祖上振，官湖南司獄，卹囚有隱德，貧未能歸，遂家湖南。 His great-grandfather Shangzhen had served as jail warden in Hunan; known for quietly showing mercy to prisoners, he was too poor to return home and the family settled in Hunan.