Sheng Yu (盛昱) | 24 Histories

Overview

Sheng Yu was an Imperial Clansman and Official.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Boxi	伯熙	Boxi

Life and dates

Death

AD 1899 光緒二十五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 130

Age

10
Reckoning Sui · Context used teqin in a poem
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 109

Attested activity

AD 1899 光緒二十五年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 130
AD 1876 光緒二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 110
AD 1880 光緒六年後
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 470, passages 6-7
AD 1889 光緒十五年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 128
AD 1888 光緒十四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 127
AD 1884 光緒十年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 120

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AD 1884 光緒十年夏
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 124
AD 1851 咸豐元年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 110
AD 1879 to AD 1885 盛昱言不妄發，潔身早退
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 259

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Jingzheng (敬徵)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations
grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Heng'en (恆恩)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 107; Draft History of Qing 365, passage 110
Descendant of Hooge (豪格)
ancestor seven generations removed 七世祖 · paternal line · 7 generations
seventh-generation descendant 七世孫 · paternal line · 7 generations
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 106
Child of Heng'en (恆恩)
son 子
father 父
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 365, passages 109-110
Child of Heng'en (恆恩)
father 父
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 108

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Origins and identity

Ethnicity Manchu 滿洲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 106

Career and standing

Hanlin editor 編修
AD 1876 光緒二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 110
Chancellor of the Imperial Academy 祭酒
AD 1884 光緒十年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 120
Daily Lecture and Imperial Diary official 日講起居注官
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 111
Right Junior Tutor 右庶子
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 111
Retired
AD 1889 光緒十五年 · Retirement · Cause Illness
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 128
Withdrew
Early retirement
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 259

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Member of
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 110
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 259
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 106
Organization Manchu Bordered White Banner 滿洲鑲白旗 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 106

Learning and skills

Subjects classics, history, geography, and Qing institutional precedents 經史、輿地及本朝掌故
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 110
Earned
AD 1876 光緒二年 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 110
Skill poetry and historical philology 詩與史證 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 109

Works and attributed material

New Tang History 新唐書
Relation Textual critic
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 109
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · About Prince Chun should not handle routine affairs
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 123
Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passages 117-118, 121
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 124

Events and relationships

Corrected New Tang History Turkic teqin reading
Scholarly · Critic
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 109
Impeached grand council ministers
AD 1884 光緒十年 · Impeachment · Accuser
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passages 122-123
Impeached
Impeachment · Accuser · With Chen Baozhen (陳寶箴)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passages 114-115
Impeached
Impeachment · Accuser · With Peng Yulin (彭玉麟)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 113
Impeached
Impeachment · Accuser · With Liu Bingzhang (劉秉璋)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 112
Impeached
Impeachment · Accuser · With He Jing (何璟)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 112

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Presided
AD 1888 光緒十四年 · Examination · Chief examiner · At Shandong 山東
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 127
Reformed imperial academy
Educational reform · Chancellor · With Zhi Lin (治麟)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 126
Urged immediate war
AD 1884 光緒十年夏 · Court debate · Advocate
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 124
Withdrew early to preserve integrity
AD 1879 to AD 1885 潔身早退 · Personal · Retiree
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 259
Relation Associate of · Person Zhi Rui (志銳) · Context mutually encouraged integrity
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 7
Relation Colleague of · Person Zhi Lin (治麟)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 126

Assessments and attributes

Assessment fearless remonstrator · Assessment Zh 謇諤 · Mode public-opinion
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 119
Assessment reputation for integrity in retirement · Assessment Zh 清譽 · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 129
Assessment spoke-with-restraint-withdrew-early-preserved-pure-reputation · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 259

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 110
has a separate biography 自有傳
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 365, passage 110

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 365Volume 365 Biographies 152: Jue Luo Bao Xing, Zong Shijingzheng, Zong Shixien, Chen Guanjun, Zhuo Bingtian · 1 passage

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孫盛昱，自有傳。 his grandson Sheng Yu is treated in a separate biography.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 444Volume 444 Biographies 231: Huang Tifang, Zong Shibaoting, Zong Shishengyu, Zhang Peilun, Deng Chengxiu, Xu Zhixiang · 13 passages

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宗室盛昱，字伯熙，隸滿洲鑲白旗，肅武親王豪格七世孫。 The imperial clansman Sheng Yu, whose courtesy name was Boxi, belonged to the Manchu Bordered White Banner and was a seventh-generation descendant of Prince Suwu, Hooge.

盛昱少慧，十歲時作詩用「特勤」字，據唐闕特勤碑證新唐書突厥「純特勒」為「特勤」之誤，繇是顯名。 Sheng Yu showed exceptional talent as a boy. At ten he used the term "teqin" in a poem and, citing the Tang stele of Kül Tigin, demonstrated that the New Tang History's Turkic "chun tele" was a misreading of "teqin"—an achievement that brought him wide renown.

閩浙總督何璟、巡撫劉秉璋收降台匪黃金滿，盛昱劾璟等長惡養奸，請下吏嚴議，發金滿黑龍江、新疆安置。 When Fujian-Zhejiang Governor-General He Jing and Governor Liu Bingzhang accepted the surrender of the Taiwan rebel Huang Jinman, Sheng Yu attacked them for sheltering criminals and urged strict judicial review, with Jinman exiled to Heilongjiang and Xinjiang.

尚書彭玉麟數辭官不受職，劾其自便身圖，啟功臣驕蹇之漸。 When Minister Peng Yulin repeatedly refused office, Sheng Yu impeached him for putting personal ease first and encouraging the arrogance of meritorious officials.

浙江按察使陳寶箴陛見未行，追論官河南聽獄不慎，罷免； Before Zhejiang Surveillance Commissioner Chen Baozhen could depart for his audience with the throne, Sheng Yu revived charges of careless adjudication from Chen's tenure in Henan, and Chen was dismissed;

張佩綸劾其留京幹進，寶箴疏辯，盛昱言其嘵嘵失大臣體，請再下吏議。 Zhang Peilun then charged him with lingering in Beijing to lobby for promotion. When Chen Baozhen defended himself in a memorial, Sheng Yu declared that his noisy self-defense was unbecoming a senior minister and urged another referral to the judiciary.

盛昱言：「出自誘劫，不足言功，徒令屬國寒心，友邦騰笑。 Sheng Yu wrote: "This arose from entrapment and abduction and cannot be called merit; it only chills our tributary ally and invites ridicule abroad.

法越構釁，徐延旭'唐炯坐失地逮問，盛昱言：「逮問疆臣而不明降諭旨，二百年來無此政體。」 When the Sino-French conflict erupted, Xu Yanxu and Tang Jiong were arrested for losing territory. Sheng Yu wrote: "To seize and interrogate frontier officials without a clear imperial edict—in two hundred years there has been no precedent for such a procedure."

太后怒，罷恭親王奕訢等，而詔醇親王奕枻入樞府，盛昱復言：「醇親王分地綦崇，不宜嬰以政務。」 The empress dowager was enraged and dismissed Prince Gong Yixin and others, but then summoned Prince Chun Yixuan to the Grand Council. Sheng Yu protested again: "Prince Chun's princely station is too exalted to be burdened with routine state affairs."

其夏，命廷臣會議和戰大局，盛昱主速戰，力陳七利，謂：「再失事機，噬臍無及。」 That summer the court ordered a ministerial debate on war and peace. Sheng Yu argued for immediate war, setting forth seven advantages and warning: "If we miss our chance again, we shall bite our navels in vain regret."

盛昱為祭酒，與司業治麟究心教士之法，大治學舍，加膏火，定積分日程，懲遊惰，獎樸學，士習為之一變。 As chancellor, Sheng Yu and Vice Director Zhi Lin overhauled instruction at the academy: they renovated the dormitories, increased stipends, instituted a points-based schedule, punished idleness, rewarded serious scholarship—and student conduct was transformed.

盛昱家居有清譽，承學之士以得接言論風采為幸。 In retirement Sheng Yu enjoyed a reputation for integrity, and young scholars considered it a privilege to hear him speak and observe his manner.

唯盛昱言不妄發，潔身早退，庶超然無負清譽歟？ Only Sheng Yu spoke with restraint and withdrew early to preserve his integrity—perhaps he alone, standing apart, did not betray his pure reputation?

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 470Volume 470 Biographies 257: Zhi Rui, With: Liu Congde, Chun Xun, Liang Bi, Zong Shizaimu, Wan Xuan With: De Pei, Tong Yuan, Wen Rui With: Cheng Yan, Ke Meng E, Heng Ling With: De Pei, Pu Shou, Xie Baosheng, Yao Aiyun, Huang Zhonghao, Yang Rang Li Cong Zi Xu : Chen Qi · 1 passage

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與黃體芳、盛昱輩相勵以風節，數上書言事。 He and such men as Huang Tifang and Sheng Yu spurred one another to uphold integrity, and he sent up memorial after memorial on affairs of state.