Sheng Zhu (盛住) | 24 Histories

Overview

Sheng Zhu was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1785 to AD 1786 上年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 49
AD 1783 四十八年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 179

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 322 Volume 322 Biographies 109: Dou Guangnai, Li Shufang, Fan Yibin, Cao Xibao, Xie Zhending, Qian Feng, Yin Zhuangtu 2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 318 Volume 318 Biographies 105: A Gui, A Di Si, A Bi Da 1 passage

Career and standing

Provincial Administration Commissioner 布政使
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 49
Zhejiang financial commissioner 浙江布政使
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 179

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 179
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 49

Works and attributed material

Accused Chen Huizu regarding Wang Tanwang estate
AD 1783 四十八年 · Memorial · Author · With Chen Huizu (陳輝祖)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 179

Events and relationships

Went to capital
AD 1785 to AD 1786 上年 · Travel · Traveler · At the capital 京師
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 49, 52
Relation Accuser of · Person Chen Huizu (陳輝祖)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 318, passage 179

Assessments and attributes

Assessment carried an excessively large sum, arousing gossip · Mode hearsay Speaker Dou Guangnai (竇光鼐)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 49
Item more than 39,000 taels of ginseng-price silver due for remittance 應解參價銀三萬九千餘 · Relation Carried · Negated Private Wealth true · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Agui (阿桂)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 52

Source notes

Guangnai treated the sum as suspiciously private wealth; Agui reported it was official ginseng-price silver for remittance, not private goods.
Field funds-carried-to-capital · Witness Person Id Agui (阿桂)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 49, 52

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 318Volume 318 Biographies 105: A Gui, A Di Si, A Bi Da · 1 passage

Open chapter

浙江布政使盛住疏論總督陳輝祖籍王亶望家有所私，命阿桂如浙江按治。 Zhejiang financial commissioner Sheng Zhu reported that Governor Chen Huizu had privately appropriated property while confiscating the household of Wang Tanwang; the emperor ordered A Gui to Zhejiang to investigate.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 322Volume 322 Biographies 109: Dou Guangnai, Li Shufang, Fan Yibin, Cao Xibao, Xie Zhending, Qian Feng, Yin Zhuangtu · 2 passages

Open chapter

並及布政使盛住上年詣京師，攜貲過豐，召物議； and also Provincial Administration Commissioner Sheng Zhu, who on his journey to the capital the previous year carried a suspiciously large sum of money, arousing gossip;

阿桂疏言盛住詣京師，附攜應解參價銀三萬九千馀，非私貲； Agui reported that Sheng Zhu had carried more than thirty-nine thousand taels of ginseng-price silver due for remittance to the capital, not private wealth;