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Shi Heng 石亨

Died AD 1460

Passages
7
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Shi Heng as an aristocrat, general, military officer, and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

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Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Shi Heng 石亨 Shi Heng
Personal name Shi Heng 石亨 Shi Heng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Aristocrat
  • General
  • Military Officer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: died in prison soon after being jailed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順四年春正月癸卯 · Western Year: AD 1460
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0103

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: Deputy General for the Punitive Campaign against the Barbarians / 征虜副將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年三月庚辰 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0029
  • Title: Duke of Loyal States / 忠國公 · Action: enfeoffed · Reason: merit in the Gate-Seizing restoration · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月丙戌 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0008
  • Title: Marquis of Wuqing / 武清侯 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0002
  • Legal Action: dismissal from office for an offense / 以罪罷 · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順三年冬十月庚午 · Western Year: AD 1459
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0096
  • Legal Action: imprisonment for an offense / 有罪下獄 · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順四年春正月癸卯 · Western Year: AD 1460
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0103

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Event: Gate-Seizing restoration / 奪門迎復 · Role: leader · Action: led troops that brought the Emperor out of the Southern Palace · Other Person Id: Yingzong (英宗) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0002, mingshi:012:s0008
  • Kind: coup · Role: leader · Action: seized gate to restore Yingzong
    Explicit · mingshi:169:s0221
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: suppressed bandits in Yan-sui · Place: Yan-sui / 延綏 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年三月庚辰 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0029
  • Relation: accuser-of · Person Id: Yang Xuan (楊瑄) · Action: his accusation sent the censor to prison · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年五月是月 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0038
  • Relation: accuser-of · Person Id: Zhang Peng (張鵬) · Action: his accusation sent the censor to prison · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年五月是月 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0038

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records · 6 passages
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天順元年春正月壬午，昧爽，武清侯石亨，都督張輗、張軏，左都御史楊善，副 都御史徐有貞，太監曹吉祥以兵迎帝於南宮，御奉天門，朝百官。 In the first month of spring in Tianshun one, at first light on renwu, Shi Heng, Marquis of Wuqing, Zhang Ni and Zhang Yue, regional commanders, Yang Shan, left censor-in-chief, Xu Youzhen, vice censor-in-chief, and the eunuch Cao Jixiang led troops to bring the Emperor out of the Southern Palace; he took the throne at Fengtian Gate and received the whole bureaucracy in audience.
History of Ming, Chapter 169Volume 169 Biographies 57: Gao Gu, Hu Ying, Wang Zhi · 1 passage
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