Ming · General

Shi Heng 石亨

Shí Hēng

First attested AD 1449; died AD 1460

Passages: 11
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shi Heng was a general.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1460 to AD 1461 又數年
Died in prison
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 245

Attested activity

AD 1460 to AD 1461 又數年
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 245
AD 1449 德勝之捷
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 197
AD 1457 景泰八年正月壬午
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 204

Career and standing

commander of the ten camps 總兵十營
Appointed
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 196
hereditary marquis 世侯
AD 1449 德勝之捷 · Obtained
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 197
Entered
AD 1460 to AD 1461 又數年 · Imprisonment
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 245
Received
Pardon · With Yu Qian (于謙)
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 196
stripped of office for violating regulations 失律削職
Dismissal · Suffered
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 196

Events and relationships

Credited at Desheng victory
AD 1449 德勝之捷 · Military · Commander · At Desheng 德勝
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 197
Directed false charges and incited censors
AD 1457 景泰八年正月壬午 · Legal · Instigator · With Yu Qian (于謙)
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 207
Recommended Qian son Mian
Political · Recommender · With Yu Mian (于冕)
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 197
Restored former emperor and seized Qian
AD 1457 景泰八年正月壬午 · Political · Leader · With Yu Qian (于謙)
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 204
Relation Rival of · Person Yu Qian (于謙)
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passages 196, 202
Relation Patron of · Person Chen Ruyan (陳汝言)
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 236

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Relation Recommender of · Person Yu Mian (于冕)
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 197

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History

11 passages

History of Ming, Chapter 170Volume 170 Biographies 58: Yu Qian · 11 passages

石亨本以失律削職，謙請宥而用之，總兵十營，畏謙不得逞，亦不樂謙。 Shi Heng had been stripped of rank for a military offense; Qian had him pardoned and put in command of the ten camps. He feared Qian and could not have his way, and he disliked Qian besides.

德勝之捷，亨功不加謙而得世侯，內愧，乃疏薦謙子冕。 At Desheng, Heng won a hereditary marquisate while Qian received no added credit; ashamed, he memorialized recommending Qian's son Mian.

且亨位大將，不聞舉一幽隱，拔一行伍微賤，以裨軍國，而獨薦臣子，于公議得乎？ And Heng is a great general—has he ever recommended an obscure worthy or promoted a humble soldier for the good of the army? To recommend only my son—can that satisfy public opinion?

亨復大恚。 Heng was furious anew.

景泰八年正月壬午，亨與吉祥、有貞等既迎上皇復位，宣諭朝臣畢，即執謙與大學士王文下獄。 On renwu day in the first month of Jingtai 8, after Heng, Jixiang, and Youzhen had restored the former emperor and addressed the court, they seized Qian and Grand Secretary Wang Wen and threw them into prison.

亨等主其議，嗾言官上之。 Heng and his faction drove the case and incited censors to submit the charges.

文不勝誣，辯之疾，謙笑曰：「亨等意耳，辯何益？」 Wen could not bear the false charges and argued fiercely; Qian smiled and said, "This is Heng's doing—what good is argument?"

謙既死，而亨党陳汝言代為兵部尚書。 After Qian's death, Heng's follower Chen Ruyan became Minister of War.

亨俯首不能對。 Heng bowed his head in silence.

是年，有貞為亨所中，戍金齒。 That year Youzhen was brought down by Heng and exiled to Jinchi.

又數年，亨亦下獄死，吉祥謀反族誅，謙事白。 A few years later Heng died in prison; Jixiang rebelled and his clan was exterminated; Qian's case was cleared.