Qing · Ruler

Shizu 世祖

Shìzǔ

Attested AD 1656 - AD 1661

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Shizu was a ruler.

PeriodQing
IdentityHistorical · Male
RolesRuler

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 245Volume 245 Biographies 32: Gang Lin, Feng Quan, Chen Mingxia, Chen Zhilin, Liu Zhengzong · 11 passages
因責左副都御史魏裔介等媕阿緘默,裔介退,具疏劾之遴植黨營私,當上詰問,但云「才疏學淺」,良心已昧; He thereupon rebuked Left Vice Censor-in-Chief Wei Yijie and others for fawning compliance and silence; Yijie withdrew and submitted a detailed memorial impeaching Zhilin for forming factions and pursuing private ends; when the emperor questioned him, he could only say "my talent is meager and my learning shallow"—his conscience was already clouded;
十六年,上以正宗器量狹隘,終日務詩文,廷議輒以己意為是,降旨嚴飭,並諭曰:「朕委任大臣,期始終相成,以愜簡拔初念。 In the sixteenth year, because the emperor considered Zhengzong narrow in capacity, devoted all day to poetry and prose, and in court deliberations always held his own opinion correct, a stern admonitory edict was issued, also instructing: "I entrust great ministers expecting mutual completion from start to finish, to satisfy the original intent of selection.