Ming · Family Member

Stepmother of Zhu Geng 朱賡繼母

Attested AD 1550 - AD 1601

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Stepmother of Zhu Geng was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1550 to AD 1601 Activity described in s0046
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 219, passage 46

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Zhu Geng (朱賡)
stepmother 繼母 · Step parentage
Directly stated · History of Ming 219, passage 46

Events and relationships

Her death caused Zhu Geng to leave office for mourning.
Biographical event · Participant
Directly stated · History of Ming 219, passage 46

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 219Volume 219 Biographies 107: Zhang Siwei, Ma Ziqiang, Xu Guo, Zhao Zhigao, Zhang Wei, Zhu Geng · 1 passage

朱賡，字少欽，浙江山陰人．父公節，泰州知州．兄應，刑部主事．賡登隆慶二年進士，改庶吉士，授編修．萬曆六年以侍讀為日講官．宮中方興土木，治苑囿．賡因講宋史，極言「花石綱」之害，帝為悚然．歷禮部左、右侍郎．帝營壽宮於大峪山，命賡往視．中官示帝意欲倣永陵制，賡言：「昭陵在望，制過之，非所安．」疏入，久不下．已，竟如其言．累官禮部尚書，遭繼母喪去． Zhu Geng, styled Shaoqin, came from Shanyin in Zhejiang. His father Gongjie was prefect of Taizhou; his elder brother Ying was a director in the Ministry of Justice. Geng passed the jinshi in the second year of Longqing, entered the Hanlin Academy, and was appointed compiler. In the sixth year of Wanli he served as Daily Lecturer. The palace was then undertaking construction and tending gardens; lecturing on Song history, Geng spoke at length of the harm of the Flower and Stone Convoys, and the emperor was startled. He served as Left and Right Vice Minister of Rites. When the emperor was building his tomb at Dayu Mountain, he ordered Geng to inspect the site. A eunuch conveyed the emperor's wish to follow the scale of the Yongling tomb; Geng said: 'The Zhaoling tomb is in view; to exceed it in scale would be unsettling.' The memorial was submitted but long went unanswered; in the end it was done as he said. He rose to Minister of Rites and left on account of his stepmother's death.