Su Linga (蘇凌阿) | 24 Histories

Overview

Su Linga was a Manchu Official and Grand Secretary.

Life and dates

Death

died after retirement and assignment to guard Yuling
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 177

Attested activity

AD 1785 五十年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 172
AD 1799 嘉慶四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 356, passages 17, 31
AD 1741 乾隆六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passages 168-169
AD 1780 to AD 1810 卷319列傳題名
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 1
AD 1796 to AD 1799 和珅柄政至四年詔
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 98
AD 1799 和珅誅
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 319, passages 176-177

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AD 1799 嘉慶
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 362, passage 148
AD 1797 嘉慶二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 175

Family

Kin of Helin (和琳)
relative by marriage 姻親 · Marriage
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 98

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Manchu 滿洲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 168

Career and standing

Grand Secretary of the Eastern Pavilion 東閣大學士
AD 1797 嘉慶二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 175
acting minister of Punishments 署刑部尚書
AD 1797 嘉慶二年 · Held concurrently
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 175
department vice director in the Ministry of Personnel 吏部員外郎
AD 1785 五十年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 172
vice minister of Revenue 戶部侍郎
AD 1785 五十年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 172
vice minister of War 兵部侍郎
AD 1785 五十年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 172
vice minister of Works 工部侍郎
AD 1785 五十年 · Held
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 172

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Acting Governor-General 署總督
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 31
governor-general of Liangjiang 兩江總督
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 174
Grand Secretary 大學士
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 98
intendant of the Guangrao-Jiunan circuit in Jiangxi 江西廣饒九南道
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 170
minister of Revenue 戶部尚書
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 173
secretary in the Grand Secretariat 內閣中書
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 170
Entered
AD 1799 和珅誅 · Retirement
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 176
Entered
Demotion
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 171
Retained
Wealthy after misconduct
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 32

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 31
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 319, passages 1, 98
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passages 168-169, 175
AD 1799 和珅誅
At Yuling Mausoleum 裕陵 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 176
At Guangrao-Jiunan circuit, Jiangxi 江西廣饒九南道 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 170
At Liangjiang 兩江 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 174

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Organization Plain White Banner 正白旗 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 168

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1741 乾隆六年 · Credential translation licentiate 繙譯舉人
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 169

Events and relationships

Assigned to guard
AD 1799 和珅誅 · Ritual · Guardian · At Yuling Mausoleum 裕陵 · With Heshen (和珅)
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 176
Demoted
Political · Subject
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 171
Exceptionally promoted
AD 1785 五十年 · Political · Subject
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 172
Mishandled Jiangnan pirate case leading to Yang Tianxiang's execution
Legal · Responsible official · With Yang Tianxiang (楊天相) · At Jiangnan 江南
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 31
private adherent of the powerful minister 權相私人
Relation Client of · Person Heshen (和珅)
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 356, passages 32, 74
Relation Politically linked to · Person Heshen (和珅) · retired after He Shen was executed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 176

Assessments and attributes

Assessment muddled, greedy, lawless · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Hong Liangji (洪亮吉)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 356, passage 31
hard of hearing and feeble
Physical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 98

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 319, passage 98

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 319Volume 319 Biographies 106: Yu Minzhong, He Shen Son: Feng Shenyinde, Younger Brother: He Lin, Su Linga · 3 passages

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于敏中和珅弟和琳蘇凌阿 Yu Minzhong; He Shen; his younger brother He Lin; and Su Linga.

大學士蘇凌阿重聽衰邁，因與其弟和琳姻親，隱匿不奏； Grand Secretary Su Linga was hard of hearing and feeble. Because he was related by marriage to He Shen's younger brother He Lin, this was concealed and not reported;

蘇凌阿，滿洲正白旗人。 Su Linga was a Manchu of the Plain White Banner.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 356Volume 356 Biographies 143: Hong Liangji, Guan Shiming, Gu Jiqi, Li Zhongzhao, Shi Chengzao · 2 passages

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如江南洋盜一案，參將楊天相有功駢戮，洋盜某漏網安居，皆由署總督蘇凌阿昏憒糊塗，貪贓玩法，舉世知其冤，而洋盜公然上岸無所顧忌，皆此一事釀成。 Consider the Jiangnan pirate case: Battalion Commander Yang Tianxiang, a man with real merit, was executed in a mass killing while a pirate went free—all because Acting Governor Su Ling'a was muddled, greedy, and lawless. Everyone knew Yang had been wronged, yet pirates now landed openly without fear. One botched case had taught them they could.

況蘇凌阿權相私人，朝廷必無所顧惜，而至今尚擁巨貲，厚自頤養。 Worse, Su Ling'a was a creature of the late power-holder; the court owed him no tenderness, yet he still sat on a fortune and lived in comfort.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 362Volume 362 Biographies 149: Fang Ji, Zhu Erhan, Yang Hu, Liao Yin, Chen Changqi, Zhu Ergenge, Cha Chonghua · 1 passage

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兩江總督蘇凌阿閽人為和珅舊奴，恣睢用事，廉得其狀，白而逐之。 A gatekeeper of Liangjiang Governor-General Su Ling'a, formerly a slave of Heshen, abused his power. Ergenge uncovered his misconduct, reported it, and had him removed.