Overview
The translated histories identify Sun Jianai as an official, scholar, statesman, and teacher. This record brings together 20 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Sun Jianai | 孫家鼐 | Sūn Jiānǎi |
| Title | Grand Tutor | 太傅 | Taifu |
| Given | Jianai | 家鼐 | Jiānǎi |
| Given | Jianai | 家鼐 | Jianai |
| Surname | Sun | 孫 | Sūn |
| Surname | Sun | 孫 | Sun |
| Personal name | Sun Jianai | 孫家鼐 | Sūn Jiānǎi |
| Personal | Sun Jianai | 孫家鼐 | Sun Jianai |
| Personal | Sun Jianai | 孫家鼐 | |
| Posthumous | Wen Zheng | 文正 | Wenzheng |
| Courtesy | Xiechen | 燮臣 | Xiechen |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · qingshigao:113:s0020, qingshigao:195:s0198, qingshigao:437:s0227, qingshigao:443:s0001
Roles
- Official
- Scholar
- Statesman
- Teacher
Life and dates
Death
- Age: Value: 82 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宣統元年 · Western Year: AD 1909Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0027
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 光緒三十三年八月 · Western Year: AD 1907Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:113:s0019, qingshigao:113:s0020
- Source Date: Text: 光緒三十四年二月 · Western Year: AD 1908Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0024
- Source Date: Text: 光緒二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 光緒二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1898Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 光緒二十年 · Western Year: AD 1894Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0008
- Source Date: Text: 光緒十七年 · Western Year: AD 1891Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:195:s0204, qingshigao:195:s0209
- Source Date: Text: 光緒十八年 · Western Year: AD 1892Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:195:s0215, qingshigao:195:s0220
- Source Date: Text: 光緒十六年 · Western Year: AD 1890Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:195:s0193, qingshigao:195:s0198
- Source Date: Text: 光緒十六年 · Western Year: AD 1890Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 光緒四年 · Western Year: AD 1878Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0004
- Source Date: Text: 咸豐九年 · Western Year: AD 1859Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0002
- Source Date: Text: 大學士孫家鼐 · Western Year: AD 1906Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:437:s0227
- Source Date: Text: 宣統元年 · Western Year: AD 1909Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0026
- Source Date: Text: 庚子 · Western Year: AD 1900Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0033
- Source Date: Text: 戊戌 · Western Year: AD 1898Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0053
Origins and identity
- Label: Han Chinese / 漢Strongly inferred · qingshigao:195:s0198
Career and standing
- Label: Assistant Grand Secretary / 協辦大學士 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1898Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0009
- Label: Left Censor-in-Chief / 都察院左都御史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十六年 · Western Year: AD 1890Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0007
- Label: Minister of Works / 工部尚書 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十六年 · Western Year: AD 1890Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0007
- Label: Chinese Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate / 都察院漢左都御史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十六年庚寅 · Western Year: AD 1890Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:195:s0198
- Label: service at the Yuying Palace / 毓慶宮行走 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒四年 · Western Year: AD 1878Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0004
- Label: Drafting Compiler / 修撰 · Action: appointedExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0002
- Label: Grand Secretary of the Tiren Hall / 體仁閣大學士 · Action: appointedExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0017
- Label: president of the Imperial Consultative Assembly / 資政院總裁 · Action: appointedExplicit · qingshigao:113:s0020
- Label: President of the Political Consultative Assembly / 資政院總裁 · Action: appointed · Other Person Id: Pu Lun (溥倫)Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0022
- Label: service in the Imperial Library / 入直上書房 · Action: appointedExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0003
- Label: Superintendent of Studies / 管學大臣 · Action: appointedExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0010, qingshigao:443:s0053
- Label: Governor of Shuntian Prefecture / 順天府尹 · Action: concurrentExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0007
- Label: Minister of Personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1898Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0009
- Label: Chinese Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate / 都察院漢左都御史 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十七年辛卯 · Western Year: AD 1891Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:195:s0209
- Label: Hanlin Reader-in-Waiting / 侍讀 · Action: heldExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0003
- Label: Superintendent of Educational Affairs / 學務大臣 · Action: heldExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0019
- Label: Grand Secretariat Academician / 內閣學士 · Action: promotedExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0005
- Label: Grand Secretary of Wuying Hall / 武英殿 · Action: promotedExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0018
- Label: Vice Minister of Works / 工部侍郎 · Action: promotedExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0005
- Label: Minister of Rites / 禮部尚書 · Action: reappointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0016
- Label: Grand Secretary of Dongge / 東閣 · Action: transferredExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0018
- Label: Grand Secretary of Wenyuange / 文淵閣 · Action: transferredExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0018
- Label: Grand Tutor of the Crown Prince / 太子太傅 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒三十四年二月 · Western Year: AD 1908Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0024
- Label: Grand Tutor / 太傅 · Action: posthumously-grantedExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0027
- Status: resignation-sought · Action: again asked to resign for illness · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宣統元年 · Western Year: AD 1909Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0026
- Status: resignation-sought · Action: asked to resign for illnessExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0015
Places and affiliations
- Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: servedExplicit · qingshigao:195:s0198
- Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · qingshigao:443:s0002
- Place: Shouzhou, Anhui / 安徽壽州Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0001
Learning and skills
- Credential: Presented Scholar, first of first class / 一甲一名進士 · Action: earnedExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0002
Works and attributed material
- Work: lectures on the Book of Documents and the Four Books / 尚書四子書講義 · Relation: authorExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0023
- Kind: memorial · Role: authorExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0012
- Kind: memorial · Role: co-author · With Person Ids: Pan Zuyin (潘祖廕), Weng Tonghe (翁同龢), Sun Yijing (孫詒經)Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0006
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: opponent · Action: alone opposed deposing and enthroningExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0014
- Kind: recommendation · Role: recommender · Action: alone recommended Liu Tingchen as censor · Other Person Id: Liu Tingchen (劉廷琛)Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0035
- Kind: political · Role: appointee · Action: appointed-assembly-president · Other Person Id: Pu Lun (溥倫) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒三十三年八月 · Western Year: AD 1907Explicit · qingshigao:113:s0020
- Kind: legal · Role: investigator · Action: investigated bribery impeachment with Zaifeng · Other Person Ids: Zai Feng (載灃), Zhao Qilin (趙啟霖), Prince Qing (奕劻), Zai Zhen (載振)Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0021
- Kind: political · Role: advisor · Action: opposed provoking war with Japan · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒二十年 · Western Year: AD 1894Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0008
- Kind: memorial · Role: petitioner · Action: petitioned for temple sacrifices for Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu · Other Person Ids: Chen Baochen (陳寶琛), Huang Zongxi (黃宗羲), Gu Yanwu (顧炎武), Pan Zuyin (潘祖廕), Weng Tonghe (翁同龢), Sun Yijing (孫詒經)Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0006
- Kind: administrative · Role: chief coordinator · Action: reviewed official system reform with Yikuang and Qu Hongji · Other Person Ids: Prince Qing (奕劻), Qu Hongji (瞿鴻禨)Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0020
- Kind: travel · Role: summoned · Action: summoned to traveling court after west flight · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0016
- Kind: examination · Role: examiner · Action: supervised Hubei education and multiple exams without favoritismExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0031
- Kind: tutoring · Role: tutor · Action: taught the emperor · Other Person Id: Weng Tonghe (翁同龢) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒四年 · Western Year: AD 1878Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0004
- Kind: political · Role: minister · Action: took blame when Liu Tingchen criticized ministers over foreign demands · Other Person Id: Liu Tingchen (劉廷琛) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 庚子 · Western Year: AD 1900Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0033
- Kind: personnel · Role: officeholder · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒十八年壬辰 · Western Year: AD 1892Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:195:s0220
- Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Pu Lun (溥倫)Explicit · qingshigao:113:s0020
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: simple, modest, never harsh in speech or sudden anger · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0028
- Assessment: worthy; did not disgrace the great ministers of old · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0223, qingshigao:443:s0224
- Item: character Longevity, imperial calligraphy, purple reins, heated carriage / 壽、御書、紫韁、暖輪 · Relation: bestowedExplicit · qingshigao:443:s0025
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · qingshigao:195:s0198
References in the histories
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