Qing · Official and Imperial Clansman

Sushun 肅順

Sùshùn

First attested AD 1821; died AD 1861

Passages
55
Chapters
8
Histories
1

Overview

Sushun was an official and Imperial Clansman.

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Yuting 雨亭 Yǔtíng

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Key source chapters

  1. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 387 Volume 387 Biographies 174: Zong Shisushun, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Jiao Youying, Chen Fuen 31 passages
  2. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 385 Volume 385 Biographies 172: Du Shoutian Son: Han, Qi Junzao Son: Shi Zhang, Weng Xincun, Peng Yunzhang 8 passages
  3. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 389 Volume 389 Biographies 176: Bai Jun, Lin Kui, Rui Chang, Quan Qing 6 passages
  4. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 191 Volume 191 Tables 31: Ministers of Boards and Courts Chronological Table 7 Lower 3 passages
  5. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 386 Volume 386 Biographies 173: Wen Qing, Wen Xiang, Bao Yun 2 passages

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55 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 191Volume 191 Tables 31: Ministers of Boards and Courts Chronological Table 7 Lower · 3 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 385Volume 385 Biographies 172: Du Shoutian Son: Han, Qi Junzao Son: Shi Zhang, Weng Xincun, Peng Yunzhang · 8 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 386Volume 386 Biographies 173: Wen Qing, Wen Xiang, Bao Yun · 2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 387Volume 387 Biographies 174: Zong Shisushun, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Jiao Youying, Chen Fuen · 31 passages
肅順察寶鈔處所列「宇」字五號欠款與官錢總局存檔不符,奏請究治,得朦混狀,褫司員台斐音等職,與商人並論罪,籍沒者數十家。 Sushun found that arrears listed for the five "yu" firms at the Treasure Note Office did not match the Official Coin General Bureau archives. He memorialized for investigation, uncovered fraud, stripped clerks including Tai Feiyin of rank, tried them with the merchants, and confiscated property from dozens of households.
十一年七月,上疾大漸,召肅順及御前大臣載垣、端華、景壽,軍機大臣穆廕、匡源、杜翰、焦祐瀛入見,受顧命,上已不能禦硃筆,諸臣承寫焉。 In the seventh month of 1861 the emperor's illness turned grave. Sushun, the imperial chamberlains Zaiyuan, Duanhua, and Jingshou, and the grand councilors Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Du Han, and Jiao Youying were called in to receive his deathbed charge. He could no longer hold the vermilion brush himself, and the ministers wrote at his dictation.
詔謂:「擅政阻皇太后垂簾,三人同罪,而肅順擅坐御位,進內廷出入自由,擅用行宮御用器物,傳收應用物件,抗違不遵,並自請分見兩宮皇太后,詞氣抑揚,意在構釁,其悖逆狂謬,較載垣、端華罪尤重。」 The edict declared: "In usurping power and blocking the empress dowager from ruling behind the curtain the three were alike guilty; yet Sushun had presumptuously sat on the imperial seat, come and gone freely in the inner court, used objects reserved for the traveling palace, collected supplies due the court yet defied orders, and even asked to see the two empress dowagers separately with a tone meant to provoke—his treason and frenzy outweighed even Zaiyuan and Duanhua's crimes."
肅順等既敗,少詹事許彭壽疏請治黨援,論形跡最著莫如孚恩,最密莫如侍郎劉昆、黃宗漢,平日所薦舉者,則有侍郎成琦、太僕寺少卿德克津太、候補京堂富績等,於是諸臣盡黜。 After Sushun's fall, Junior Mentor Xu Pengshou memorialized to punish their clique. He named Fuen the most conspicuous associate, Liu Kun and Huang Zonghan the closest confidants, and among Fuen's usual recommendations Cheng Qi, Deke Jintai, and Fuji; all were dismissed.
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 389Volume 389 Biographies 176: Bai Jun, Lin Kui, Rui Chang, Quan Qing · 6 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 394Volume 394 Biographies 181: Xu Guangjin, Ye Mingchen, Huang Zonghan · 2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 423Volume 423 Biographies 210: Zong Jichen, Yin Gengyun, Wang Zheng, Mu Jixianga, You Baichuan, Shen Huai · 2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 450Volume 450 Biographies 237: Li Henian, Wen Bin, Ren Daorong, Xu Zhenyi, Wu Dacheng · 1 passage