Tan Sitong (譚嗣同) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Tan Sitong as an administrator, official, philosopher, and poet. This record brings together 24 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Tan Sitong	譚嗣同	Tan Sitong
Courtesy name	Fusheng	復生	Fusheng
Given name	Sitong	嗣同	Sitong
Surname	Tan	譚	Tan
Personal	Tan Sitong	譚嗣同
Personal name	Tan Sitong	譚嗣同	Tan Sitong

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:437:s0022
Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0179

Roles

Administrator
Official
Philosopher
Poet
Writer

Life and dates

Death

Manner: execution · Place: marketplace / 市 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1898
Explicit · qingshigao:437:s0023
Manner: execution · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1898
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0192
Manner: execution
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:473:s0094

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1898
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:437:s0022, qingshigao:437:s0023, qingshigao:464:s0179, qingshigao:464:s0192, qingshigao:473:s0073, qingshigao:473:s0082

Family

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Child of Tan Jixun (譚繼洵)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Fourth-rank ministerial title / Grand Council secretary / 四品卿軍機章京 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1898
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0179
Label: Prefect (purchased via subprefect) / 知府 · Action: purchased
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0175

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0179
Place: Liuyang, Hunan / 湖南瀏陽
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0170
Organization: Southern Study Society / 南學會 · Relation: leader-of
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0177

Works and attributed material

Work: Mangcangcangzhai shiji / 莽蒼蒼齋詩集 · Relation: author
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0193
Work: Renxue / 仁學 · Relation: author
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0193
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0182, qingshigao:464:s0189, qingshigao:464:s0190

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: night-meeting-with-Yuan-Shikai · Other Person Id: Yuan Shikai (袁世凱)
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0185
Relation: ally-of · Person Id: Tang Caichang (唐才常)
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0195
Relation: staff-of · Person Id: Liu Jintang (劉錦棠)
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0175

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · qingshigao:473:s0056
Statement: One of the Six Gentlemen executed the same day · Label: Six Gentlemen / 六君子
Explicit · qingshigao:464:s0222

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 437Volume 437 Biographies 224: Rong Lu, Wang Wenshao, Zhang Zhidong, Qu Hongji · 2 passages

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是時上擢用主事康有為及知府譚嗣同等參預新政，議變法，斥舊臣，召直隸按察使袁世凱入覲，超授侍郎，統練兵。 The emperor was then promoting Kang Youwei, a secretary, and Tan Sitong, a prefect, among others to take part in the new policies; reform was debated, veteran ministers were pushed aside, and Yuan Shikai, Zhili surveillance commissioner, was summoned to court, given a leap promotion to vice minister, and placed in command of military training.

榮祿不自安，御史楊崇伊奏請太后再垂簾，於是太后复臨朝訓政，召榮祿為軍機大臣，以世凱代之，命查拿康有為，斬譚嗣同等六人於市，以上有疾，詔徵醫； Uneasy at these developments, Rong Lu watched as Censor Yang Chongyi asked the empress dowager to resume regency behind the curtain; the empress dowager then took up government again, recalled Rong Lu as a Grand Councilor, put Yuan Shikai in his former post, ordered Kang Youwei arrested, and had Tan Sitong and five others executed in public; because the emperor was said to be ill, physicians were summoned by edict;

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 464Volume 464 Biographies 251: Li Duanfen, Xu Zhijingzi, Ren Zhu, Chen Baozhen, Huang Zunxian, Ceng He, Yang Shenxiu, Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi, Tan Sitong With: Tang Caichang, Lin Xu, Kang Guangren · 21 passages

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李端棻徐致靖子仁鑄陳寶箴黃遵憲曾鉌楊深秀楊銳劉光第譚嗣同唐才常林旭康廣仁李端棻，字苾園，貴州貴筑人。 Li Duanfen, Xu Zhijing, his son Renzhu, Chen Baozhen, Huang Zunxian, Zeng He, Yang Shenxiu, Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi, Tan Sitong, Tang Caichang, Lin Xu, and Kang Guangren. Li Duanfen, whose courtesy name was Biyuan, came from Guizhu in Guizhou.

二十四年，密薦康有為及譚嗣同堪大用。 In the twenty-fourth year he secretly recommended Kang Youwei and Tan Sitong as men capable of high responsibility.

寶箴素慕曾、胡薦士，因上言楊銳、劉光第、譚嗣同、林旭佐新政。 Baozhen had long admired how Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi recommended men, and therefore memorialized that Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi, Tan Sitong, and Lin Xu should assist the new policies.

又以陳寶箴薦，與劉光第、譚嗣同、林旭並加四品卿，充軍機章京，參新政。 Again through Chen Baozhen’s recommendation, he, together with Liu Guangdi, Tan Sitong, and Lin Xu, was given fourth-rank ministerial title, appointed a Grand Council secretary, and took part in the new policies.

爾與劉光弟、譚嗣同、林旭等詳悉籌議，必如何而後能進用英達，使新政及時舉行，又不致少拂聖意，即具奏，候朕審擇，不勝焦慮之至！」 You, together with Liu Guangdi, Tan Sitong, Lin Xu, and the others, must deliberate carefully on how to advance able men so that the new policies may proceed in good time without the least offense to the Empress Dowager's wishes. Memorialize at once for my review. My anxiety is beyond words!"

譚嗣同，字復生，湖南瀏陽人。 Tan Sitong, whose courtesy name was Fusheng, came from Liuyang in Hunan.

繼洵素謹飭，以是頗見惡。 Jixun was stern and proper by nature, and for this Sitong was much disliked by him.

嗣同乃遊新疆劉錦棠幕，以同知入貲為知府，銓江蘇。 Sitong then served on Liu Jintang’s staff in Xinjiang, purchased appointment as a prefect through the rank of subprefect, and was assigned to Jiangsu.

陳寶箴撫湖南，嗣同還鄉佐新政。 When Chen Baozhen governed Hunan, Sitong returned home to assist the new policies.

梁啟超倡辦南學會，嗣同為之長。 Liang Qichao initiated the Southern Study Society, and Sitong served as its head.

屆會期，集者恆數百人，聞嗣同慷慨論時事，多感動。 At meeting times, several hundred people regularly gathered, and many were moved when they heard Sitong speak passionately about current affairs.