Qing · Official

Tian Wenjing 田文鏡

Attested AD 1726

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tian Wenjing was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1726 雍正四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 293, passages 52-53

Career and standing

Governor 巡撫
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 293, passage 53

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 293, passage 53
At Henan 河南 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 293, passages 53, 55

Works and attributed material

Secret memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 293, passage 57

Events and relationships

Relation Opponent of · Person Li Fu (李紱)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 293, passages 55, 57
Relation Opponent of · Person Huang Zhenguo (黃振國)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 293, passages 53-54

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 293Volume 293 Biographies 80: Li Fu, Cai Ting, Xie Jishi, Chen Xuehai · 6 passages

初，左都御史蔡珽薦起其故吏知縣黃振國授河南信陽知州，忤巡撫田文鏡。 Earlier, Left Censor-in-Chief Cai Ting had recommended his former subordinate Magistrate Huang Zhenguo for appointment as prefect of Xinyang in Henan, which offended Governor Tian Wenjing.

文鏡馭吏嚴，尤惡科目，劾振國貪劣。 Wenjing ruled his subordinates harshly and especially despised men who had risen through the civil service examinations; he impeached Zhenguo for corruption and misconduct.

紱過河南，詰文鏡胡為有意蹂踐士人。 When Fu passed through Henan he confronted Wenjing, asking why he deliberately abused men of learning.

入對，因極言文鏡貪虐，且謂文鏡所劾屬吏，如振國及邵言綸、汪諴皆枉，振國已死獄中。 At audience he spoke at length of Wenjing's greed and cruelty, and said that subordinates Wenjing had impeached—among them Zhenguo, Shao Yanlun, and Wang Yan—had all been wronged, and that Zhenguo had already died in prison.

文鏡因紱語，先密疏聞，謂紱與振國同年袒護。 Because of Fu's remarks, Wenjing sent a secret memorial first, claiming that Fu and Zhenguo were examination cohort-mates and that Fu was shielding him.

是冬，御史謝濟世劾文鏡貪虐，仍及誣劾振國等。 That winter, Censor Xie Jishi impeached Wenjing for greed and cruelty, again citing the wrongful impeachment of Zhenguo and the others.