Yuan · Official and Statesman

Toghto 脫脫

Tuotuo

Attested AD 1349 - AD 1354

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Toghto was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1349 九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 187, passages 81-85
AD 1351 十一年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 187, passage 90
AD 1354 十四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 187, passages 42-43

Career and standing

Grand Preceptor 太師
AD 1354 十四年 · Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 42
Grand Tutor and Right Chancellor 太傅、右丞相
AD 1349 九年 · Returned to office
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 81
commended for river-control achievement 治河之績
AD 1351 十一年四月 · Requested and recorded
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 90
Removed by edict
AD 1354 十四年 · Stripped of military command
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 43

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passages 42, 81

Works and attributed material

Stele on the Pacification of the River 河平碑
AD 1351 十一年四月 · Relation Honoree
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 90
AD 1349 九年
Memorial · Author · With Jia Lu (賈魯)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 85
AD 1349 九年
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Jia Lu (賈魯)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passage 84

Events and relationships

Convened court on Yellow River control
AD 1349 九年 · Political · Chancellor
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passages 81, 83
Led southern campaign of imperial princes armies
AD 1354 十四年 · Military · Commander · At Gaoyou and Luhe 高郵、六合
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passages 42-43
Relation Patron of · Person Jia Lu (賈魯)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 187, passages 83-84

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 187Volume 187 Biographies 74: Wugusunliangzhen, Jia Lu, Lu Luceng, Gong Shitai, Zhou Boqi, Wu Dang · 4 passages

初，泰州賊張士誠既降復叛，殺淮南行省參知政事趙璉，進據高郵、六合，太師脫脫奉詔，緫諸王軍南征，而良楨洎參議龔伯璲、刑部主事廬山等從之。 Earlier the Taizhou rebel Zhang Shicheng had surrendered and then rebelled again, killing Zhao Lian, participant in government of the Huainan Branch Secretariat, and seizing Gaoyou and Luhe. Grand Preceptor Toghto received orders to command the armies of the imperial princes on a southern campaign, and Liangzhen went with him, accompanied by Participant Gong Bosui, Lu Shan of the Ministry of Punishments, and others.

既平六合，垂克高郵，會詔罷脫脫兵柄，遂有上變告伯璲等勸脫脫勒兵北向者，下其事逮問，詞連良楨，簿對無所驗。 After Luhe was pacified and Gaoyou was nearly taken, an edict arrived stripping Toghto of military command. Someone then submitted a report accusing Gong Bojuan and others of urging Toghto to march the army north against the court. The case was sent down for arrest and interrogation, and Liangzhen was implicated in the testimony, but examination of the records found no evidence against him.

九年，太傅、右丞相脫脫復相，論及河決，思拯民艱，以塞詔旨，乃集廷臣群議，言人人殊。 In 1349 Grand Tutor and Right Chancellor Toghto returned to power. When the river breach was discussed, wishing to relieve the people's suffering and fulfill the imperial mandate, he convened the court for collective deliberation—but every minister had a different opinion.

帝適覽臺臣奏疏，請褒脫脫治河之績，次論魯功，超拜榮祿大夫、集賢大學士，賞賚金帛，敕翰林丞旨歐陽玄製河平碑，以旌脫脫勞績，具載魯功，且宣付史館，并贈魯先臣三世。 The emperor was just then reading memorials from censorate officials commending Toghto's achievements in controlling the river. Jia Lu's merits were discussed next. He was specially promoted to Grand Master of Splendid Happiness and Grand Academician of the Hall of Worthies, rewarded with gold and silks, and ordered that Academician-Recipient Ouyang Xuan of the Hanlin Academy compose a stele commemorating the pacification of the river—honoring Toghto's labors while fully recording Jia Lu's achievements. The text was ordered proclaimed and deposited in the History Office, and honors were extended to three generations of Jia Lu's forebears.