Ming · Official

Wang Jiaping 王家屏

Attested AD 1591 - AD 1592

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Wang Jiaping was an official.

PeriodMing
IdentityHistorical

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  • Grand secretary who joined Xu Guo in pressing the emperor to proceed with investiture of the heir.
    Biographical event · Participant
    Directly stated · History of Ming 219, passage 27

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 219Volume 219 Biographies 107: Zhang Siwei, Ma Ziqiang, Xu Guo, Zhao Zhigao, Zhang Wei, Zhu Geng · 2 passages
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廷臣爭請冊立，得旨二十年春舉行．十九年秋，工部郎張有德以儀注請，帝怒奪俸．時行適在告，國與王家屏慮事中變，欲因而就之，引前旨力請．帝果不悅，責大臣不當與小臣比．國不自安，遂求去．疏五上，乃賜敕馳傳歸．踰一日，時行亦罷，[一]而冊立竟停．人謂時行以論劾去，國以爭執去，為二相優劣焉． Court officials repeatedly pleaded for investiture of the heir and received an edict fixing it for the spring of the twentieth year. In the autumn of the nineteenth year Bureau Director Zhang Youde of the Ministry of Works requested the ritual protocol; the emperor, enraged, stripped him of salary. Shixing happened to be on leave; Guo and Wang Jiaping feared a change of course and tried to seize the moment, citing the earlier edict to press hard. The emperor was displeased and rebuked the grand ministers for acting like petty officials. Guo felt uneasy and asked to leave; after five memorials he was sent home by fast courier with an edict. One day later Shixing was also dismissed, [1] and investiture was halted after all. People said Shixing left under impeachment while Guo left over dispute—a judgment on which of the two chancellors was the better man.
十九年秋，申時行謝政，薦志臯及張位自代．遂進禮部尚書兼東閣大學士，入參機務．明年春，王家屏罷，王錫爵召未至，志臯暫居首輔．會寧夏變起，兵事多所咨決．主事岳元聲疏論錫爵，中言當事者變亂傾危，為主事諸壽賢、給事中許弘綱所駁．志臯再辨，帝皆不問． In the autumn of the nineteenth year Shen Shixing resigned and recommended Zhigao and Zhang Wei as successors. Zhigao was promoted to Minister of Rites and Grand Secretary of the Eastern Pavilion. The next spring Wang Jiaping was dismissed; Wang Xijue had been summoned but had not arrived, and Zhigao temporarily served as chief grand secretary. When the Ningxia revolt broke out, many military matters were referred to him. Director Yue Yuansheng memorialized against Xijue, saying those in charge were stirring turmoil and endangering the state; Director Zhu Shouxian and Supervising Secretary Xu Honggang rebutted him. Zhigao defended himself again; the emperor made no inquiry in either case.