Wang Tianjian (王天鑑)

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Tianjian as a military officer and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Tianjian	王天鑑	Wang Tianjian
Courtesy	Jinwei	近微	Jinwei
Given	Tianjian	天鑑

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Military Officer
Official

Life and dates

Death

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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 康熙初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1662 · End: AD 1670
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Source Date: Text: 順治三年 · Western Year: AD 1646
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Source Date: Text: 順治十一年 · Western Year: AD 1654
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Source Date: Text: 順治十二年 · Western Year: AD 1655
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Career and standing

Label: Magistrate of En County, Shandong / 山東恩縣知縣 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治三年 · Western Year: AD 1646
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Label: Assistant administrator of Hexi Circuit, Shaanxi / 陝西河西道參議 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治十二年 · Western Year: AD 1655
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Label: Director / 郎中 · Action: promoted
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Label: Secretary in the Ministry of Rites / 禮部主事 · Action: transferred
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Status: retired · Action: entered
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Status: refused-recall · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1662 · End: AD 1670
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Places and affiliations

Place: Wanquan, Zhili / 直隸萬全
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Learning and skills

Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治三年 · Western Year: AD 1646
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Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker
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Events and relationships

Kind: ritual · Role: official · Action: arranged-sacred-field-rite · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治十一年 · Western Year: AD 1654
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: broke-encirclement
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Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: held-city · Place: En County / 恩縣
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: organized-militia
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Kind: military · Role: vanguard · Action: retook · Place: Cao County / 曹縣
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: had talent and strategic ability; rooted in integrity and diligence · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 247Volume 247 Biographies 34: Peng Ershu, Lu Zhenfen, Yao Yanzhu, Bi Zhenji, Fang Guodong, Yu Pengju, Wang Tianjian, Yue Tingbiao · 8 passages

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王天鑑，字近微，直隸萬全人。 Wang Tianjian, courtesy name Jinwei, came from Wanquan in Zhili.

天鑑上官，諭父老曰：「往歲寇至，縣輒不守，由人無固志。 On taking office Tianjian told the elders: "In past years when bandits came the county always fell because the people had no firm resolve.

俄而寇大至，天鑑坐城上，從容指揮，寇疑有伏，逡巡去。 Soon a large band arrived; Tianjian sat on the wall and directed the defense calmly; the bandits suspected a trap and withdrew.

巡按御史疏聞，令天鑑自治兵。 The touring censor reported to the throne, and Tianjian was authorized to command troops in his own right.

寇據曹縣，巡撫檄天鑑與諸道兵會剿，率所部為前鋒，冒矢石深入，諸軍踵之，復其城。 When bandits seized Cao County, the governor ordered Tianjian and allied forces to join the campaign; he led his men as vanguard, pushed through arrow and stone fire, the main force followed, and the city was retaken.

十一年，始行耤田親耕禮，天鑑參酌古今，悉合禮宜。 In the eleventh year the emperor first performed the sacred-field plowing rite; Tianjian drew on ancient and modern precedents and arranged everything in proper ritual form.

天鑑固長治兵，按籍討軍實，誡將弁毋以軍糈肥私橐。 Tianjian was a natural commander; he audited registers to verify troop strength and warned officers against lining their pockets with army grain.

而述、振芬、振姬、天鑑皆有才略，根本尤在廉勤。 Ershu, Zhenfen, Zhenji, and Tianjian all had talent and strategic ability; above all they were rooted in integrity and diligence.