Qing · Qing official; Left Censor-in-Chief

Wang Tingzhen 汪廷珍

Died AD 1827

Passages
13
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Tingzhen as an official, scholar, and teacher. This record brings together 13 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Wang Tingzhen 汪廷珍 Wang Tingzhen
Courtesy Se'an 瑟庵
Personal Wang Tingzhen 汪廷珍
Posthumous Wenduan 文端

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Teacher

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光七年 · Western Year: AD 1827

Attested activity

Family

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  • Child of Father of Wang Tingzhen
    Kinship Term: father lost in youth / 孤 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Relationship State: ended
  • Child of Mother of Wang Tingzhen (程)
    Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
  • Parent of Wang Baoyuan (報原)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

  • Office: Acting chancellor of the Hanlin Academy / 署翰林院掌院學士 · Action: appointed acting · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十二年 · Western Year: AD 1817
  • Office: Hanlin compiler / 編修 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾隆五十四年 · Western Year: AD 1789
  • Office: Educational commissioner of Anhui / 安徽學政 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶七年 · Western Year: AD 1802
  • Office: Chief tutor of the Upper Study / 上書房總師傅 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十二年 · Western Year: AD 1817
  • Title: Left Censor-in-Chief / 左都御史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十二年三月辛未 · Western Year: AD 1817
  • Title: Left Censor-in-Chief / 左都御史 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十五年三月戊辰 · Western Year: AD 1820
  • Office: Vice-minister of Rites / 禮部侍郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶十六年 · Western Year: AD 1811
  • Office: Assistant grand secretary / 協辦大學士 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光五年 · Western Year: AD 1825
  • Office: Educational commissioner of Jiangxi / 江西學政 · Action: appointed
  • Office: Vice-minister of Rites / 禮部侍郎 · Action: demoted for negligence · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1819
  • Office: Hanlin expositor / 侍講 · Action: demoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾隆六十年 · Western Year: AD 1795
  • Office: Academician of the Grand Secretariat / 內閣學士 · Action: promoted while retained
  • Office: Hanlin reader academician / 侍讀學士 · Action: promoted while retained
  • Office: Minister of the Imperial Stud / 太僕寺卿 · Action: promoted while retained
  • Office: Minister of Rites / 禮部尚書 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1818
  • Office: Left censor-in-chief / 左都御史 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十二年 · Western Year: AD 1817
  • Office: Hanlin expositor academician / 侍講學士 · Action: promoted
  • Office: Hanlin reader / 侍讀 · Action: promoted
  • Office: Minister of Rites / 禮部尚書 · Action: restored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 逾年 · Western Year: AD 1820
  • Office: Educational commissioner of Zhejiang / 浙江學政 · Action: retained after examining · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶十八年 · Western Year: AD 1813
  • Office: Chancellor of the National University / 祭酒 · Action: transferred
  • Honor: senior guardian of the heir apparent / 太子太保 · Action: conferred · Authority Person Id: Daoguang Emperor (道光帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光三年 · Western Year: AD 1823
  • Honor: posthumous title Wenduan / 文端 · Action: posthumously bestowed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光七年 · Western Year: AD 1827
  • Honor: grand tutor of the heir apparent / 太子太師 · Action: posthumously conferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光七年 · Western Year: AD 1827

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 187Volume 187 Tables 27: Ministers of Boards and Courts Chronological Table 5 Lower · 3 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 364Volume 364 Biographies 151: Ruan Yuan, Wang Tingzhen, Tang Jinzhao · 10 passages
三年,宣宗釋奠文廟禮成,臨幸辟雍,詔曰:「禮部尚書汪廷珍蒙皇考簡用上書房師傅,與朕朝夕講論,非法不道,使朕通經義,辨邪正,受益良多。 In year 3, after the Confucian sacrifice and the emperor's visit to the Imperial College, an edict said: "Minister of Rites Wang Tingzhen was chosen by my late father as Upper Study tutor; he discussed the classics with me daily, spoke only what was lawful, helped me master the classics and distinguish right from wrong, and benefited me greatly.