Ming · Eunuch

Wang Zhen 王振

Attested AD 1449

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Zhen was an eunuch.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1449 明年秋
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 46

Career and standing

eunuch director 太監
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 35
extermination of clan sought 族誅
AD 1449 土木後 · Sought
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 59

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History of Ming, Chapter 170Volume 170 Biographies 58: Yu Qian · 8 passages

及是，三楊已前卒，太監王振方用事。 By then the Three Yangs had all died, and the eunuch Wang Zhen held sway.

適有御史姓名類謙者，嘗忤振。 There happened to be another censor whose name resembled Qian's and who had once crossed Zhen.

通政使李錫阿振指，劾謙以久不遷怨望，擅舉人自代。 Li Xi, chief of the Office of Transmission, curried favor with Zhen and impeached Qian for resenting his long stagnation and for presumptuously naming his own replacement.

已而振知其誤，得釋，左遷大理寺少卿。 Zhen eventually learned of the mistake; Qian was released but demoted to vice director of the Court of Revision.

時山東、陝西流民就食河南者二十余萬，謙請發河南、懷慶二府積粟以振。 More than two hundred thousand refugees from Shandong and Shaanxi had fled to Henan for food; Qian asked that grain reserves in Henan and Huaiqing prefectures be opened for relief.

明年秋，也先大入寇，王振挾帝親征。 The following autumn Esen invaded in force, and Wang Zhen pressed the emperor to lead the campaign himself.

郕王方攝朝，廷臣請族誅王振。 As the Prince of Cheng held court, ministers called for the extermination of Wang Zhen's entire clan.

而振党馬順者，輒叱言官。 Wang Zhen's follower Ma Shun shouted down the remonstrating officials.