Wei Xiangshu (魏象樞)

Overview

The translated histories identify Wei Xiangshu as an official. This record brings together 8 passages from 7 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wei Xiangshu	魏象樞	Wei Xiangshu
Title	Supervising Secretary	給事中	Jishizhong
Surname	Wei	魏	Wei
Personal name	Wei Xiangshu	魏象樞	Wei Xiangshu
Personal	Wei Xiangshu	魏象樞	Wèi Xiàngshū
Given	Xiangshu	象樞	Xiangshu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:111:s0114
Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0014, qingshigao:274:s0087

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 康熙前期 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1664 · End: AD 1685
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:286:s0082
Source Date: Text: 康熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1676
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:278:s0015, qingshigao:278:s0068
Source Date: Text: 康熙十八年 · Western Year: AD 1679
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0014, qingshigao:285:s0034
Source Date: Text: 康熙十四年 · Western Year: AD 1675
Explicit · qingshigao:270:s0043
Source Date: Text: 康熙年間 · Western Year: AD 1679
Explicit · qingshigao:274:s0087
Source Date: Text: 順治三年 · Western Year: AD 1646
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:111:s0110, qingshigao:111:s0114

Career and standing

Label: censor-in-chief / 左都御史 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0068
Label: Supervising Secretary / 給事中 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:111:s0114

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:274:s0087
Polity: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:111:s0114

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: author · Other Person Id: Kangxi Emperor (聖祖)
Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0068, qingshigao:278:s0069, qingshigao:278:s0070, qingshigao:278:s0071

Events and relationships

Kind: recommendation · Role: recommender · Other Person Id: Lu Longqi (陸隴其) · Action: nominated
Explicit · qingshigao:278:s0072
Kind: political · Role: supporter · Action: supported-censorate-supplementary-impeachment
Explicit · qingshigao:111:s0114
Relation: ally-of · Person Id: Chen Mingxia (陳名夏)
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:111:s0114

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · qingshigao:269:s0014

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 111Volume 111 Treatises 86: Selection and Examinations 6, Kao Ji · 1 passage

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大學士陳名夏力主之，給事中魏象樞亦以為請。 Grand Secretary Chen Mingxia strongly supported it, as did Supervising Secretary Wei Xiangshu.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 269Volume 269 Biographies 56: Suo Etu, Ming Zhu · 1 passage

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會地震，左都御史魏象樞入對，陳索額圖怙權貪縱狀，請嚴譴。 After an earthquake, Left Censor-in-Chief Wei Xiangshu reported Songgotu's abuse of power, greed, and license, and urged severe punishment.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 270Volume 270 Biographies 57: Hao Yu, Yang Suyun, Guo Xiu · 1 passage

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十四年，侍郎魏象樞复疏言：「浴血性過人，才守學識，臣皆愧不及。 In year 14 Vice Minister Wei Xiangshu wrote again: "Yu's courage is extraordinary; in talent, integrity, and learning I cannot match him.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 274Volume 274 Biographies 61: Yang Yongjian, Yao Diyu, Zhu Hongzuo, Wang Zhi, Song Luo, Chen Shen · 1 passage

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且魏象樞彈奏程汝璞，亦是風聞，已鞫問得實，原未嘗有風聞之禁也。」 When Wei Xiangshu impeached Cheng Rupu it was also on hearsay, yet the charge was proved in court—there has never really been a ban on hearsay memorials.'

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 278Volume 278 Biographies 65: Mu Tianyan, A Shan, Ga Li · 2 passages

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獨劾嘉定知縣陸隴其不協於輿論，左都御史魏象樞疏言：「天顏劾隴其，稱其操守絕一塵，德有餘而才不足。 Only his impeachment of Jiading Magistrate Lu Longqi went against public opinion. Censor-in-Chief Wei Xiangshu wrote: "Tianyan impeached Longqi yet called his integrity spotless and his virtue ample though his talent was limited.

會詔舉清廉，象樞遂以隴其應，語具隴其傳。 When an edict called for nominations of honest officials, Xiangshu nominated Longqi; the full account is in Longqi's biography.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 285Volume 285 Biographies 72: Wang Zishou, Yuan Zhouzuo, Li Shihong, Duo Hong An, Wang Xu, Zhang Mengqiu · 1 passage

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迨開博學鴻詞科，魏象樞以紫綬與湯斌同薦入試。 When the special erudition examination opened, Wei Xiangshu nominated Zishou and Tang Bin to compete.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 286Volume 286 Biographies 73: Wang Shan, Lao Zhibian, Zhu Tianbao, Tao Yi · 1 passage

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出為山東提學道僉事，報滿，左都御史魏象樞特疏薦之，遷貴州糧驛道參議。 He served as educational vice intendant in Shandong. When his term ended, Left Censor-in-Chief Wei Xiangshu specially recommended him, and he was made Guizhou grain and courier commissioner.