Ming · Official

Wen Chun 溫純

Attested AD 1605

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Wen Chun was an official.

PeriodMing
IdentityHistorical

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  • Grand minister impeached by remonstrance officials and ultimately removed.
    Biographical event · Participant
    Directly stated · History of Ming 219, passage 48

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 219Volume 219 Biographies 107: Zhang Siwei, Ma Ziqiang, Xu Guo, Zhao Zhigao, Zhang Wei, Zhu Geng · 1 passage
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三十三年大計京官．帝留被察者錢夢臯輩，及南京察疏上，亦欲有所留．賡力陳不可，曰：「北察之留，旨從中出，人猶咎臣等．今若出自票擬，則二百餘年大典，自臣壞之，死不敢奉詔．」言官劾溫純及鯉，中使傳帝意欲去純．賡言大臣去國必採公論，豈可於劾疏報允．帝下南察疏，而純竟去．其冬，工部請營三殿．時方濬河、繕城，賡力請俟之異日．帝皆納之，不果行． In the thirty-third year came the great review of capital officials. The emperor retained those reviewed, including Qian Menggao; when the Nanjing review memorial came up he also wished to retain some. Geng strongly objected: 'When the northern review retentions came by edict from the inner court, people still blamed us. If retention now comes from our draft edicts, a great institution of more than two hundred years will be broken by me—I dare not obey even on pain of death.' Censorate officials impeached Wen Chun and Shen Li; a eunuch conveyed the emperor's wish to remove Chun. Geng said grand ministers leaving office must follow public opinion; how could dismissal be granted on an impeachment memorial? The emperor issued the Nanjing review memorial, and Chun left in the end. That winter the Ministry of Works asked to rebuild the three halls; with river dredging and wall repair underway, Geng strongly asked that this wait. The emperor accepted and did not carry it out.