Wen Feng (文豐) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wen Feng was an official and Martyr.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Zhongyi	忠毅	Zhongyi

Life and dates

Death

AD 1860 咸豐十年八月
Suicide by drowning · At Yuanmingyuan 圓明園 · Cause Drowned himself when the British entered the gardens
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passages 88, 100

Attested activity

AD 1860 咸豐十年八月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passages 88, 100
AD 1841 道光二十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 92
AD 1843 道光二十三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 93
AD 1846 道光二十六年三月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 94
AD 1854 咸豐四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 96
AD 1857 咸豐七年二月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 97

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AD 1858 咸豐八年五月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 98

Origins and identity

Group Han Bannerman 漢軍
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 90
Lineage Dong clan 董氏
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 90

Career and standing

acting Plain Yellow Banner guard commander 署正黃旗護軍統領
AD 1857 咸豐七年二月 · Acted as
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 97
acting head of the Imperial Pharmacy and Imperial Medical Academy 署禦藥房、太醫院事務
Acted as
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 99
Guangdong maritime customs supervisor 粵海監督
AD 1841 道光二十一年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 92
deputy commander at Rehe 熱河副總管
AD 1846 道光二十六年三月 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 94
Suzhou textile commissioner 蘇州織造
AD 1846 道光二十六年三月 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 94
supervising minister of the Imperial Household Department 總管內務府大臣
AD 1857 咸豐七年二月 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 97

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manager of Yuanmingyuan affairs 管理圓明園事務
AD 1858 咸豐八年五月 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 98
brave-rider adjutant 驍騎參領
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 91
bureau director 堂郎中
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 95
supervising minister of the Imperial Household Department (rank) 總管內務府大臣銜
AD 1854 咸豐四年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 96
deputy lieutenant-general of the Plain Blue Han Banner 正藍旗漢軍副都統
AD 1854 咸豐四年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 96
Plain Blue Banner guard commander 正藍旗護軍統領
AD 1854 咸豐四年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 96
deputy supervisor of Chongwen Gate 崇文門副監督
AD 1858 咸豐八年五月 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 98
bureau director 堂主事
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 91
department director 員外郎
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 91
Hangzhou textile commissioner 杭州織造
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 91
Imperial Household clerk 內務府筆帖式
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 91
Workshops Bureau director 造辦處郎中
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 91
deputy lieutenant-general of the Plain Red Manchu Banner 正紅旗滿洲副都統
AD 1858 咸豐八年五月 · Transferred to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 98
deputy lieutenant-general of the Plain White Manchu Banner 正白旗滿洲副都統
Transferred to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 99
Zhongyi 忠毅
AD 1862 同治元年 · Bestowed · Posthumous title
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 102
Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent 太子少保
Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 101
usual condolence grants 賜卹如例
Bestowed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 101
died for his country 投水殉難
AD 1860 咸豐十年八月 · Martyr · Died
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 100

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 90
AD 1860 咸豐十年八月
At Yuanmingyuan 圓明園 · Relation Died at
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 100
AD 1841 道光二十一年
At Guangdong 粵 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 92
AD 1846 道光二十六年三月
At Rehe 熱河 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 94
AD 1846 道光二十六年三月
At Suzhou 蘇州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 94
At Capital Shrine of Manifest Loyalty 京師昭忠祠 · Relation Enshrined at
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 101

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At Hangzhou 杭州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 91
Organization Plain Yellow Banner, Imperial Household Department 內務府漢軍正黃旗 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 90

Events and relationships

Drafted regulations
AD 1843 道光二十三年 · Diplomatic · Negotiator · With Qiying (耆英) · Summary Jointly drafted fifteen articles for five-port British trade 遵議英吉利五口通商章程十五條
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 93
Ordered to attend
AD 1860 咸豐十年八月 · Administrative · Overseer · At Yuanmingyuan 圓明園
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 100

Assessments and attributes

met disaster with composure and remained a man of complete integrity 從容赴難，不愧完人
Assessment met disaster with composure and remained a man of complete integrity · Mode court-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 102

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 494, passage 90

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 494Volume 494 Biographies 281: Loyal and Righteous 8 · 4 passages

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焚淀園，文豐外，員外郎泰清、苑丞泰衷全家自焚死。 When the Yuanmingyuan was burned, besides Wen Feng, department director Taiqing and garden director Taizhong and their entire families burned themselves to death.

文豐，董氏，內務府漢軍正黃旗人。 Wen Feng, of the Dong clan, was a Han Bannerman of the Plain Yellow Banner serving in the Imperial Household Department.

十年八月，命在圓明園照料一切事宜，是月英人闖入圓明園，文豐投水殉難。 In the eighth month of the tenth year (1860) he was ordered to oversee all affairs at the Yuanmingyuan; that month the British entered the gardens and Wen Feng drowned himself.

同治元年，追念忠節諸臣，以「文豐從容赴難，不愧完人」褒之，加恩予諡忠毅。 In the first year of Tongzhi (1862), when the court recalled ministers who had died for their integrity, it praised him as one who "met disaster with composure and remained a man of complete integrity," and granted the posthumous title Zhongyi.