Wen Zaishang (聞在上)

Overview

The translated histories identify Wen Zaishang as an administrator and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wen Zaishang	聞在上	Wen Zaishang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Administrator
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 三十年 · Western Year: AD 1691
Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0078

Career and standing

Label: county magistrate / 知縣 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三十年 · Western Year: AD 1691
Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0078

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 271Volume 271 Biographies 58: Xu Qianxue, Wang Hongxu, Gao Shiqi · 4 passages

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嘉定知縣聞在上爲縣民訐告私派，逮獄，閲二年未定讞。 Jiading magistrate Wen Zaishang was denounced by local people for illegal levies, thrown into prison, and after two years still had no final verdict.

嘉定知縣聞在上爲縣民訐告私派事，按察使髙承爵按治。 Jiading magistrate Wen Zaishang was denounced by local people for illegal levies; Surveillance Commissioner Gao Chengjue investigated.

在上言嘗以銀餽舉人徐樹敏，至事發退還，因坐樹敏罪。 Wen Zaishang admitted he had once given silver to the provincial graduate Xu Shumin; after the scandal surfaced he tried to return it, and Xu Shumin was convicted on that basis.

巡撫鄭端覆訊，在上言嘗以銀五百餽鴻緒，亦事發退還。 Governor Zheng Duan reopened the inquiry; Wen Zaishang also admitted he had once given Wang Hongxu five hundred taels of silver, which he likewise returned when exposed.