Wenbin (文彬) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wenbin as an administrator, aristocrat, and official. This record brings together 5 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wenbin	文彬	Wenbin
Clan	Nara	納喇氏
Personal name	Wen Bin	文彬	Wen Bin
Personal	Wen Bin	文彬	Wen Bin
Personal name	Wenbin	文彬	Wenbin
Courtesy	Zhifu	質夫	Zhifu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:423:s0015
Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0050

Roles

Administrator
Aristocrat
Official

Life and dates

Death

Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0082

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 光緒五年 · Western Year: AD 1879
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Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 1860
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Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 1871
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0059
Source Date: Text: 同治五年 · Western Year: AD 1866
Explicit · qingshigao:438:s0046
Source Date: Text: 同治四年 · Western Year: AD 1865
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0056
Source Date: Text: 同治間 · Western Year: AD 1870
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:423:s0202
Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年 · Western Year: AD 1852
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0051

Family

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Parent of Yan Zhao (延照)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Yan Yu (延煜)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Yan Xi (延熙)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Yan Xie (延燮)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Origins and identity

Ethnicity: Manchu / 滿洲
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0050

Career and standing

Label: grain transport commissioner / 漕運總督 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 1871
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0059
Label: intendant of the Yan-Yi-Cao-Ji Circuit / 兗沂曹濟道 · Action: appointed
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0057
Label: prefect of Yizhou in Shandong / 山東沂州府知府 · Action: appointed
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0053
Label: secretary in the Ministry of Revenue / 戶部主事 · Action: appointed
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0051
Label: provincial judicial commissioner / 按察使 · Action: promoted
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Label: provincial treasurer / 布政使 · Action: promoted
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Title: dedicated shrine at Qingjiangpu / 清江浦專祠 · Action: granted
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0083

Places and affiliations

Organization: Plain White Banner of the Imperial Household Department / 內務府滿洲正白旗 · Relation: member-of
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0050

Learning and skills

Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年 · Western Year: AD 1852
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0051

Works and attributed material

Kind: memorial · Role: co-author · Other Person Id: Wu Yuanbing (吳元炳) · Topic: restore Huai River old course
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0076, qingshigao:450:s0077, qingshigao:450:s0078, qingshigao:450:s0079, qingshigao:450:s0080, qingshigao:450:s0081
Kind: memorial · Role: author · Topic: Grand Canal transport mouth
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0061, qingshigao:450:s0062, qingshigao:450:s0063, qingshigao:450:s0064, qingshigao:450:s0065, qingshigao:450:s0066, qingshigao:450:s0067, qingshigao:450:s0068, qingshigao:450:s0069, qingshigao:450:s0070, qingshigao:450:s0071, qingshigao:450:s0072, qingshigao:450:s0073, qingshigao:450:s0074

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: captured · Other Person Id: Sun Huaxiang (孫化詳)
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0054
Relation: subordinate-of · Person Id: Ding Baozhen (丁寶楨)
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0056
Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Li Henian (李鶴年)
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0061
Relation: colleague-of · Person Id: Zhou Hengqi (週恆祺)
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0061

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: proposals on transport mouth and Huai restoration showed insight · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · qingshigao:450:s0217

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 423Volume 423 Biographies 210: Zong Jichen, Yin Gengyun, Wang Zheng, Mu Jixianga, You Baichuan, Shen Huai · 1 passage

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百川疏請賑恤，河督文彬、巡撫丁寶楨請仍挽复淮、徐故道，命廷臣集議。 Baichuan memorialized for relief. River director Wenbin and Governor Ding Baozhen asked to restore the old Huai–Xu channel, and the court ordered a ministerial debate.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 438Volume 438 Biographies 225: Yan Jingming, Zhang Zhiwan, Lu Chuan Lin, Lin Shaonian · 1 passage

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兗沂曹濟道文彬督團勇擊賊，賊引去。 Circuit intendant Wen Bin of the Yan-Yi-Cao-Ji circuit led militia against the rebels, and the rebels withdrew.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 450Volume 450 Biographies 237: Li Henian, Wen Bin, Ren Daorong, Xu Zhenyi, Wu Dacheng · 3 passages

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文彬，字質夫，納喇氏，內務府滿洲正白旗人。 Wen Bin, styled Zhifu, of the Nara clan, was a Manchu bannerman of the Plain White Banner under the Imperial Household Department.

兩江總督劉坤一以文彬遺愛在民，請建專祠清江浦，允之。 Governor-General Liu Kunyi of the Two Jiangs, citing the affection the people still bore for Wen Bin, requested a dedicated shrine at Qingjiangpu, and the court approved.

鶴年以善治河稱，文彬論治河改運口，复淮流，亦頗有識。 Henian was famed for river control; Wen Bin's proposals to relocate the transport entrance and restore the Huai River also showed real insight.