Qing · Minister of Works

Weng Shuyuan 翁叔元

Died AD 1677

Passages
4
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

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

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Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Weng Shuyuan 翁叔元 Weng Shuyuan
Courtesy Baolin 寶林 Baolin
Given Shuyuan 叔元 Shuyuan
Surname Weng 翁 Weng

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: natural · Place: home / 歸 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 移疾歸卒 · Western Year: AD 1677
    Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0089

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: Hanlin compiler / 編修 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1676
    Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0084
  • Label: Vice Minister of Personnel / 吏部侍郎 · Action: promoted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 洊擢 · Western Year: AD 1677
    Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0085
  • Label: Chancellor of Imperial Academy / 國子監祭酒 · Action: promoted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 累遷 · Western Year: AD 1677
    Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0085
  • Label: Minister of Works / 工部尚書 · Action: promoted-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 遷 · Western Year: AD 1677
    Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0085
  • Label: Minister of Punishments / 刑部尚書 · Action: transferred-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 調 · Western Year: AD 1677
    Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0089

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: first in academy examination / 館試第一 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1676
    Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0084
  • Credential: jinshi third place / 一甲三名進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1676
    Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0084

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: memorial · Role: author · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙十六年 · Western Year: AD 1677
    Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0091

Events and relationships

  • Kind: administrative · Role: reformer · Action: cleared-works-backlog · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 蒞部甫半載 · Western Year: AD 1677
    Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0088
  • Kind: political · Role: impeacher · Action: impeached-Tang-Bin · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙十六年 · Western Year: AD 1677 · Other Person Id: Tang Bin (湯斌)
    Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0091
  • Relation: teacher-of · Person Id: He Chao (何焯)
    Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0090

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: loved talent but petty; held in contempt · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · qingshigao:271:s0092

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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