Wu Ning 吳寧

Other names

Career and standing

• Director in the Ministry of War 兵部主事
  Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 263
• Bureau Director in the Bureau of Operations 職方郎中
  AD 1436 to AD 1449 正統中 · Held
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 264
• Right Vice Minister of War 兵部右侍郎
  AD 1449 郕王監國 · Promoted
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 265
• Entered
  AD 1450 景泰改元 · Retired · Reason illness
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 272

Places and affiliations

• Ming 明
  Relation Served
  Strongly inferred · History of Ming 170, passages 263, 265
• At She 歙
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 262

Learning and skills

• Earned
  AD 1430 宣德五年 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 263

Works and attributed material

• Memorialized victory announcement policy
  Memorial · Author
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 271
• Your Excellency one day will obtain his strength
  Speech · Speaker · With Yu Qian (于謙) · Mode quotation Speaker Wu Ning (吳寧)
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 276
• Summoning relief armies again would increase panic; better announce victory to the four quarters
  Speech · Speaker · Mode quotation Speaker Wu Ning (吳寧)
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 270

Events and relationships

• Chose Zhu Ji as son in law for Yu Qian
  Personal · Matchmaker · With Yu Qian (于謙), Zhu Ji (朱驥)
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 275
• Directed soldiers in rain outside shut gates amid enemy cavalry
  Military · Commander
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 267
• Managed ministry while Qian fought; went to army to plan strategy
  Military · Administrator
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 266
• Never served again after Jingtai retirement
  Career · Subject
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 272
• Policy to announce victory carried out
  Political · Proposer
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 271
• Relation Recommended by · Person Yu Qian (于謙)
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 265

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment upright and discerning · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 274