Wu Wenrong (吳文鎔) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wu Wenrong as an administrator, official, and statesman. This record brings together 26 passages from 4 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wu Wenrong	吳文鎔	Wu Wenrong
Posthumous name	Wenjie	文節
Given	Wenrong	文鎔
Surname	Wu	吳
Personal name	Wu Wenrong	吳文鎔
Personal name	Wu Wenrong	吳文鎔	Wu Wenrong
Courtesy name	Zhenfu	甄甫	Zhenfu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:091:s0098, qingshigao:393:s0134, qingshigao:394:s0138
Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0001

Roles

Administrator
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Manner: threw himself into a pond and died after battle defeat · Place: Ducheng near Huangzhou / 堵城 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐四年正月 · Western Year: AD 1854
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0051

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 咸豐三年九月 · Western Year: AD 1853
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0039
Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年 · Western Year: AD 1852
Explicit · qingshigao:393:s0134, qingshigao:396:s0034
Source Date: Text: 咸豐元年 · Western Year: AD 1851
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:396:s0029
Source Date: Text: 咸豐初 · Western Year: AD 1851
Explicit · qingshigao:394:s0138
Source Date: Text: 咸豐四年正月 · Western Year: AD 1854
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0048, qingshigao:396:s0051
Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1819
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0002
Source Date: Text: 道光三十年 · Western Year: AD 1850
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0026
Source Date: Text: 道光二十九年 · Western Year: AD 1849
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0021
Source Date: Text: 道光二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1848
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0014
Source Date: Text: 道光十九年 · Western Year: AD 1839
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:091:s0097, qingshigao:091:s0098
Source Date: Text: 道光十九年 · Western Year: AD 1839
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0009

Career and standing

Label: acting governor-general of Fujian and Zhejiang / 閩浙總督 · Action: acting · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十年 · Western Year: AD 1840
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0009
Label: bachelor of the Hanlin Academy / 庶吉士 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1819
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0002
Label: compiler / 編修 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1819
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0002
Label: governor of Fujian / 福建巡撫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光十九年 · Western Year: AD 1839
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0009
Label: reader-in-waiting of the Hanlin Academy / 翰林院侍讀學士 · Action: appointed
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0004
Label: vice minister of Rites / 禮部侍郎 · Action: appointed
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0006
Label: acting vice minister of Revenue / 戶部侍郎 · Action: concurrent
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0007
Label: Governor of Fujian / 閩撫 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:091:s0098
Label: academician of the Grand Secretariat / 內閣學士 · Action: promoted
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0005
Label: governor-general of Yunnan and Guizhou / 雲貴總督 · Action: promoted
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0028
Label: Supervisor of the Household of the Heir Apparent / 詹事 · Action: promoted
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0005
Label: governor of Jiangxi / 江西巡撫 · Action: reassigned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1841
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0010
Label: educational commissioner of Shuntian / 順天學政 · Action: served
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0005
Label: governor-general of Huguang / 湖廣總督 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐三年 · Western Year: AD 1853
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0037
Label: governor-general of Fujian and Zhejiang / 閩浙總督 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐二年 · Western Year: AD 1852
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0034
Label: governor of Zhejiang / 浙江巡撫 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1848
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0014
Label: governor of Hubei / 湖北巡撫 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十年 · Western Year: AD 1840
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0009
Label: Ministry of Punishments / 刑部 · Action: transferred
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0007
Label: posthumous honors as governor-general killed in battle / 總督陣亡例賜卹 · Action: bestowed
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0053
Label: enshrined in Capital Shrine of Loyalty / 祀京師昭忠祠 · Action: enshrined
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0053
Label: dedicated shrine in Hubei / 湖北專祠 · Action: requested · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同治中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1862 · End: AD 1874
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0059
Title: Commandant of Cavalry and Commandant of Light Cavalry (hereditary) / 騎都尉兼雲騎尉世職 · Action: conferred
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0053
Status: stripped-of-rank-retained · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光三十年 · Western Year: AD 1850
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0026
Status: rank-restored · Action: entered
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0027

Places and affiliations

Polity: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Explicit · qingshigao:091:s0098, qingshigao:396:s0002, qingshigao:396:s0009
Place: Yizheng, Jiangsu / 江蘇儀徵
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0001
Place: Fujian / 閩 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · qingshigao:091:s0098

Learning and skills

Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1819
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0002

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Action: declared he would not begrudge death but could wait no longer for reinforcements
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0045, qingshigao:396:s0046, qingshigao:396:s0047
Kind: memorial · Role: author · Action: memorialized against Xiang Rong claiming merit while feigning illness · Other Person Id: Xiang Rong (向榮)
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0031
Kind: memorial · Role: author · Action: memorialized to abolish excessive acting-post transfers
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0017
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Action: praised Jiang Zhongyuan and funded his return for burial · Other Person Id: Jiang Zhongyuan (江忠源)
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0024, qingshigao:396:s0025
Kind: memorial · Role: author · Action: recommended Bayang'a and eight others · Other Person Id: Bayang'a (巴揚阿)
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0031
Kind: memorial · Role: author · Action: requested Ministry of Revenue clerk for audit assistance; refused
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0018
Kind: memorial · Role: author · Action: self-impeached after flood requesting dismissal · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十九年 · Western Year: AD 1849
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0021
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Action: swore to live or die with the city
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0040
Kind: letter · Role: author · Action: wrote warning about Yong'an rebels · Other Person Id: Jiang Zhongyuan (江忠源)
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0033

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: advanced on Huangzhou and encamped at Ducheng · Place: Huangzhou / 黃州 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐四年正月 · Western Year: AD 1854
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0048
Kind: military · Role: defender · Action: arrived at Wuchang; defended city for tens of days until siege lifted · Place: Wuchang / 武昌 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐三年九月 · Western Year: AD 1853
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0039, qingshigao:396:s0041
Kind: administrative · Role: auditor · Action: audited Zhejiang salt administration · Other Person Id: Ji Zhichang (季芝昌)
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0019
Kind: legal · Role: suppressor · Action: captured and punished religious and secret-society bandits · Other Person Id: Dai Lijian (戴理劍)
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0013
Kind: legal · Role: impeacher · Action: impeached five negligent county magistrates · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1848
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0016
Kind: legal · Role: impeacher · Action: impeached Xue Siqi for banishment to Xinjiang · Other Person Id: Xue Siqi (薛思齊) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十八年 · Western Year: AD 1848
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0015
Kind: investigation · Role: investigator · Action: investigated affairs · Place: Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and the Southern Rivers / 安徽、浙江、江蘇及南河 · Other Person Id: Tang Jinshao (湯金釗)
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0008
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered naval capture of Yushan Island bandits
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0020
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered Zuo Daxiong to suppress Yongchang border bandits · Other Person Id: Zuo Daxiong (左大雄) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐元年 · Western Year: AD 1851
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0030
Kind: military · Role: organizer · Action: organized coastal defenses against Britain · Other Person Id: Deng Tingzhen (鄧廷楨) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光十九年 · Western Year: AD 1839
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0009
Kind: disaster-relief · Role: administrator · Action: organized famine relief and cut corrupt fees · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1841
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0011
Kind: disaster-relief · Role: inspector · Action: personally inspected Jiaxing and Huzhou disaster and carried out relief · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光二十九年 · Western Year: AD 1849
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0022
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: personally supervised suppression of Yongchang Hui rebels at Xundian · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 咸豐三年 · Western Year: AD 1853
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0036
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: planned joint campaign with Hu Linyi and Zeng Guofan · Other Person Id: Hu Linyi (胡林翼)
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0043
Kind: disaster · Role: inspector · Action: rushed to inspect seawall breaches; fell into water and nearly drowned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 道光三十年 · Western Year: AD 1850
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0026
Relation: recommender-of · Person Id: Hu Linyi (胡林翼)
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0032
Relation: rival-of · Person Id: Chonglun (崇綸)
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0040, qingshigao:396:s0044
Relation: corresponded-with · Person Id: Shō Iku (尚育)
Explicit · qingshigao:091:s0098

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: administrative record second only to Lin Zexu; stern bearing · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Other Person Id: Lin Zexu (林則徐)
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0140
Assessment: loyalty and courage in undertaking affairs · Provenance: Mode: named-person · Source Person Id: Emperor Xianfeng (咸豐帝)
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0029
Assessment: promoted the honest and punished the corrupt · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0012
Assessment: upheld integrity and died with honor; framed by colleagues · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0142, qingshigao:396:s0143
Item: five hundred taels from integrity stipend / 養廉五百兩 · Relation: bestowed · Other Person Id: Jiang Zhongyuan (江忠源)
Explicit · qingshigao:396:s0025