Xi Chang (熙昌) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xi Chang as an official. This record brings together 3 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	Xi Chang	熙昌	Xi Chang
Personal name	Xi Chang	熙昌	Xi Chang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 嘉慶十九年 · Western Year: AD 1814
Explicit · qingshigao:377:s0014

Origins and identity

Ethnicity: Manchu / 滿
Explicit · qingshigao:377:s0014

Career and standing

Label: Manchu chief director / 滿總裁 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘉慶十九年 · Western Year: AD 1814
Explicit · qingshigao:377:s0014

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 377Volume 377 Biographies 164: Bao Guixing, Gu Chun, Wu Xiaoming, Chen Hong, E Mushune, Xu Faji · 3 passages

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榮黼面訐桂星曾言滿總裁熙昌所校，不過偏旁點畫，修改徒延時日； Rongdian confronted Guixing in person, alleging that Guixing had once said the Manchu chief director Xi Chang's collation work amounted to nothing more than tweaking radicals and stroke dots, needlessly dragging out the schedule;

又指同官熙昌及慶溥囑託部事，兩人亦不承。 he also accused colleagues Xi Chang and Qing Pu of soliciting favors in ministry business, and both denied it.

以任性妄言，下部嚴議，詔斥桂星指訐慶溥、熙昌囑託無據，其咎小； For reckless and willful speech the case was sent to the ministry for severe deliberation. An edict rebuked Guixing: his charge that Qing Pu and Xi Chang had solicited favors lacked proof and was a lesser offense;