Xia Yuanji (夏原吉) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xia Yuanji as an official and statesman. This record brings together 6 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	Xia Yuanji	夏原吉	Xia Yuanji
Surname	Xia	夏
Personal name	Xia Yuanji	夏原吉	Xià Yuánjí
Personal name	Xia Yuanji	夏原吉	Xia Yuanji
Given	Yuanji	原吉

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 丁未 · Western Year: AD 1424
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Source Date: Text: 宣德 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1426 · End: AD 1435
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Source Date: Text: 洪熙元年 · Western Year: AD 1425
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Source Date: Text: 洪熙元年 · Western Year: AD 1425
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Career and standing

Label: Minister / Shangshu / 尚書 · Action: held
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Label: Minister of Revenue / 戶部尚書 · Action: restored · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 戊午 · Western Year: AD 1424
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Status: released · Action: released from prison · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 丁未 · Western Year: AD 1424
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Places and affiliations

Polity: Ming / 明 · Relation: served
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Events and relationships

Kind: audience · Role: addressee · Action: summoned-regarding-Xianling
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Assessments and attributes

Item: silver seal Correct errors and amend faults / 繩愆糾繆銀章 · Relation: bestowed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 丙戌 · Western Year: AD 1424
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References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 8Volume 8 Annals 8: Renzong · 4 passages

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丁未，出夏原吉等於獄。 On dingwei Xia Yuanji and the others were freed from custody.

戊午，復夏原吉、吳中官。 On wuwu Xia Yuanji and Wu Zhong were reinstated.

丙戌，賜戶部尚書夏原吉「繩愆糾繆」銀章。 On bingxu Revenue Minister Xia Yuanji received the same "Correct errors and amend faults" silver seal.

是月，諭蹇義、楊士奇、夏原吉、楊榮、金幼孜曰：「前世人主，或自尊大，惡聞直言，臣下相與阿附，以至於敗。 That month he told Jian Yi, Yang Shiqi, Xia Yuanji, Yang Rong, and Jin Youzi: "Some earlier rulers grew arrogant and shunned blunt counsel; their ministers flattered one another until the state collapsed.

History of Ming, Chapter 58Volume 58 Treatises 34: Rites 12 · 1 passage

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先是，詔營獻陵，帝召尚書蹇義、夏原吉諭曰：「國家以四海之富葬親，豈惜勞費。 Earlier, an edict had ordered the construction of Xianling; the emperor summoned the ministers Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji and instructed them: "The state possesses the wealth of all under Heaven to bury a parent — how could it begrudge labor and expense.

History of Ming, Chapter 169Volume 169 Biographies 57: Gao Gu, Hu Ying, Wang Zhi · 1 passage

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嘗曲宴濙及楊士奇、夏原吉、蹇義，曰：「海內無虞，卿等四人力也。」 He once entertained Hu Ying, Yang Shiqi, Xia Yuanji, and Jian Yi privately and said, "The empire is at peace — the four of you have done this."