Xindu (忻都) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xindu as an official. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xindu	忻都	Xindu
Transliterated	Xindu	忻都	Xindu

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 楫徽州任內 · Western Year: c. AD 1287
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:191:s0073, yuanshi:191:s0074

Career and standing

Label: Vice Grand Councillor / 參知政事 · Action: held
Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0074

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: relied on power for harsh exactions · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · yuanshi:191:s0074

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 191Volume 191 Biographies 78: Virtuous Officials 1 · 1 passage

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桑哥立尚書，會計天下錢糧，參知政事忻都、戶部尚書王巨濟，倚勢刻剝，遣吏徵徽州民鈔，多輸二千錠，巨濟怒其少，欲更益千錠，楫詣巨濟曰：「公欲百姓死耶、生耶？ When Sangge established the Ministry of Revenue and audited the realm's finances, Vice Grand Councillor Xindu and Minister of Revenue Wang Juji, relying on their power, engaged in harsh exactions. They sent officials to collect paper currency from Huizhou's populace, who paid two thousand ingots more than required. Juji was angry that the amount was too small and wanted to add another thousand. Ji went to Juji and said: "Do you, sir, wish the common people to live or to die?