Qing · Official

Xu Youren 徐有壬

Died AD 1860

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu Youren was an official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1860 十年春
Died defending city · At Suzhou 蘇州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 186

Attested activity

AD 1860 十年春
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passages 183, 186

Career and standing

governor of Jiangsu 巡撫
AD 1860 十年春 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 183

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 183

Works and attributed material

AD 1860 十年春
Memorial · Author · Paraphrased · Summary Impeached Guiqing for abandoning the city; dying memorial repeated the charge 疏劾其棄城喪師；遺疏再劾
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passages 183, 186

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 397, passage 183

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 397Volume 397 Biographies 184: Lu Jianying, Yang Wending, Qing Lin, Chong Lun, He Guiqing · 2 passages

桂清至蘇州，巡撫徐有壬拒勿納，疏劾其棄城喪師狀。 Guiqing reached Suzhou, but Governor Xu Youren refused him entry and memorialized impeaching him for abandoning the city and losing the army.

蘇州亦陷，有壬殉之，遺疏再劾桂清，詔褫職逮京治罪。 Suzhou also fell; Youren died defending it and in a dying memorial again impeached Guiqing; an edict stripped his rank and ordered him brought to the capital for trial.