Xu Zhenyi (許振禕) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xu Zhenyi as a military officer, official, and scholar. This record brings together 5 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	Xu Zhenyi	許振禕	Xu Zhenyi
Courtesy	Xianping	仙屏	Xianping
Given	Zhenyi	振禕

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Military Officer
Official
Scholar

Life and dates

Death

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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 二十一年 · Western Year: AD 1895
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Source Date: Text: 二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1898
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Source Date: Text: 光緒二年 · Western Year: AD 1876
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Source Date: Text: 八年 · Western Year: AD 1882
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Source Date: Text: 十六年 · Western Year: AD 1890
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Source Date: Text: 同治二年 · Western Year: AD 1863
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Source Date: Text: 咸豐初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1851 · End: AD 1855
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Family

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Child of Father of Xu Zhenyi
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Yellow River commissioner eastward / 河東河道總督 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十六年 · Western Year: AD 1890
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Label: educational commissioner of Shaanxi and Gansu / 陝甘學政 · Action: appointed
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Label: governor of Guangdong / 廣東巡撫 · Action: appointed
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Label: intendant of the Zhang-Wei-Huai Circuit / 彰衛懷道 · Action: appointed
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Title: joint sacrifice in Zeng Guofan shrines / 附祀曾國籓祠 · Action: granted
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Places and affiliations

Place: Fengxin in Jiangxi / 江西奉新
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Learning and skills

Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 同治二年 · Western Year: AD 1863
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Events and relationships

Kind: educational · Role: founder · Action: founded · Place: Weijing Academy at Jingyang / 涇陽味經書院
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: recovered · Place: Ji'an / 吉安 · Other Person Id: Deng Fulun (鄧輔綸)
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Kind: educational · Role: commissioner · Action: restored-exams
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Relation: staff-officer-of · Person Id: Zeng Guofan (曾國籓)
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Relation: praised-by · Person Id: Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠)
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: supervised works rigorously and stamped out embezzlement · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 450Volume 450 Biographies 237: Li Henian, Wen Bin, Ren Daorong, Xu Zhenyi, Wu Dacheng · 5 passages

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許振禕，字仙屏，江西奉新人。 Xu Zhenyi, styled Xianping, was a native of Fengxin in Jiangxi.

迨楚軍困於江西，都邑相繼陷，振禕偕內閣中書鄧輔綸募鄉兵擊賊進賢、東鄉，旋复吉安。 When Zeng's Hunan army was trapped in Jiangxi and town after town fell, Zhenyi joined Secretariat drafter Deng Fulun in raising local militia to attack rebels in Jinxian and Dongxiang, and soon recovered Ji'an.

振禕始按試各郡，多錄降人子弟，補行八次歲科試，入學者數千人，回民大服。 Zhenyi began holding examinations in each prefecture, enrolled many sons of the surrendered population, made up eight years of missed qualifying exams, and brought several thousand students into the schools; the Muslim communities were deeply impressed.

二十四年，裁廣東、雲南、湖北三巡撫缺，振禕調內用。 In 1898 the governorships of Guangdong, Yunnan, and Hubei were abolished, and Zhenyi was transferred to service in the capital.

道鎔剔河工積弊，務節減，振禕督工嚴，盡革中飽，尤以勤廉者，皆足收一時之效，然徒治標，非治本計也。 Daorong rooted out long-standing abuses and practiced strict economy; Zhenyi supervised works rigorously and stamped out embezzlement through diligence and integrity—all achieved useful short-term results, but these were palliatives, not a fundamental cure.