Ming · Official and Scholar

Xue Xuan 薛瑄

Attested AD 1457 - AD 1457

Passages
2
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Xue Xuan as a judge, official, and scholar. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Xue Xuan 薛瑄 Xue Xuan
Personal name Xue Xuan 薛瑄 Xue Xuan

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Judge
  • Official
  • Scholar

Life and dates

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: Vice Minister of Rites and concurrent Hanlin Academician / 禮部侍郎兼翰林學士 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0006
  • Label: Grand Secretariat, participant in confidential affairs / 入閣預機務 · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0006
  • Label: Chief Minister of the Court of Judicial Review / 大理寺卿 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0006
  • Status: retirement from office · Source Term: 致仕 · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年六月壬寅 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0044

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records · 2 passages