Overview
Yang Shixiang was an official and Statesman.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Lianfu | 蓮府 | Lianfu |
| Posthumous name | Wenjing | 文敬 | Wenjing |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 1909 宣統元年五月Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 248
Attested activity
- AD 1875 to AD 1908 光緒Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 449, passages 284, 286
- AD 1905 光緒三十一年Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 223
- AD 1907 光緒三十三年Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 232
- AD 1908 光緒三十四年Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 235
- AD 1886 光緒十二年Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 221
- AD 1874 to AD 1909 列傳題名Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 2
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- AD 1909 宣統元年Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 449, passages 240-241
- AD 1909 宣統元年五月Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 248
Family
- Kinship Role parents · Quantity unspecified · orphaned youngDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 249
Career and standing
- staff secretary / private aide 幕僚Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 249
- acting governor of Shandong 署山東巡撫AD 1905 三十一年 · Acting · At Shandong 山東Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 223
- governor-general of Zhili 直隸總督AD 1907 三十三年 · Appointed · At Zhili 直隸Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 232
- compiler 編修AD 1886 光緒十二年 · AppointedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 221
- Hanlin bachelor 庶吉士AD 1886 光緒十二年 · AppointedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 221
- circuit intendant 道員AppointedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 222
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- Tongyong Circuit intendant 通永道Appointed · At Zhili 直隸Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 222
- judicial commissioner 按察使PromotedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 222
- provincial treasurer of Jiangxi 江西布政使Transferred · At Jiangxi 江西Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 222
- Zhili provincial post 直隸Transferred · At Zhili 直隸Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 222
- Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent 太子少保AD 1909 宣統元年五月 · Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 248
- Wenjing 文敬AD 1909 宣統元年五月 · Posthumously titledDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 248
- frontier command 專閫Frontier commander · HeldDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 249
Places and affiliations
- Polity Qing 清 · Relation AssociatedStrongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 2
- Polity Qing 清 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passages 221, 232, 284, 286
- At Sizhou, Anhui 安徽泗州Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 220
- AD 1905 三十一年At Shandong 山東 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 223
- At Jiangxi 江西 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 222
- At Zhili 直隸 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 222
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- Organization Beiyang administration 北洋 · Relation HeadedStrongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 449, passages 233-234
Learning and skills
- EarnedAD 1886 光緒十二年 · Credential metropolitan graduate 進士Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 221
Works and attributed material
- AD 1909 宣統元年Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passages 241-246
- AD 1908 明年Memorial · AuthorDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passages 236-238
Events and relationships
- Applied rural pacification and pressed arrestsLegal · Governor · At Caozhou 曹州Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 229
- Continued Yuan policies despite fiscal strainAdministrative · SuccessorDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 234
- Diagnosed river breach incentivesAdministrative · Governor · At Shandong 山東Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passages 224-225
- Had audience with throneAD 1908 明年 · Court · OfficialDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 235
- Inspected Yongding River works and requested treasury fundsAD 1908 明年 · Administrative · Inspector · At Yongding River 永定河Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passages 236-239
- Instituted river work regulationsAdministrative · Issuer · At Shandong 山東Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passages 226-227
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- Memorialized to reform metropolitan corvee abusesAD 1909 宣統元年 · Administrative · ReformerDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passages 240-241, 247
- Personally inspected dikes and enforced rewards punishmentsAdministrative · Inspector · At Shandong 山東 · Outcome No major river calamity for several yearsDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 228
- Rose from staff service to frontier commandCareer · OfficialDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 249
- Secured withdrawal of German railway garrison troopsDiplomatic · Negotiator · At Shandong 山東Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passages 230-231
- succeeded as Zhili governor-general 代為直隸總督Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 232
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment praised for tactful handling of affairs · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 234
- Assessment received commendatory edict for corvee-reform memorial · Mode named-source-reportDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 247
- Assessment tactful and quick-witted; offended no one · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 249
- versatile and quick; able to hold to rectitude 通敏；能持正Assessment tactful and quick; upheld integrity · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 286
- orphaned and exposed in youthEarly lifeDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 249
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passages 2, 286
- Listed as a biography co-subject of Qingshi gao chapter 449 alongside Xi Liang; no dated career narrative in this owned chunk.Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 449, passage 2
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