Qing · Envoy and Grand Secretary

Yang Weizhi 楊畏知

Attested AD 1645

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Weizhi was an envoy and Grand Secretary.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Weizhi

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1645 順治間
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 248, passage 201

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 248Volume 248 Biographies 35: Xu Dingguo, Zuo Menggeng, Tian Xiong, Zhang Tianlu, Sun Kewang · 4 passages

明桂王在肇慶，乃遣畏知奉表乞王封，桂王封可望景國公，賜名朝宗。 The Ming Prince of Gui was at Zhaoqing. Kewang sent Weizhi to present a memorial requesting a princely title. The Prince of Gui enfeoffed Kewang as Duke of Jing and bestowed the name Chaozong.

我師定兩廣，桂王至南寧，乃遣使封可望冀王，可望猶不受，復使畏知詣桂王，而遣其將賀九儀等以五千人先驅，取起恆及諸臣阻秦封者盡殺之。 After our army pacified the two Guang provinces, the Prince of Gui reached Nanning and sent envoys to enfeoff Kewang as Prince of Ji. Kewang still refused. He sent Weizhi to the Prince of Gui again, while dispatching his generals He Jiuyi and others with five thousand men ahead to seize Yan Qiheng and all the ministers who had blocked the Qin enfeoffment and put them to death.

桂王乃真封可望秦王，而留畏知授大學士。 The Prince of Gui then formally enfeoffed Kewang as Prince of Qin and retained Weizhi, appointing him Grand Secretary.

可望聞之怒，召至貴陽面數之，畏知以冠擊可望，亦被殺。 When Kewang heard of this he was furious. He summoned Weizhi to Guiyang and rebuked him to his face. Weizhi struck Kewang with his official cap and was put to death.