Yang Wenqian (楊文乾)

Overview

The translated histories identify Yang Wenqian as an administrator and official. This record brings together 7 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Yang Wenqian	楊文乾	Yang Wenqian
Personal	Wen Qian	文乾	Wen Qian
Given name	Wenqian	文乾	Wenqian
Surname	Yang	楊	Yang
Personal name	Yang Wenqian	楊文乾	Yang Wenqian

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:327:s0012

Roles

Administrator
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: natural
Explicit · qingshigao:300:s0065

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 世宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1723 · End: AD 1735
Explicit · qingshigao:300:s0007
Source Date: Text: 乾隆初 · Western Year: AD 1736
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:327:s0043, qingshigao:327:s0045

Family

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Parent of Yang Yingju (楊應琚)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Career and standing

Label: Guangdong governor / 廣東巡撫 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:300:s0007

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 300Volume 300 Biographies 87: Chen Qi Yuan, He Shijian, Tang Jizu, Ma Weihan, Yu Dian, Wang Yezi, Liu Erwei · 6 passages

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時世宗聞福建倉穀虧空，遣廣東巡撫楊文乾等往按，被劾者半，受代者爭為煩苛，起元獨持平。 When the Yongzheng Emperor learned that Fujian's granary accounts showed large shortfalls, he sent Guangdong governor Yang Wenqian and others to investigate. Half of those investigated were impeached, and their successors competed to be harsh and troublesome—only Qiyuan remained fair and even-handed.

總督孔毓珣與巡撫楊文乾不相能，以師儉署鹽法道，欲引以為助。 Governor Kong Yuxun and Governor Yang Wenqian were at loggerheads; Yuxun placed Shijian in charge of the salt administration, hoping to win him as an ally.

文乾疑為毓珣黨，令買銅，將以賠累困之。 Wenqian suspected him of siding with Yuxun and ordered him to buy copper, planning to ruin him with indemnity claims.

明年，文乾入覲，上示以毓珣彈事，亦及師儉，乃知師儉非阿毓珣者。 The following year Wenqian came to court; the emperor showed him Yuxun's impeachment memorial, which also named Shijian, and Wenqian realized Shijian had not been currying favor with Yuxun.

令署按察使，毓珣又疑師儉暱文乾。 The court ordered Shijian to serve as acting judicial commissioner; Yuxun now suspected him of being close to Wenqian.

及文乾卒，劾師儉違禁開礦，侵蝕銅價。 After Wenqian's death, Yuxun impeached Shijian for illegally opening mines and embezzling funds from the copper purchases.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 327Volume 327 Biographies 114: Liu Zao, Yang Yingju, Yang Zhongying, Su Erxiang, Ming Rui · 1 passage

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楊應琚，字佩之，漢軍正白旗人，廣東巡撫文乾子。 Yang Yingju, styled Peizhi, was a Bannerman of the Plain White Banner of the Han Army and the son of Wen Qian, Governor of Guangdong.