Qin and Han · Official

Yin Qi 尹齊

Yǐn Qí

Attested BC 114

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Yin Qi was an official.

Life and dates

Death

Illness
Directly stated · Book of Han 102, passage 191

Attested activity

BC 114 義縱、尹齊、王溫舒等用慘急刻深為九卿
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passages 172, 177

Key source chapters

Career and standing

one of the Nine Ministers 九卿
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 177
metropolitan commandant 中尉
Directly stated · Book of Han 102, passage 188

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 177
At Chiping in Dong commandery 東郡茌平
Directly stated · Book of Han 102, passage 183

Assessments and attributes

Assessment used cruel, urgent, harsh, and searching methods · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 177

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 30, passage 177

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 102Volume 90: Cruel Officials · 4 passages

而尹齊為中尉坐法抵罪，溫舒復為中尉。 Yin Qi's conviction cleared the way for Wang Wenshu's second stint as commandant.

尹齊，東郡茌平人也。 Yin Qi hailed from Chiping in Dong commandery.

吏民益凋敝，輕齊木強少文，豪惡吏伏匿而善吏不能為治，以故事多廢，抵罪。 His stiff manner exhausted the capital; villains hid while honest clerks stalled until scandal broke.

河南守舉為御史，使督盜賊關東，治放尹齊，以敢擊行。 Henan's governor recommended him to hunt bandits beyond the passes in Yin Qi's brutal style.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 30Treatise on the Balanced Standard · 1 passage

而御史大夫張湯方隆貴用事，減宣、杜周等為中丞，義縱、尹齊、王溫舒等用慘急刻深為九卿，而直指夏蘭之屬始出矣。 At this time, Imperial Censor Zhang Tang was rising in power and controlling affairs. Jian Xuan, Du Zhou, and others were appointed assistant censors; Yi Zong, Yin Qi, Wang Wenshu, and others used cruel, urgent, harsh, and searching methods as ministers among the Nine Ministers. Officials such as the Direct Commissioner Xia Lan began to appear.