Overview
Yingling was an official, Administrator, and Judge.
Life and dates
Death
- Sudden death after receiving a visitor while ill · With Bie Zhijie (別之傑)Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 253
Attested activity
- AD 1220 to AD 1238 undated Southern Song career in Fan Yingling biographyDated from the passage context · History of Song 410, passages 212, 253
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Father of Fan Yinglingfather 父
father 外艱 · paternal line
parent 親 · paternal lineSources vary in certainty · History of Song 410, passages 222, 231, 239-240 - Child of Mother of Fan Yinglingmother 母
mother 內艱 · maternal lineDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 220
Career and standing
- Zhedong judicial intendant 浙東提點刑獄Appointed then reassignedDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 239
- Hunan transport vice-commissioner with pacification-staff duties 湖南轉運判官兼安撫司AppointedDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 246
- prefect of Jizhou 知吉州Appointed · At Jizhou 吉州Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 221
- vice-prefect of Qizhou 通判蘄州Appointed · At Qizhou 蘄州Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 220
- additional vice-prefect of Fuzhou 添差通判撫州Assigned · At Fuzhou 撫州Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 219
- Guangxi judicial intendant 廣西提點刑獄Declined then accepted · declined firmly and accepted only after more than a yearDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 232
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- vice-prefect of Fuzhou 通判撫州Dismissed · Reason critics attacksDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 219
- temple sinecure 祠祿GrantedDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 219
- army-audit handler 幹辦諸軍審計HeldDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 219
- Shangzuo lang official 尚左郎官PromotedDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 239
- vice minister of the Court of Judicial Review 大理少卿PromotedDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 250
- Jiangxi grain intendant 江西提舉常平Reassigned · unusual concurrent duties over thirty thousand householdsDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 239
- magistrate of Chongren County 知崇仁縣Reassigned · At Chongren County 崇仁縣Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 213
- staff officer of the general fiscal supervisor 總領所屬官RecruitedDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 212
- Jinbu lang official 金部郎官SummonedDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 234
- recorder of Hengzhou 衡州錄事Transferred to · At Hengzhou 衡州Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 212
- supervisor of the Wensi Office 提轄文思院Transferred toDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 219
- director of the Armaments Directorate 軍器監Transferred · concurrent Shangzuo lang officialDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 240
- Direct Baomo Pavilion 直寶謨閣GrantedDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 246
- Direct Huanzhang Pavilion 直煥章閣GrantedDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 249
- Direct Secretarial Associate 直秘閣GrantedDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 239
- Lived in retirement for six years supporting his parent and readingRetirementDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 231
- Rank reduced by one gradeDemotion · Reason impeached by the circuit commissioner for acting precipitouslyDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 230
Places and affiliations
- Polity Song 宋 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passages 212, 234, 241
- At Chongren County 崇仁縣 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passages 213, 217
- At Fuzhou 撫州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 219
- At Guangxi 廣西 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passages 232-233
- At Hengzhou 衡州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 212
- At Hunan 湖南 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passages 246, 248
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- At Jiangxi 江西 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 239
- At Jizhou 吉州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passages 221, 223, 225
- At Qizhou 蘄州 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passages 220, 224
- Organization Flying Tiger Army 飛虎軍 · Relation CommandedDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 248
Works and attributed material
- Facing the Supreme Collection 對越集Relation Author · Extent forty-nine juan of judicial remarksDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 260
- Miscellaneous Writings from the Western Hall 西堂雜著Relation Author · Extent ten juanDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 260
- Zuo Tradition 左氏春秋Relation StudiedDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 260
- Asked to retire; request deniedMemorial · AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 249
- Enumerated four evils of the salt laws and urged grain for salt exchangeMemorial · AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passages 243-245
- Memorialized to abolish ding moneyMemorial · AuthorDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 233
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- Audience speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With the Song emperor (帝)Directly stated · History of Song 410, passages 234-237
- Memorial · Author · Direct quotation · With the Song emperor (帝) · Subject establishing the heir apparentDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passages 240-241
- 彼之貨以悖入，官又從而悖入之，可乎？Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 256
- 招之適以長寇，亟捕之可也。Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 247
- 此豈臣子辭難時耶？Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 221
- 此非小變也。Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 228
- 理財正辭，吾縱不能禁百姓群飲，其可誘之利其贏耶？Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 225
- 生死，數也，平生學力，正在今日。Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 252
Events and relationships
- Asked again to retire and was again refusedPersonnel · PetitionerDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 250
- At years end remitted debts and taxes, released prisoners, and posted benevolent noticesAdministrative · MagistrateDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 218
- Clarified rules, kept deadlines, restored order, and instructed officials and commonersAdministrative · MagistrateDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 213
- Commissioned Zhao Xishao and smashed the Heshan bandit hideouts, executing seven ringleadersDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passages 226-227
- Converted all five Qizhou counties from liquor monopoly levies to household based taxationFiscal · AdministratorDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 224
- Ended village clerks exactions, corrected household register fraud, completed the county ledger, and submitted it with the seed tax scheduleAdministrative · MagistrateDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 214
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- Inventoried the treasury, checked ledgers, finished official and household businessAdministrative · OfficialDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 251
- Kept the county in order as his term endedAdministrative · MagistrateDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 217
- Left no lingering lawsuits or prison backlog; did not confiscate corrupt clerks propertyJudicial · JudgeDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 256
- Mobilized the Flying Tiger Army, captured and executed Jiang Shixuan, his son, and five ringleaders, and returned intact in less than a monthDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 248
- Moved the emperor by urging him to name an heir from his own convictionPolitical · MemorialistDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passages 240-242
- Observed mourning for his father and completed the mourning periodDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 240
- Observed mourning for his mother and completed the mourning periodDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 220
- People with grievances came to his door rather than to magistrates while he lived at homeSocial · Private arbiterDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 258
- Received Intendant Bie Zhijie in illness then died suddenly after the visitor withdrewDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 253
- Refused to institute a liquor monopoly at JizhouFiscal · PrefectDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 225
- Reversed many unjust verdictsJudicial · Judicial intendantDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 233
- Rose early in official robes to hear lawsuits and closed backlogged cases on timeJudicial · JudgeDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 215
- Secretly sent agents with rich rewards to capture Zhu XianDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passages 228-229
- Set out for Jizhou taking his remaining parentStrongly inferred · History of Song 410, passage 222
- Trained troops, secured provisions, cut redundant clerks, and weeded the military rollsMilitary administrative · PrefectDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 223
- Relation Patron of · Person Zhao Xishao (趙希邵)Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 227
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment bearing formidable · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 239
- Assessment classical learning like Er Kuan, judging like Juan Buyi, governing like Gong Sui, bearing like Fan Pang, finance like Liu Yan, yet surpassing them in uprightness · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Xu Luqing (徐鹿卿)Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 261
- Assessment exchanged no gifts with superiors and did not recommend people to please the powerful · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 255
- Assessment open and upright, steadfast, distinguished right from wrong, acted for justice, unmoved by gain or loss · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 254
- Assessment scorned profiting from liquor monopolies · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 224
- Assessment upheld integrity, investigated corruption, and inspired hearers · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 257
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- Assessment words blunt and forthright; thoughtful men applauded them · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Song 410, passage 238
- Item hall plaque Facing the Supreme 堂扁對越 · Relation Received · With Zhen Dexiu (真德秀)Directly stated · History of Song 410, passage 216
References in the histories
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