Ming · Official

Youzhen 有貞

Attested AD 1457

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Youzhen was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1457 奪門
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 170, passages 302-303

Events and relationships

Forced Yu Qian to death in gate seizure coup
AD 1457 奪門 · Political · Persecutor · With Yu Qian (于謙)
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 302
Met calamity in succession
Political · Victim
Directly stated · History of Ming 170, passage 303

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 170Volume 170 Biographies 58: Yu Qian · 2 passages

變起奪門，禍機猝發，徐、石之徒出力而擠之死，當時莫不稱冤。 When the coup at the palace gate struck, disaster erupted in an instant; Xu, Shi, and their faction forced him to his death, and all who lived then called it injustice.

然有貞與亨、吉祥相繼得禍，皆不旋踵。 Yet Youzhen, Heng, and Jixiang each met ruin in turn, almost before they could turn around.