Qing · Official and Statesman

Yu Guozhu 余國柱

Yú Guózhù

Attested AD 1652 - AD 1688

Passages
21
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Yu Guozhu as an official and statesman. This record brings together 21 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Yu Guozhu 余國柱 Yú Guózhù
Courtesy Liangshi 兩石 Liǎngshí
Alternate Yu Guozhu 餘國柱
Personal name Yu Guozhu 餘國柱 Yu Guozhu
Personal Yu Guozhu 餘國柱 Yu Guozhu
Nickname Yu Qin Hui 余秦檜

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1685
  • Source Date: Text: 康熙二十七年 · Western Year: AD 1688
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0155
  • Source Date: Text: 康熙二十七年 · Western Year: AD 1688
  • Source Date: Text: 康熙二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1687
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0152
  • Source Date: Text: 康熙二十年 · Western Year: AD 1681
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0147
  • Source Date: Text: 康熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1676
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0145
  • Source Date: Text: 順治九年 · Western Year: AD 1652
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0143

Career and standing

  • Label: governor of Jiangning / 江寧巡撫 · Action: appointed
  • Label: grand secretary of the Hall of Military Glory / 武英殿大學士 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 康熙二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1687
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0152
  • Label: investigating censor of Yanzhou / 兗州推官 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 順治九年 · Western Year: AD 1652
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0143
  • Label: supervising censor of the Revenue Section / 戶科給事中 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 康熙十五年 · Western Year: AD 1676
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0145
  • Label: vice censor-in-chief of the left / 左副都御史 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 康熙二十年 · Western Year: AD 1681
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0147
  • Label: Grand Secretary / 大學士 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1685
  • Status: dismissed · Action: stripped of office

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 順治九年 · Western Year: AD 1652
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:269:s0143

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: nicknamed Yu Qin Hui · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

Source notes

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 269Volume 269 Biographies 56: Suo Etu, Ming Zhu · 14 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 270Volume 270 Biographies 57: Hao Yu, Yang Suyun, Guo Xiu · 2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 271Volume 271 Biographies 58: Xu Qianxue, Wang Hongxu, Gao Shiqi · 5 passages
御史陳紫芝劾汧貪黷,命副都御史開音布會巡撫於成龍、馬齊覆訊,汧、澤深事倶實,復得澤深交結大學士餘國柱爲囑色楞額徇庇及汧遣人赴京行賄狀,下法司嚴議。 Censor Chen Zizhi impeached Zhang Gan for corruption; Vice Censor-in-Chief Kaiyinbu was sent with Governors Yu Chenglong and Ma Qi to reinvestigate; both men's guilt was confirmed, and investigators also uncovered Zeshen's dealings with Grand Secretary Yu Guozhu to secure Selenge's protection and Zhang Gan's bribery agents in the capital; the judiciary was ordered to rule severely.