Overview
The translated histories identify Yu Qian as a named individual, official, and statesman. This record brings together 8 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Yu Qian | 于謙 | Yu Qian |
| Personal name | Yu Qian | 于謙 | Yu Qian |
| Personal | Yu Qian | 于謙 | Yú Qiān |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · mingshi:012:s0005, mingshi:014:s0195
Roles
- Named Individual
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: put to death by the court · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月丁亥 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0009
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 天順元年六月乙巳 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0001, mingshi:012:s0047
- Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月丁亥 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0001, mingshi:012:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0001, mingshi:012:s0005
- Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬辰 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:012:s0001, mingshi:012:s0013
- Source Date: Text: 成化二十三年 · Western Year: AD 1487Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:014:s0195
- Source Date: Text: 正統 · Western Year: AD 1449Explicit event contextual date · mingshi:169:s0076
Career and standing
- Label: Minister of War / 兵部尚書 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0005
- Label: wrongful death redressed / 卹于謙之冤 · Action: rehabilitated · Authority Person Id: Xianzong (憲宗)Explicit · mingshi:014:s0195
- Legal Action: execution / 殺 · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月丁亥 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0009
- Legal Action: imprisonment in the Brocade Guard prison / 下錦衣衛獄 · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬午 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0005
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Ming / 明 · Relation: served
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: subject · Action: a public list of his faction was posted throughout the realm · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月壬辰 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0013
- Relation: faction-associate-of · Person Id: Jiang Lin (蔣琳) · Action: Jiang Lin was executed as a member of his faction · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年六月乙巳 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0047
Assessments and attributes
- Item: household property / 家 · Relation: registered and confiscated after his execution · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月丁亥 · Western Year: AD 1457Explicit · mingshi:012:s0009
References in the histories
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