Ming · Minister of War

Yu Qian 于謙

Died AD 1457

Passages
8
Chapters
3
Histories
1

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

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
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

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 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0009

Attested activity

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 1457
    Explicit · 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 1457
    Explicit · 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 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0005

Places and affiliations

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 1457
    Explicit · 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 1457
    Explicit · 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 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0009

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records · 4 passages
History of Ming, Chapter 14Volume 14 Annals 14: Xianzong 2 · 1 passage
History of Ming, Chapter 169Volume 169 Biographies 57: Gao Gu, Hu Ying, Wang Zhi · 3 passages