Yu Shiji (俞士吉) | 24 Histories

Overview

Yu Shiji was an official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yongzhen	用貞	Yongzhen

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1425 宣德初
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
AD 1399 to AD 1402 建文中
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
AD 1402 成祖即位
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
AD 1403 永樂元年
Directly stated · History of Ming 149, passage 101

Career and standing

Assistant Censor-in-Chief 僉都御史
AD 1402 成祖即位 · Advanced
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
managing official for water control in Suzhou and Songjiang 為事官治水蘇松
Demoted to
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
Vice Minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Justice 南京刑部侍郎
AD 1425 宣德初 · Held
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
training instructor at Yanzhou 兗州訓導
AD 1399 to AD 1402 建文中 · Held
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
supervisor of agricultural administration in western Zhejiang 督浙西農政
Held
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
censor 御史
Promoted
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a

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Entered
AD 1425 宣德初 · Retirement
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
Restored
Restored to office
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
Entered
Imprisonment
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
impeachment 劾
Suffered · Authority Chen Ying (陳瑛)
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a

Places and affiliations

Ming 明
Relation Served
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
At Xiangshan 象山
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a

Works and attributed material

Shengxiao ruiying song 聖孝瑞應頌
Relation Author
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
Shengxiao ruiying song 聖孝瑞應頌
Document · Author
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a

Events and relationships

Delivered water management books
Administrative · Envoy · With Xia Yuanji (夏原吉)
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
Released wrongfully imprisoned
Judicial · Inspector · At Fengyang, Huizhou, and Huguang 鳳陽、徽州及湖廣
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
Reported Huzhou grain arrears truthfully
Administrative · Reporter · At Huzhou 湖州 · Outcome Arrears remitted
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
Relation Fellow prisoner with · Person Yuan Fu (袁復)
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a
Relation Colleague of · Person Xia Yuanji (夏原吉)
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0261a

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 149Volume 149 Biographies 37: Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji · 4 passages

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〈（俞士吉李文郁鄒師顏）〉 (Yu Shiji, Li Wenyu, Zou Shiyan)

尋命侍郎李文郁為之副，復使僉都御史俞士吉賫水利書賜之。 He was soon given Vice Minister Li Wenyu as deputy, and Assistant Censor-in-Chief Yu Shiji was again dispatched with an imperial book on water control as a gift.

命原吉率俞士吉、袁復及左通政趙居任往振，發粟三十萬石，給牛種。 The Emperor ordered Yuanji to lead Yu Shiji, Yuan Fu, and Left Commissioner Zhao Juren to provide relief, distributing three hundred thousand piculs of grain and supplying oxen and seed.

俞士吉，字用貞，象山人。建文中，為兗州訓導。上書言時政，擢御史。出按鳳陽、徽州及湖廣，能辨釋冤獄。成祖即位，進僉都御史。奉詔以水利書賜原吉，因留督浙西農政。湖州逋糧至六十萬石，同事者欲減其數以聞。士吉曰：「欺君病民，吾不為也。」具以實奏，悉得免。尋為都御史陳瑛所劾，與大理少卿袁復同繋獄。復死獄中，士吉謫為事官，治水蘇、松。既而復職，還上《聖孝瑞應頌》。帝曰：「爾為大臣，不言民間利病，乃獻諛耶！」擲還之。宣德初，仕至南京刑部侍郎，致仕。 Yu Shiji, style Yongzhen, came from Xiangshan. During Jianwen he was training instructor at Yanzhou. After submitting a memorial on current policy, he was promoted to censor. Sent to inspect Fengyang, Huizhou, and Huguang, he distinguished and released wrongfully imprisoned men. When Chengzu took the throne, Yu was advanced to Assistant Censor-in-Chief. By imperial order he carried books on water management to Yuanji, and he stayed on to supervise agricultural administration in western Zhejiang. Huzhou owed as much as six hundred thousand shi of grain, and his colleagues wanted to report a reduced figure. Shiji said, "To deceive the ruler and harm the people is something I will not do." He reported the facts in full, and all the arrears were remitted. Soon afterward he was impeached by Censor-in-Chief Chen Ying and imprisoned together with Yuan Fu, Vice Director of the Court of Judicial Review. Yuan Fu died in prison, and Shiji was demoted to managing official and assigned to water control in Suzhou and Songjiang. Later he was restored to office. On his return he submitted the Shengxiao ruiying song. The emperor said, "You are a great minister, yet instead of speaking of the people's benefits and harms, you offer flattery?" and threw it back to him. Early in Xuande, Shiji reached the post of Vice Minister in the Nanjing Ministry of Justice and retired.