Zai Feng (載灃) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zai Feng as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 4 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	Zai Feng	載灃	Zaifeng
Title	Prince Chun	醇親王
Title	Prince Chun	醇親王	Chun qinwang
Title	Prince Chun Zai Feng	醇親王載灃
Title	Prince Chun Zaifeng
Title	regent	監國攝政王
Personal	Zai Feng	載灃
Personal	Zaifeng	載灃	Zaifeng
Personal	Zaifeng	載灃

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:437:s0186
Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:445:s0202

Roles

Royal Family Member
Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 光緒末 · Western Year: AD 1907
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:443:s0021
Source Date: Text: 宣統改元 · Western Year: AD 1909
Explicit · qingshigao:445:s0202
Source Date: Text: 醇親王載灃監國攝政 · Western Year: AD 1908
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:437:s0186

Family

Sibling of Zaitao (載濤)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder
Sibling of Zaixun (載洵)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder

Career and standing

Label: regent / 監國攝政 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 醇親王載灃監國攝政 · Western Year: AD 1908
Explicit · qingshigao:437:s0186
Label: regent / 攝政 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:445:s0202

Events and relationships

Kind: legal · Role: investigator · Action: investigated with Sun Jianai · Other Person Id: Sun Jianai (孫家鼐)
Explicit · qingshigao:443:s0021

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 437Volume 437 Biographies 224: Rong Lu, Wang Wenshao, Zhang Zhidong, Qu Hongji · 1 passage

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德宗暨慈禧皇太后相繼崩，醇親王載灃監國攝政。 Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi died in succession, and Prince Chun Zai Feng became regent.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 443Volume 443 Biographies 230: Sun Jianai, Zhang Baixi, Tang Jingchong, Yu Shimei, Shen Jiaben · 1 passage

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御史趙啓霖劾奕劻及其子貝子載振受賄納優，命醇親王載灃與家鼐往按，啓霖坐汚衊親貴褫職，而載振尋亦乞罷兼官。 Censor Zhao Qilin impeached Yikuang and his son, the beizi Zaizhen, for taking bribes and keeping actresses. Prince Chun Zaifeng and Jianai were sent to investigate. Zhao Qilin was punished for slandering imperial kin and stripped of office, and Zaizhen soon resigned his concurrent posts as well.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 445Volume 445 Biographies 232: Wu Kedu, Zhu Yixin, Tu Keshou, An Weijun, Wen Ti, Jiang Chunlin · 2 passages

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宣統改元，醇親王載灃既攝政，其弟載洵、載濤分長軍諮、海軍，頗用事。 When Xuantong began its reign, Prince Chun Zaifeng had become regent; his brothers Zaixun and Zaitao respectively headed the Army Advisory Council and the navy and wielded considerable power.

又謂：「景皇帝以神器付之皇上，衝齡踐阼，軍國重事，監國攝政王主之。 He also said: "The Jing Emperor entrusted the sacred vessel to our emperor; the emperor ascended the throne in tender years, and weighty military and state affairs are presided over by the regent.