Zhang Chongzhi (沖之)

Overview

Zhang Chongzhi was an official and Administrator.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Daoyuan	道淵	Daoyuan

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1761 二十六年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 325, 328
AD 1761 是年秋
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 328-329
AD 1736 to AD 1738 乾隆初
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 325
AD 1761 to AD 1763 在官三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 328, 336
AD 1762 to AD 1764 逾年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 339-340
AD 1723 to AD 1725 雍正初
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 320-321

Career and standing

secretary in the Ministry of Works 工部主事
AD 1723 to AD 1725 雍正初 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 321
intendant of the Nan-Ru-Guang circuit in Henan 河南南汝光道
AD 1761 二十六年 · Promoted
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 325, 328
director in the Ministry of Revenue 戶部郎中
Promoted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 326
original office 原官
AD 1736 to AD 1738 乾隆初 · Restored
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 325
Ministry of Punishments 刑部
AD 1736 to AD 1738 乾隆初 · Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 325
Ended
AD 1762 to AD 1764 逾年 · Released to return home
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 339-340

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Entered
AD 1723 to AD 1735 尋 · Demotion
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 321, 324
serve at a military post 效力軍台
Frontier military service · Entered
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 339
government student 諸生
Government student
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 321
favoritism in the Shangcheng prison case 商城獄坐徇庇
AD 1761 to AD 1763 在官三年 · Dismissal · Stripped of office
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 336, 339

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 321
At Wanping, Shuntian 順天宛平
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 320
AD 1761 二十六年
At Nan-Ru-Guang circuit, Henan 河南南汝光道 · Relation Posted to
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 325, 328
At military post / juntai 軍台 · Relation Exiled to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 339
At Shuntian 順天 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 320
At Wanping 宛平 · Relation Native of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 320

Learning and skills

Nominated
AD 1723 to AD 1725 雍正初 · Credential Filial, Incorrupt, and Upright 孝廉方正
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 321

Works and attributed material

AD 1761 是年秋
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 331-332

Events and relationships

Argued without reserve
AD 1723 to AD 1725 雍正初 · Political · Speaker · With Prince Guo (果親王) · At before Prince Guo 總理果親王前
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 321-322
Audited city wall repairs against graft
AD 1761 to AD 1763 在官三年 · Administrative · Auditor
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 328, 337
Called to assist sealing breach
AD 1761 是年秋 · Hydraulic · Assistant · With Liu Tongxun (劉統勳), Zhaohui (兆惠) · At Yangqiao 楊橋
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 328-329
Closed breach on schedule and returned surplus
AD 1761 是年秋 · Hydraulic · Supervisor · At Yangqiao 楊橋 · Outcome Reduced requisitions by sixty million sorghum stalks and six million hemp units; surplus returned
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 329, 334
Opposed further straw requisition
AD 1761 是年秋 · Hydraulic · Advocate · At Yangqiao 楊橋
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 329-332
Released home after a year
Legal · Subject
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 340

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provincial treasury-shortfall recoveries 追虧帑
Fiscal · Memorialist · Requested separate audit and remission
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 323
Saved four coerced confessors
AD 1761 to AD 1763 在官三年 · Legal · Judge · At Luoshan 羅山
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 328, 336
commissioners 使臣
AD 1761 是年秋 · Hydraulic · Reporter · Urged timely closure and surplus materials
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 329, 333
Relation Colleague of · Person Tang Shibi (侍陛)
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 343
Relation Subordinate of · Person Prince Guo (果親王)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 322
Relation Praised by · Person Hu Baoheng (胡寶瑔)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 335
Relation Assistant to · Person Liu Tongxun (劉統勳)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 329
Relation Assistant to · Person Zhaohui (兆惠)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 329
Relation Colleague of · Person Ye Shikuan (士寬)
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 343

Assessments and attributes

Assessment bold and unreserved in argument even before Prince Guo · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 322
Assessment excellent prospective Director-General of Rivers · Mode named-person-speech Speaker Hu Baoheng (胡寶瑔)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 335
Assessment handled affairs with fairness and leniency · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 327
Assessment the people were grateful to him · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 338
Assessment upright and able to fulfill his duties as a circuit intendant · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 343
Assessment what he enacted benefited the state and the people, not surpassed by ancient model officials · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 344

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 320

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 336Volume 336 Biographies 123: Ye Shikuan, Chen Mengshuo, Jie Xi, Zhou Fanghao, Jin Rong, Zhang Weiyin, Gu Guangxu, Shen Shanfu, Fang Ang, Tang Shibi, Zhang Chongzhi · 4 passages

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沖之，字道淵，順天宛平人。 Zhang Chongzhi, whose courtesy name was Daoyuan, came from Wanping in the Shuntian metropolitan district.

是年秋，河決楊橋，大學士劉統勳、兆惠奉命往塞之，調沖之襄河事。 That autumn the Yellow River broke through at Yangqiao. Grand Secretaries Liu Tongxun and Zhaohui were dispatched to seal the breach, and Chongzhi was called in to assist.

沖之曰：「計工需料若干萬，今已贏矣。 Chongzhi said, "The project requires a fixed quantity of materials, and we already have more than enough.

卒聽沖之減徵秫稭六千萬、麻六百萬，即責沖之董其役，果如期合龍，仍有餘料，殫數給還，以紓民力。 They finally accepted Chongzhi's proposal, cutting requisitions by sixty million sorghum stalks and six million units of hemp, and put him in charge of the work. The breach was closed on schedule with materials to spare, every surplus item returned to ease the people's burden.