Overview
Zhang Weiyin was an official and Administrator.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Ziwei | 子畏 | Ziwei |
Life and dates
Death
- Cause Illness · Died after resuming officeDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 160
Attested activity
- AD 1736 乾隆元年Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 141
Career and standing
- acting prefect of Heqing and Yongbei 署鶴慶、永北ActingDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 153
- secretary in the Ministry of Revenue Jiangnan bureau 戶部江南司主事AD 1736 乾隆元年 · AppointedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 141
- prefect of Lin'an 補臨安AppointedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 153
- supervising censor managing the Guizhou circuit 監察御史補掌貴州道AppointedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 144
- prefect 知府DemotedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 149
- grain superintendent 督糧道PromotedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 155
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- vice director in the Ministry of Personnel 吏部員外郎PromotedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 144
- Yunnan courier and salt intendant 驛鹽ReassignedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 146
- Yunnan Yidong circuit intendant 雲南迤東道SelectedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 146
- Fujian Ting-Zhang-Long circuit intendant 福建汀漳龍道TransferredDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 156
- prefect of the provincial capital concurrently overseeing Chuxiong 調首郡，兼楚雄TransferredDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 153
- Zhejiang salt circuit intendant 浙江鹽道TransferredDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 156
- outstanding service citation 卓異AwardedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 159
- demotion to prefect 左遷知府Entered · Reason held liable for a predecessor's deficitsDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 149
- release from pending punishment 待罪得脫ReleasedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 155
Places and affiliations
- Polity Qing 清 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 141
- At Nanpi in Zhili 直隸南皮Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 140
- At Fujian 閩 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 156-157
- At Nanpi 南皮 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 140
- At Yunnan 滇 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 146-147
Learning and skills
- EarnedAD 1736 乾隆元年 · Credential jinshi 進士Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 141
Events and relationships
- Audited Jiangnan tax accounts so crafty clerks could not deceive himAdministrative · AuditorDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 142-143
- Impeached the Fujian governor general for entrapment with bribesDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 145
- Investigated Dongchuan ox and horse relay losses and proposed graded roads and hired porters funded from smelter profitsAdministrative · Investigator · At Dongchuan 東川Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passages 150-152
- Personally inspected earthquake relief in Heqing, Jianchuan, Langqiong, Lijiang, and Changmen, saving tens of thousandsDisaster relief · InspectorDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 154
- Rebalanced Yunnan salt levies so well officials, refiners, carriers, and retailers were not unevenly burdenedAdministrative · ReformerDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 147
- Received in imperial audience and praisedDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 159
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- Reorganized copper works and personally repaid a predecessor's treasury shortfall, escaping punishmentAdministrative · AdministratorDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 155
- Saved seven thousand taels of silver a year for the public coffersAdministrative · AdministratorDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 148
- Seized ringleaders, broke up gangs, and stopped aggressive litigation and brawlingLegal · JudgeDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 157
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment uncannily just in examining wrongs and deciding doubts · Mode common-reportDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 158
- Assessment Yunnan people praised his salt reforms as convenient · Mode common-reportDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 147
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 336, passage 140
References in the histories
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