Zhao Erxun (趙爾巽) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhao Erxun was an Advisory Minister.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1902 光緒...二十八年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 143, passage 115
AD 1895 光緒二十一年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 470, passages 222-223
AD 1917 宣統九年1917年五月十三日
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 473, passages 32, 56
AD 1904 to AD 1905 日俄之戰
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 167
AD 1911 武昌變起
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 452, passages 170-171

Key source chapters

Career and standing

advisory minister 顧問大臣
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 473, passage 56
Shanxi provincial governor 山西巡撫
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 143, passage 115
Governor-General 總督
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 167

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 143, passage 115; Draft History of Qing 452, passages 167, 170
At Shanxi 山西 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 143, passage 115

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 143, passage 115
Official report · Author · With Xu Zhen (徐珍) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 167

Events and relationships

Appointed assistant commander
AD 1911 武昌變起 · Administrative · Appointing official · With Xu Zhen (徐珍)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passages 170-171
Praised and reported militia service
AD 1904 to AD 1905 日俄之戰 · Administrative · Governor general · With Xu Zhen (徐珍)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passage 167
Requested convict vocational institutions
Legal · Memorialist
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 143, passage 115
Relation Appointed · Person Huang Zhonghao (黃忠浩) · Context placed him over the Hunan camp affairs office
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passages 231, 242
Relation Accepted advice from · Person Huang Zhonghao (黃忠浩)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 222
Relation Superior of · Person Xu Zhen (徐珍)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 452, passages 167, 170

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 473, passage 56

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 143Volume 143 Treatises 118: Penal Law 2 · 1 passage

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自光緒變法，二十八年，山西巡撫趙爾巽奏請各省通設罪犯習藝所。 During the Guangxu reforms, in 1902 Shanxi governor Zhao Erxun memorialized for vocational training institutions for convicts in every province.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 452Volume 452 Biographies 239: Hong Rukui, Yang Zonglian, Shi Pu, Shi Kekuan, Shen Baojing, Zhu Qiang Younger Brother: Qi Zhao, Zong Yuanhan, Xu Qingzhang, Xu Zhen, Kuai Guangdian, Chen Yusheng, Pan Minbiao, Yan Zuolin, Tang Xijin, Lou Chunfan · 2 passages

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總督趙爾巽嘉珍功，以辦團成績上，有「上不支官款，下不取民財，徒以忠義之故，護衛鄉閭，保全無算」之語。 Governor-General Zhao Erxun praised his militia work, writing that he "took no government funds above and no private levies below, but solely through loyalty protected the countryside and saved countless lives."

爾巽知珍義勇，委充巡防營 Knowing Zhen's loyal courage, Erxun appointed him to the patrol defense battalion

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 470Volume 470 Biographies 257: Zhi Rui, With: Liu Congde, Chun Xun, Liang Bi, Zong Shizaimu, Wan Xuan With: De Pei, Tong Yuan, Wen Rui With: Cheng Yan, Ke Meng E, Heng Ling With: De Pei, Pu Shou, Xie Baosheng, Yao Aiyun, Huang Zhonghao, Yang Rang Li Cong Zi Xu : Chen Qi · 3 passages

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陳寶箴、趙爾巽先後撫湘，設礦局及公司，採平江金礦、常寧水口山鉛礦，至今稱厚利，皆其謀也。 When Chen Baozhen and Zhao Erxun governed Hunan in turn, they set up mining offices and companies and opened the Pingjiang gold mines and Changning Shuikoushan lead mines—still regarded as highly profitable—all on his advice.

明年，爾巽檄綜湖南營務處，統忠字旗五營。 The following year Erxun put him in charge of the Hunan camp affairs office and five battalions of the Zhong Banner.

再至湖北，爾巽留綜營務處，兼統全省防軍，荊襄水師受節度。 He returned to Hubei; Erxun kept him at the camp affairs office, put him in command of the provincial defense forces, and placed the Jing-Xiang naval force under his orders.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 473Volume 473 Biographies 260: Zhang Xun, Kang Youwei · 1 passage

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先後命官以勳及陳寶琛、劉廷琛等為內閣議政大臣，次則內閣閣丞萬繩栻、胡嗣瑗，大學士為瞿鴻禨、升允，顧問大臣趙爾巽、陳夔龍、張英麟、馮煦等，各部尚書梁敦彥、張鎮芳、雷震春、沈曾植、勞乃宣等，侍郎李經邁、李瑞清、陳曾壽、王乃徵、陳毅、顧瑗等，丞參辜湯生、章梫、黎湛枝、梁用弧等，都御史張曾敡，副都御史胡思敬、溫肅； Offices were appointed in succession: Zhang Xun and Chen Baochen, Liu Tingchen, and others as cabinet deliberative ministers; next, cabinet vice directors Wan Shengqi and Hu Siyuan; grand secretaries Qu Hongji and Sheng Yun; advisory ministers Zhao Erxun, Chen Kuilong, Zhang Yinglin, Feng Xu, and others; ministers of the various boards Liang Dunyan, Zhang Zhenfang, Lei Zhenchun, Shen Zengzhi, Lao Naixuan, and others; vice ministers Li Jingmai, Li Ruiqing, Chen Zengshou, Wang Naizheng, Chen Yi, Gu Yuan, and others; assistant councillors Gu Tangsheng, Zhang Qin, Li Zhanzhi, Liang Yonghu, and others; censor-in-chief Zhang Ceng'e; vice censor-in-chief Hu Sijing and Wen Su;