Zhi Jun (志鈞) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhi Jun as an aristocrat, named individual, and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhi Jun	志鈞	Zhi Jun
Title	third-class Duke who inherits grace	三等承恩公
Posthumous name	Zhenmin	貞愍	Zhēnmǐn
Personal name	Zhi Jun	志鈞	Zhì Jūn
Personal name	Zhi Jun	志鈞	Zhi Jun

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · qingshigao:468:s0032
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:470:s0280

Roles

Aristocrat
Named Individual
Official

Life and dates

Death

Manner: hanged himself with family / 對縊 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 光緒二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:468:s0034

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 光緒二十六年 · Western Year: AD 1900
Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:468:s0032, qingshigao:468:s0034
Source Date: Text: 辛亥 · Western Year: AD 1911
Explicit · qingshigao:470:s0280, qingshigao:470:s0279

Family

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Spouse of Wife of Zhi Jun (志鈞妻)
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage

Kinship Role: children · Note: 妻子 led to hang themselves together · Quantity: unspecified
Explicit · qingshigao:468:s0034

Origins and identity

Ethnicity: Manchu / 滿洲
Explicit · qingshigao:468:s0032

Career and standing

Label: minister without portfolio / 散秩大臣 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:468:s0033
Label: posthumous title Zhenmin / 諡貞愍 · Action: granted
Explicit · qingshigao:468:s0035
Title: third-class Duke who inherits grace / 三等承恩公 · Action: held
Explicit · qingshigao:468:s0032

Places and affiliations

Label: Qing / 清 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · qingshigao:470:s0280
Place: Bordered Yellow Banner / 鑲黃旗
Explicit · qingshigao:468:s0032

Works and attributed material

Kind: historian-comment · Role: subject · Extent: s0280, s0281
Explicit · qingshigao:470:s0280, qingshigao:470:s0281

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: loyalist · Action: tried-to-shore-up-dynasty-then-died · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 辛亥 · Western Year: AD 1911
Explicit · qingshigao:470:s0280, qingshigao:470:s0281, qingshigao:470:s0279

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: integrity shines bright—admirable and deeply pitiable · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · qingshigao:470:s0281

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 468Volume 468 Biographies 255: Chong Qi Son: Bao Chu Deng, Zhi Jun, Yan Mao Younger Brother: Yan Zhi, Se Pu Zheng E, Wang Yirong, Xi Yuan, Zong Shibaofeng, Zong Shishoufu Younger Brother: Shou Fandeng, Song Chengxiang, Wang Tieshan · 3 passages

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崇綺子葆初等志鈞延茂弟延芝色普徵額王懿榮熙元宗室寶豐宗室壽富弟壽蕃等宋承庠王鐵珊崇綺，字文山，阿魯特氏，蒙古正藍旗人，大學士賽尚阿子。 The subjects of this chapter are Chong Qi (and his son Baochu and others), Zhi Jun, Yan Mao (and his younger brother Yan Zhi), Se Pu Zheng'e, Wang Yirong, Xi Yuan, the imperial clansman Bao Feng, the imperial clansman Shou Fu (and his younger brother Shou Fan and others), Song Chengxiang, and Wang Tieshan. Chong Qi, style name Wenshan, was of the Arut clan, a Mongol of the Plain Blue Banner, and the son of Grand Secretary Sai Shang'a.

志鈞，亦三等承恩公，滿洲鑲黃旗人。 Zhi Jun, likewise a third-class Duke who inherits grace, was a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner.

卹如例，諡貞愍。 Condolence payments followed precedent, and he received the posthumous title Zhenmin.

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 · 1 passage

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志鈞等權輕勢孤，艱難搘柱，思以一隅挽全局； Men such as Zhi Jun held little power and stood alone, struggling to shore up the situation and hoping to save the dynasty from a single corner of the empire;