Zhuangtu (壯圖) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhuangtu was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1808 十三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 280

Attested activity

AD 1790 五十五年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 228-229
AD 1803 八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 272
AD 1808 十三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 280
AD 1799 嘉慶四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 260
AD 1760 to AD 1795 高宗中年後
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 284

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of Zhuangtu (壯圖母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 259

Career and standing

remonstrating official 言事者
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 229, 281, 284
Grand Secretariat reader 內閣侍讀
AD 1790 五十五年 · Demoted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 257
principal clerk in the Ministry of Rites 禮部主事
AD 1790 五十五年 · Transferred to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 258
supervising secretary rank 給事中銜
AD 1799 嘉慶四年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 261
Granted
AD 1799 嘉慶四年 · Permission to memorialize
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 261
spared grave punishment 不必遽加重罪
AD 1790 五十五年 · Commuted · Commuted · Authority Gaozong (高宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 257

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Pardoned
AD 1803 八年 · Pardon · Authority Renzong (仁宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 279
decapitation for fraud and reckless dissent 斬決
AD 1790 五十五年 · Sentenced · Sentenced
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 256

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 本朝 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 270
AD 1790 五十五年
At Datong 大同 · Relation Inspected
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 247
AD 1790 五十五年
At Jiangnan 江南 · Relation Inspected
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 249
AD 1790 五十五年
At Shandong 山東 · Relation Inspected
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 249
AD 1790 五十五年
At Shanxi 山西 · Relation Inspected
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 247
AD 1790 五十五年
At Suzhou 蘇州 · Relation Inspected
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 255

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AD 1790 五十五年
At the capital 京 · Relation Returned to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 248, 256
AD 1790 五十五年
At Zhili 直隸 · Relation Inspected
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 249-250
AD 1799 嘉慶四年
At home 歸 · Relation Returned home
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 261, 263
AD 1799 to AD 1803 既歸
At Yunnan 雲南 · Relation Resided in
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 271

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Gaozong (高宗) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 229-233, 239-242
Memorial · Author · With Gaozong (高宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 246, 252, 254
Memorial · Author · With Renzong (仁宗) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 263-266, 272-275

Events and relationships

Admitted excessive language
AD 1790 五十五年 · Legal · Self accuser
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 246
Again asked to return home
AD 1799 嘉慶四年 · Political · Petitioner
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 261
Again urged Manchu classical education first
AD 1799 to AD 1803 既歸 · Political · Memorialist
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 269
Asked for secret deficit investigations
AD 1790 五十五年 · Political · Petitioner
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 242
Asked to abolish provincial customary fees
AD 1799 嘉慶四年 · Political · Memorialist
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 262
Asked to retain Chu Pengling
AD 1799 to AD 1803 既歸 · Political · Advocate · With Chu Pengling (初彭齡)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 268

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Asked to retire for aged mother
AD 1790 to AD 1796 高宗季年 · Personal · Petitioner · With Mother of Zhuangtu (壯圖母)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 259
Confessed false report
AD 1790 五十五年 · Legal · Self accuser
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 254
Denied seeing popular distress
AD 1790 五十五年 · Political · Respondent
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 251-252
Found no deficit in Shanxi
AD 1790 五十五年 · Administrative · Inspector
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 247
Opposed fine in lieu of dismissal
AD 1790 五十五年 · Political · Memorialist
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 228-229, 232
Proposed rotating inner court reviewers
AD 1803 八年 · Political · Memorialist
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 272, 274-275
Proposed talent and examination reforms
AD 1799 嘉慶四年 · Political · Memorialist
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 263-266
Said he lacked proof
AD 1803 八年 · Political · Respondent · With Chen Xiaosheng (陳孝升)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 279
Toured provinces and reported distress
AD 1790 五十五年 · Travel · Observer
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passages 240-241
Tried by Board of Punishments
AD 1790 五十五年 · Legal · Defendant
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 256

Assessments and attributes

Assessment could-not-substantiate-charges · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 284
Assessment objection-to-fines-not-without-point · Assessor Person Id Gaozong (高宗) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Gaozong (高宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 234
Assessment proposals-impracticable · Assessor Person Id Renzong (仁宗) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Renzong (仁宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 276
Assessment repeating-rebuked-proposals · Assessor Person Id Renzong (仁宗) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Renzong (仁宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 270
Assessment spoke-rashly-but-could-serve-as-remonstrance · Assessor Person Id Gaozong (高宗) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Gaozong (高宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 257
AD 1799 嘉慶四年
Item memorial folder 奏事摺匣 · Relation Bestowed · With Renzong (仁宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 261

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 322, passage 228

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 322Volume 322 Biographies 109: Dou Guangnai, Li Shufang, Fan Yibin, Cao Xibao, Xie Zhending, Qian Feng, Yin Zhuangtu · 23 passages

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高宗季年，督撫坐譴，或令繳罰項貸罪，壯圖以為非政體。 In the Emperor's later years, punished governors-general and governors were sometimes allowed to pay fines instead of facing dismissal; Zhuangtu held this was unsound.

上諭曰：「壯圖請停罰銀例，不為無見。 The Emperor replied: "Zhuangtu's objection to fines is not without point.

壯圖既為此奏，自必確有見聞，令指實覆奏。」 Since Zhuangtu has raised this, he must have evidence; I order him to report specifics."

壯圖覆奏：「各督撫聲名狼藉，吏治廢弛。 Zhuangtu replied: "Governors-general and governors are notorious; governance is in ruins.

上复諭曰：「壯圖覆奏，並未指實。 The Emperor replied again: "Your reply still names no one.

壯圖再覆奏，自承措詞過當，請治罪。 Zhuangtu memorialized again, admitting his words were excessive and asking for punishment.

上命戶部侍郎慶成偕壯圖赴山西察倉庫，始大同府庫，次山西布政使庫，皆無虧。 The Emperor sent Vice Minister Qing Cheng with Zhuangtu to inspect Shanxi treasuries, beginning at Datong and then the provincial treasury—both were sound.

壯圖請還京治罪。 Zhuangtu asked to return to the capital for punishment.

上命慶成偕壯圖再赴直隸、山東、江南諸省。 The Emperor ordered them to continue to Zhili, Shandong, and Jiangnan.

上寄諭壯圖，問途中見商民蹙額興嘆狀否。 The Emperor asked Zhuangtu whether he had seen merchants knitting their brows and sighing along the way.

壯圖覆奏，言目見商民樂業，絕無蹙額興嘆情事。 Zhuangtu replied that merchants were prospering and he saw no such distress.