Yuan · Administrator and Official

Bu Tianzhang 卜天璋

c. AD 1250 - AD 1331

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Bu Tianzhang was an administrator and Official.

PeriodYuan
IdentityHistorical

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Junzhang 君璋 Junzhang
Posthumous name Zhengxian 正獻 Zhengxian

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History of Yuan, Chapter 191Volume 191 Biographies 78: Virtuous Officials 1 · 25 passages
後為中台掾,有侍御史倚勢貪財,御史發其贓,天璋主文牘,未及奏,顧為所譖,俱拘內廷,御史對食悲哽,天璋問故,御史曰:「吾老,唯一女,心憐之,聞吾係,不食數日矣,是以悲耳。」 Later he served as a clerk of the Central Censorate. An attendant censor had been relying on his position to embezzle funds, and a censor exposed his corruption. Tianzhang was in charge of the documents and had not yet submitted the report when the accused slandered him; both were detained in the inner court. The censor wept bitterly over his meal. Tianzhang asked why, and the censor said: "I am old and have only one daughter whom I cherish. Hearing that I am detained, she has not eaten for days—that is why I grieve."
丞相順德王當國,擢掾中書,為提控,事有可否,必力辯,他相怒,天璋言不置,王竟從其議,且曰:「掾能如是,吾復何憂!」 When the Prince of Shunde served as chancellor, Tianzhang was promoted to clerk of the Central Secretariat as chief controller. On matters of approval or disapproval he always argued forcefully. Other ministers were angered, but Tianzhang did not cease speaking, and the prince ultimately followed his counsel, saying: "If a clerk can be like this, what have I to worry about!"