Overview
Bu Tianzhang was an administrator and Official.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtesy name | Junzhang | 君璋 | Junzhang |
| Posthumous name | Zhengxian | 正獻 | Zhengxian |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 1331 至順二年Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 171
Age
- 80AD 1329 天歷二年 · Reckoning StatedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passages 161, 163
Attested activity
- AD 1301 大德五年Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 191, passage 125
- AD 1300 大德四年Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 191, passage 123
- AD 1329 天歷二年Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 191, passage 161
- AD 1307 to AD 1311 武宗時Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 191, passage 129
- c. AD 1312 皇慶初Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 191, passage 144
- AD 1264 to AD 1294 至元中Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 191, passage 114
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- AD 1331 至順二年Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 191, passage 171
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Bu Shichang (卜世昌)father 父Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 110
Career and standing
- director assisting the Privy Council headquarters 都事AD 1301 大德五年 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 125
- section chief of the Ministry of Works 工部主事AD 1300 大德四年 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 123
- prefect of Guide 歸德知府c. AD 1312 皇慶初 · AppointedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 144
- clerk of the Central Censorate 中台掾AppointedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 118
- surveillance clerk 憲史AppointedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 117
- clerk of the Nanjing prefecture office 南京府史AD 1264 to AD 1294 至元中 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 114
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- Minister of Rites 禮部尚書Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 172
- chief controller and clerk of the Central Secretariat 掾中書、提控Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 122
- Surveillance Commissioner of Guangdong 廣東廉訪使PromotedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 157
- Vice Surveillance Commissioner of Zhexi Circuit 浙西道廉訪副使PromotedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 146
- Surveillance Commissioner of Shannan 山南廉訪使AD 1329 天歷二年 · ReappointedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 161
- director of the Imperial Clan Court 宗正府郎中AD 1307 to AD 1311 武宗時 · TransferredDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 129
- administrator of Raozhou Circuit 饒州路總管TransferredDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 146
- director of the Ministry of Justice 刑部郎中TransferredDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 130
- Marquis of Henan Commandery 河南郡侯Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 172
- Grand Master for Glorious Instruction 奉訓大夫Granted for escort serviceDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 127
- Grand Master for Appealing to the Throne 通議大夫Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 172
- Senior Commander of Chariots 上輕車都尉Posthumously grantedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 172
- EnteredWithdrew from officeDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 169
- RequestedRetirement requestedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 160
- Captured and dismembered more than one hundred bandits as a public warningDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 145
- Detained in the inner court after slander by the corrupt attendant censorAuthority Corrupt Attendant Censor (貪財侍御史)Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 118
- Pardoned and releasedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 121
- Withstood an official's attempt to trap him under severe lawDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passages 148-149
Places and affiliations
- At Luoyang 洛陽 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 109
Works and attributed material
- Policies for Restoring Prosperity and Governing Well 中興濟治策Relation Author · Length over ten thousand characters · Item Count 20Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 168
- Audience reply · Speaker · With Ayurbarwada · Mode quotation Speaker Bu Tianzhang (卜天璋)Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passages 136-137
- Famine relief decision · Speaker · Mode quotation Speaker Bu Tianzhang (卜天璋)Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passages 150-151
- Policy memorial · Author · Mode memorial Speaker Bu Tianzhang (卜天璋)Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 168
- Policy objection · Speaker · Mode quotation Speaker Bu Tianzhang (卜天璋)Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passages 131-132
- Rebuke · Speaker · With Investigating Censor (御史) · Mode quotation Speaker Bu Tianzhang (卜天璋)Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passages 118-119
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- Statement of duty · Speaker · Mode quotation Speaker Bu Tianzhang (卜天璋)Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passages 162-163
Events and relationships
- Accepted dangerous Shannan posting at age eightyOfficial travel · CommissionerDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passages 161-165
- Allowed honest self registration and cleared the registersRegistration · AdministratorDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 147
- Bowed toward a fire at Raozhou's east gate, after which it died downRitual · PetitionerDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 154
- Compelled Liu Shuai to return seized fieldsDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 124
- Destroyed coastal dikes used to monopolize merchant shippingAnti corruption · CommissionerDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 158
- Encouraged farming and learning and restored river channelsLocal administration · PrefectDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 144
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- Forbade grain price suppression, drawing supplies and reducing rice pricesMarket policy · CommissionerDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 166
- Handled case without wrongful convictionsTreason case · JudgeDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passages 142-143
- Investigated allegation against a feudal princeDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 134
- Opened storehouses without prior permission and saved the peopleFamine relief · AdministratorDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passages 150-152
- Persuaded Zhang Guobao to allow starving Hebei migrants to cross the riverDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passages 115-116
- Retained fine forfeiture funds locally for famine reliefFamine relief · CommissionerDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 167
- Sent a formal communication to the mountain spirit, after which a tiger was capturedOfficial document · AuthorDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 155
- Stopped proposal requiring offenders' families to wear blueLegal policy · OpponentDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passages 131-133
- Relation Recommended by · Person Anbo (暗伯)Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 125
- Relation Recruited by · Person Cheng Silian (程思廉)Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 117
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment argued policy forcefully despite other ministers' anger · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 122
- Assessment did not accept bribes · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id AyurbarwadaDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 135
- Assessment fearless resolve in handling affairs · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 153
- Assessment foremost in administrative conduct · Mode public-reputationDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 156
- Assessment people attributed Lingnan's first ice to his transforming governance · Mode public-reputationDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 159
- Assessment remained at ease despite having no household grain stores · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 170
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- quick-witted, upright, read history, and understood broad patterns of success and failureCharacter and learningDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 113
- Item brocade robes, saddle and bridle, bow and sword 錦衣、鞍轡、弓刀 · Relation BestowedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 126
- Item seal of the Central Secretariat Ministry of Justice 中書刑部印章 · Relation EntrustedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passages 138-140
- Item surplus salary 餘祿 · Relation Gave to clansmen and kinsmenDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 170
- Item wine and three sets of brocade robes 酒、錦衣三襲 · Relation BestowedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 141
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