Chang An (常安) | 24 Histories

Overview

Chang An was an official and Governor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1723 to AD 1735 世宗時
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 300, passage 11
AD 1748 十三年正月
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 301, passage 55

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 301 Volume 301 Biographies 88: Ne Qin, Fu Heng, Fu Ling An, Fu Long An, Fu Long An, Feng Shenjilun, Fu Chang An 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 300 Volume 300 Biographies 87: Chen Qi Yuan, He Shijian, Tang Jizu, Ma Weihan, Yu Dian, Wang Yezi, Liu Erwei 2 passages

Career and standing

governor 巡撫
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 300, passage 11
Governor 巡撫
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 301, passage 55
sentenced for corruption 論如律
Sentenced
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 301, passage 55

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 301, passage 55

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 301, passage 55

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 300Volume 300 Biographies 87: Chen Qi Yuan, He Shijian, Tang Jizu, Ma Weihan, Yu Dian, Wang Yezi, Liu Erwei · 2 passages

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巡撫常安有奴在關，以索費困商舶。 Governor Chang An kept a servant at the customs who extorted merchants and impeded their ships.

起元聞，立督收稅如額，令商舶行，白常安斥奴。 On hearing this, Qiyuan at once enforced full tax collection, allowed the merchant fleet to sail, and reported to Chang An to have the servant expelled.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 301Volume 301 Biographies 88: Ne Qin, Fu Heng, Fu Ling An, Fu Long An, Fu Long An, Feng Shenjilun, Fu Chang An · 1 passage

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十三年正月，命如浙江會大學士高斌覆勘巡撫常安貪婪狀，未至，高斌鞫得常安實受賕，訥親與共奏，論如律。 In the first month of 1748 he was ordered to Zhejiang to join Grand Secretary Gao Bin in reinvestigating Governor Chang An; before he arrived, Gao Bin had proved Chang An's bribes, and Neqin joined the memorial; sentence followed the law.