Ming · Official and Grand Secretary

Chen Xun 陳循

Attested AD 1450 - AD 1457

Passages: 5
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Xun was an official and Grand Secretary.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1457 天順元年春正月丁亥
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1, 10
AD 1450 to AD 1456 景泰
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 169, passage 23

Family

Kinship Role sons · Count 1
Directly stated · History of Ming 169, passage 26

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Suffered
AD 1457 天順元年春正月丁亥 · Legal Action demotion to frontier garrison service 謫戍
Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 10
exile or execution 誅竄
AD 1457 英宗復位 · Suffered
Directly stated · History of Ming 169, passage 27

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 12, passage 10

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records · 1 passage

陳循、江淵、俞士悅謫戍，蕭鎡、商輅除名。 Chen Xun, Jiang Yuan, and Yu Shiyue were banished to the frontier; Xiao Zi and Shang Lu were expelled from office.

History of Ming, Chapter 169Volume 169 Biographies 57: Gao Gu, Hu Ying, Wang Zhi · 4 passages

陳循及文構考官劉儼、黃諫，帝命禮部會谷復閱試卷。 Chen Xun and Wang Wen framed the chief examiners Liu Yan and Huang Jian; the emperor ordered the Ministry of Rites, together with Gao Gu, to review the examination papers again.

帝乃賜循、文子中式，惟黜林挺一人，事得已。 The emperor then allowed the sons of Chen Xun and Wang Wen to pass the examinations, demoting only Lin Ting, and the matter was closed.

英宗復位，循、文等皆誅竄，谷謝病。 When Yingzong was restored to the throne, Chen Xun and Wang Wen and their party were put to death or exiled, and Gao Gu retired citing illness.

陳循濡筆強之，乃署，竟易皇太子。 Chen Xun dipped the brush and pressed him until he signed; the heir was changed in the end.