Dai Liankui (戴聯奎)

Overview

Dai Liankui was a Qing official; Left Censor-in-Chief.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Ziyuan	紫垣	Ziyuan

Life and dates

Death

AD 1821 道光元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 351, passages 82-83

Attested activity

AD 1775 乾隆四十年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 351, passage 71
AD 1804 嘉慶九年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 351, passage 78
AD 1816 嘉慶二十一年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 351, passage 79
AD 1816 嘉慶二十一年七月丙辰
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 187, passages 247, 252
AD 1817 嘉慶二十二年三月辛未
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 187, passages 257, 262
AD 1820 嘉慶二十五年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 351, passage 81

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AD 1821 道光元年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 351, passage 82

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Career and standing

Left Censor-in-Chief 左都御史
AD 1816 嘉慶二十一年七月丙辰 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 187, passage 252
Left Censor-in-Chief 左都御史
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 351, passage 79
Minister of War 兵部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 351, passage 82
Demoted for losing seal
AD 1820 嘉慶二十五年 · Demotion
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 351, passage 81

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 187, passages 252, 262; Draft History of Qing 351, passage 71
At Rugao, Jiangsu 江蘇如皋
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 351, passage 70

Learning and skills

Teacher Person Id Shao Jinhan (邵晉涵) · Subject classics 經學
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 351, passage 72
Earned
Credential jinshi 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 351, passage 71

Events and relationships

Declined to tutor son of
Political · Refuser · With Heshen (和珅)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 351, passage 76
Transferred
AD 1817 嘉慶二十二年三月辛未 · Personnel · Official
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 187, passage 262

Assessments and attributes

Assessment upheld integrity; refused to cultivate powerful patrons · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 351, passages 72, 136

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 187Volume 187 Tables 27: Ministers of Boards and Courts Chronological Table 5 Lower · 2 passages

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茹棻五月辛卯降。馬慧裕左都御史。七月丙辰戴聯奎左都御史。 On the xinmao day of the fifth month, 茹棻 was demoted. 馬慧裕: Left Censor-in-Chief. On the bingchen day of the seventh month, 戴聯奎: Left Censor-in-Chief.

戴聯奎三月辛未遷。汪廷珍左都御史。 On the xinwei day of the third month, 戴聯奎 was transferred. 汪廷珍: Left Censor-in-Chief.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 351Volume 351 Biographies 138: Shen Chu, Jin Shisong, Zou Bingtai, Dai Liankui, Wang Yixiu Son: Zong Cheng, Huang Yue · 8 passages

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沈初金士松鄒炳泰戴聯奎王懿修子宗誠黃鉞 Shen Chu, Jin Shisong, Zou Bingtai, Dai Liankui, Wang Yixiu (and his son Zong Cheng), and Huang Yue

戴聯奎，字紫垣，江蘇如皋人。 Dai Liankui, courtesy name Ziyuan, was from Rugao in Jiangsu.

聯奎少從邵晉涵受經學，既通籍，以清節自厲，在翰林久不遷。 Liankui studied classics under Shao Jinhan as a youth; once in office he held himself to strict integrity and lingered in the Hanlin without advancement.

大學士嵇璜掌院事，將保送御史，列聯奎名，滿掌院學士曰：「吾未識其人，何以論其才否？」 When Grand Secretary Ji Huang, as academy chief, listed Liankui among censor nominees, the Manchu chancellor objected: "I do not know him—how can I judge his ability?"

璜以語聯奎，使往見，聯奎漫應之，不往。 Ji Huang told Liankui to call on the chancellor; Liankui gave a vague reply and never went.

及京察舉一等，又列聯奎名，復言如前，終不得與，璜乃益重之。 At the next capital review he was again nominated, and the chancellor repeated the same objection; Liankui was passed over again, and Ji Huang respected him all the more.

和珅為掌院，訪時望傅其子丰紳殷德，或薦晉涵及聯奎，晉涵移病歸，聯奎亦堅辭。 When Heshen headed the academy he sought tutors for his son Fengshen Yinde; Shao Jinhan and Liankui were suggested, but Jinhan pleaded illness and went home and Liankui firmly refused.

鄒炳泰、戴聯奎皆有耿介之操，晚節枯菀乃殊，要不失為端人焉。 Zou Bingtai and Dai Liankui were both men of upright character; their late careers ended differently, yet both remained men of integrity.