Qing · Astronomer and Official

Dong Hanchen 董漢臣

Attested AD 1687 - AD 1687

Passages: 8
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Dong Hanchen was an Astronomer and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1687 二十六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 271, passage 114
AD 1687 二十六年五月
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 265, passages 91, 96

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 271 Volume 271 Biographies 58: Xu Qianxue, Wang Hongxu, Gao Shiqi 5 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 265 Volume 265 Biographies 52: Tang Bin, Lu Longqi, Zhang Boxing 3 passages

Career and standing

Astronomy Bureau clerk 靈臺郎
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 265, passage 91
Astronomy Bureau director 靈臺郎
AD 1687 二十六年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 271, passage 114
Astronomy Bureau Attendant 靈臺郎
AD 1687 二十六年五月 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 265, passage 91

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 265, passage 91

Works and attributed material

AD 1687 二十六年五月
Memorial · Author · Paraphrased
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 265, passage 91

Events and relationships

Memorialized criticizing ministers
AD 1687 二十六年五月 · Legal · Accused · With Mingzhu (明珠)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 265, passage 91

References in the histories

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History

8 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 265Volume 265 Biographies 52: Tang Bin, Lu Longqi, Zhang Boxing · 3 passages

二十六年五月，不雨，靈臺郎董漢臣上書指斥時事，語侵執政，下廷議，明珠惶懼，將引罪。 In the fifth month of 1687, amid drought, Astronomy Bureau clerk Dong Hanchen memorialized criticizing current affairs in terms that implicated the chief ministers. The case went to court debate; Mingzhu was terrified and prepared to confess guilt.

斌曰：「漢臣應詔言事無死法。 Bin replied, "Hanchen answered an imperial summons to speak. There is no law that calls for his death.

上卒免漢臣罪。 The emperor finally spared Hanchen.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 271Volume 271 Biographies 58: Xu Qianxue, Wang Hongxu, Gao Shiqi · 5 passages

會靈臺郎董漢臣疎陳時事，以諭教元良、愼簡宰執爲言。 Around this time Dong Hanchen, a director at the Astronomy Bureau, submitted a memorial on state affairs urging proper education for the crown prince and careful selection of chief ministers.

御史陶式玉劾漢臣摭拾浮言，欺世盜名，請逮治。 Censor Tao Shiyu charged Dong Hanchen with peddling empty talk to win fame and asked that he be arrested.

漢臣及博士賈文然等十五人並以詞理舛誤黜。 Dong Hanchen and fifteen others, including Doctor Jia Wenran, were all dismissed for defects in their written submissions.

初，以式玉疎下九卿集議，尚書湯斌謂大臣不言，慚對漢臣。 When Tao Shiyu's memorial was first referred to the Nine Ministers, Minister Tang Bin declared that senior officials who held their tongues should be ashamed before Dong Hanchen.

漢臣既黜，鴻緒偕左都御史璙丹、副都御史徐元珙合疎劾斌務名鮮實，並追論江寧巡撫去任時，巧飾文告，以博虚譽。 After Dong Hanchen's dismissal, Wang Hongxu joined Left Censor-in-Chief Kuang Dan and Vice Censor-in-Chief Xu Yuanqi in impeaching Tang Bin for cultivating a reputation without substance, and for having, as Jiangning governor on leaving office, dressed up his farewell proclamations to win hollow acclaim.