Yuan · Official

Guo Yong 郭庸

Guō Yōng

Attested AD 1368

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Guo Yong was an official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Yunzhong	允中	Yunzhong

Life and dates

Death

Killed after refusing to bow · At Qihua Gate 齊化門
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 167

Attested activity

AD 1368 至正二十八年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 196, passages 89, 166

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Mongol 蒙古
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 168

Career and standing

associate administration councilor 參知政事
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 166

Places and affiliations

Yuan 元
Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 166

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Quote true
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 166

Events and relationships

Impeached
Legal · Impeacher · With Yesan Temur (也先帖木兒)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 196, passage 168

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 196Volume 196 Biographies 83: Loyal and Righteous Acts 4 · 3 passages

是日，中書參知政事郭庸亦舁至齊化門，眾叱之拜，庸曰：「臣各為其主，死自吾分，何拜之有！」 That same day, Associate Administration Councilor Guo Yong was also carried to Qihua Gate. The crowd shouted at him to bow. Yong said, "A minister serves his own lord—death is my allotted portion. What bowing is there!"

庸字允中，蒙古氏，由國學生釋褐出身，累遷為陝西行台監察御史，與同列劾知樞密院事也先帖木兒喪師，左遷中興總管府判官。 Yong, whose style name was Yunzhong, was a Mongol who entered office through the National University. He was promoted by stages to investigating censor of the Shaanxi Branch Censorate and, together with his colleagues, impeached Privy Council Director Yesan Temur for losing the army and was demoted to assistant magistrate of Zhongxing Superior Prefecture.

其後也先帖木兒以罪黜，召拜監察御史，累轉參政中書，其節義與好禮並云。 Later Yesan Temur was dismissed for his crimes. Yong was recalled and appointed investigating censor, promoted by stages to participant in the Central Secretariat. His integrity and righteousness are spoken of together with Haoli's.