Hao Yu (郝浴) | 24 Histories

Overview

Hao Yu was a Governor of Guangxi.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xuehai	雪海	Xuehai

Life and dates

Death

AD 1683 康熙二十二年
At Guangxi 廣西
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 66

Attested activity

AD 1683 康熙二十二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 252, passage 183
AD 1683 康熙二十二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 66
AD 1678 康熙十七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 59
AD 1680 康熙十九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 60
AD 1677 康熙十六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 57
AD 1675 康熙十四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passages 43, 51

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AD 1671 康熙十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 41
AD 1652 順治九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passages 9, 11
AD 1651 順治八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 6
AD 1649 順治六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 5
AD 1654 順治十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 38

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Hao Lin (郝林)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 72

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Career and standing

Left Assistant Censor-in-Chief 左僉都御史
AD 1678 康熙十七年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 59
Left Vice Censor-in-Chief 左副都御史
AD 1678 康熙十七年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 59
governor of Guangxi 廣西巡撫
AD 1680 康熙十九年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 60
inspector of Liang-Huai salt administration 巡視兩淮鹽政
AD 1677 康熙十六年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 57
Huguang circuit censor 湖廣道御史
AD 1651 順治八年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 6
principal clerk in the Ministry of Punishments 刑部主事
AD 1649 順治六年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 5

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Huguang circuit censor 湖廣道御史
AD 1675 康熙十四年 · Restored
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 51
imperial sacrifices and burial 賜祭葬
AD 1686 康熙二十五年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 72
Restored
AD 1686 康熙二十五年 · Office restored
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 72
Entered
AD 1654 順治十一年 · Exile · At Fengtian 奉天
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 38

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 5
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 282, passage 319
At Dingzhou, Zhili 直隸定州
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 3
AD 1651 順治八年
At Sichuan 四川 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 6

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1649 順治六年 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 5

Works and attributed material

Mencius 孟子
Relation Studied
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 40
Surviving works of the Cheng brothers 二程遺書
Relation Studied
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 40
AD 1675 康熙十四年
Memorial · Subject · Speaker Wei Xiangshu (魏象樞)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passages 43-50
AD 1652 順治九年
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passages 13-23
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passages 26-27
Speech · Speaker · With Wu Sangui (吳三桂)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 11

Events and relationships

Besieged
AD 1652 順治九年 · Military · Defender · At Baoning 保寧 · With Sun Kewang (孫可望)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passages 11-12
Impeached
Political · Impeacher · With Bai Yongfu (柏永馥)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 35
Impeached
Political · Impeacher · With Hu Yipeng (胡一鵬)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 35
Impeached
Political · Impeacher · With Dong Xianzhong (董顯忠)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 36
Petitioned successfully for the Twin Loyalty shrine at Guilin
Biographical event
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 252, passage 183
Relation Recommended by · Person Wang Xi (王熙)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 42

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Relation Rival of · Person Wu Sangui (吳三桂)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passages 34, 49
Relation Recommended by · Person Wei Xiangshu (魏象樞)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 43
Relation Recommended by · Person Cheng Kegong (成克鞏)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passages 38-39
Relation Recommended by · Person Feng Quan (馮銓)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passages 38-39
Relation Recommended by · Person Lü Gong (呂宮)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passages 38-39
Relation Recommended by · Person Liu Peixian (劉沛先)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 42

Assessments and attributes

Assessment devoted to moral philosophy · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passage 40
Assessment famed in Kangxi era for blunt speech; renowned minister · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 282, passage 319
Assessment incorruptible · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 270, passages 71, 211

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 252Volume 252 Biographies 39: Gan Wenkun, Fan Chengmo, Ma Xiongzhen, Fu Honglie · 1 passage

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二十二年，允廣西巡撫郝浴請，建雙忠祠於桂林，祀弘烈及馬雄鎮。 In the twenty-second year, at the request of Guangxi governor Hao Yu, a Twin Loyalty shrine was built at Guilin honoring Honglie and Ma Xiongzhen.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 270Volume 270 Biographies 57: Hao Yu, Yang Suyun, Guo Xiu · 30 passages

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郝浴子林楊素蘊郭琇 Hao Yu; his son Lin; Yang Suyun; Guo Xiu

郝浴，字雪海，直隸定州人。 Hao Yu, styled Xuehai, came from Dingzhou in Zhili.

浴至，嚴約束，廉民間疾苦，將吏始斂跡。 Yu tightened discipline, investigated popular distress, and the military and civil staff finally curbed their excesses.

浴在保寧監臨鄉試，可望將數万人薄城，浴飛檄邀三桂，激以大義，謂「不死於賊，必死於法」。 Yu was in Baoning overseeing the civil examinations when Kewang approached with tens of thousands of men. He fired off urgent messages to Sangui, appealing to honor: "Either I die fighting the bandits, or I die under the code."

浴在圍城中，上詔詢收川方略，疏言：「秦兵苦轉餉，川兵苦待哺，故必秦不助川而後秦可保； During the siege the court asked how Sichuan might be recovered. Yu wrote: "Shaanxi armies are worn down moving grain, and Sichuan armies are worn down waiting for rations. Shaanxi can only stay secure if it stops feeding Sichuan;

浴又言：「土賊投誠，給劄授官，恣行劫掠為民害。 Yu added: "Bandit chiefs who submit receive warrants and posts, then loot at will and plague the people.

三桂入四川，浸驕橫，部下多不法，憚浴嚴正，輒禁止沿路塘報。 Once Sangui was in Sichuan he grew arrogant; his men broke the law freely. They feared Yu's rigor and repeatedly cut off courier reports along the road.

浴上言：「臣忝司朝廷耳目，而壅閼若此，安用臣為？」 Yu protested: "I am supposed to be the court's eyes and ears—if information is choked off like this, what am I here for?"

及保寧圍解，頒賞將士，三桂以冠服與浴，浴不受。 After Baoning was relieved and rewards were handed out, Sangui offered Yu ceremonial dress; Yu refused.

浴劾永寧總兵柏永馥臨陣退縮，廣元副將胡一鵬驕悍不法，並命奪官逮治。 Yu impeached Bai Yongfu, Yongning commander, for retreating in battle, and Hu Yipeng, Guangyuan vice commander, for arrogance and abuse of power; both were stripped of rank and arrested.

降將董顯忠等以副將銜題授司道，恣睢虐民，浴复疏劾，改原職。 Surrendered generals such as Dong Xianzhong had been promoted to circuit posts with vice-commander titles and tyrannized the people. Yu impeached them again and they were reduced to their former ranks.

三桂嗾顯忠等入京陳辨，浴坐鐫秩去。 Sangui sent Xianzhong and the others to Beijing to plead their case, and Yu was demoted and dismissed.

十一年，大學士馮銓、成克鞏、呂宮等交章薦浴，三桂乃摭浴保寧奏捷疏有「親冒矢石」語，指為冒功，論劾，部議當坐死，上命寬之，流徙奉天。 In year 11 Grand Secretaries Feng Quan, Cheng Kegong, and Lü Gong recommended Yu in turn. Sangui seized on Yu's Baoning victory report and the phrase "personally braved arrow and stone," accused him of false credit, and impeached him. The ministries called for death; the emperor commuted the sentence to exile in Fengtian.

康熙十年，聖祖幸奉天，浴迎謁道左，具陳始末，上為動容，慰勞良久。 In Kangxi 10 the emperor visited Fengtian. Yu met him by the road, told his whole story, and moved the emperor to long and heartfelt consolation.

十二年，三桂反，尚書王熙、給事中劉沛先薦浴，為部議所格。 In year 12 Sangui rebelled. Minister Wang Xi and supervising secretary Liu Pei recommended Yu first, but the ministries blocked it.

十四年，侍郎魏象樞复疏言：「浴血性過人，才守學識，臣皆愧不及。 In year 14 Vice Minister Wei Xiangshu wrote again: "Yu's courage is extraordinary; in talent, integrity, and learning I cannot match him.

當日參浴者三桂也，使三桂始終恭順，方且任以腹心。 The man who attacked Yu then was Sangui—and if Sangui had stayed loyal, the court would still have trusted him with everything.

浴一書生耳，即老死徙所，誰復問之？ Yu was only a scholar. He could have died in exile unnoticed.

今三桂叛矣，天下無不恨三桂，即無不憐浴。 Now Sangui has rebelled. The empire hates Sangui—and pities Yu.

浴當三桂身居王爵，手握兵柄，不畏威，不附勢，致為所仇。 When Sangui held a princely title and an army, Yu neither feared him nor curried favor—and Sangui made him an enemy.

上乃召浴還，复授湖廣道御史。 The emperor recalled Yu and restored him as Huguang circuit censor.

時陝西提督王輔臣叛應三桂，浴疏言：「大兵進剿平涼，宜於西安、潼關用重兵屯駐，以待策應。 Wang Fuchen, Shaanxi commander, had joined the rebellion. Yu wrote: "As the main force moves on Pingliang, hold Xi'an and Tong Pass with strong garrisons ready to support it.

廣西新經喪亂，民生凋瘵，浴專意撫綏，疏陳調劑四策，請裁兵、汰馬、防要害、簡精銳； Guangxi was just recovering from war; the people were exhausted. Yu focused on relief and proposed four reforms: cut troops, cull horses, guard key points, and keep elite units;

浴疏言撫標兵不宜裁減，下部議，留其半。 Yu argued that the governor's troops should not be cut; the ministries left half in place.

初，傅弘烈以軍事急，移庫金七萬有奇、米七千餘石供餉，浴請以庫項扣抵。 Earlier, with the campaign urgent, Fu Honglie had taken more than seventy thousand taels and seven thousand shi of grain from the treasury for supplies; Yu had the treasury entries adjusted to match.

及卒，布政使崔維雅署巡撫，劾浴侵欺，命郎中蘇赫、陳光祖往按，如維雅言。 After his death Cui Weiya, acting governor, accused Yu of embezzlement. Investigators Su He and Chen Guangzu confirmed it.

上知浴廉，諭所動錢糧非入己，從寬免追。 Knowing Yu's integrity, the emperor ruled the funds had not enriched him personally and waived repayment.

二十五年，子林訟父冤，復原官，賜祭葬。 In year 25 his son Lin cleared his father's name; Yu's rank was restored and state funeral honors granted.

論曰：郝浴、楊素蘊秉剛正之性，抗論強籓，曲突徙薪，防禍未形，甘竄逐而不悔。 The historian comments: Hao Yu and Yang Suyun were men of stern integrity who spoke against powerful frontier lords, warned of trouble before it appeared, and accepted exile without regret.

然以浴之廉，蒙議於身後； Yet Yu's integrity was questioned even after death;

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 282Volume 282 Biographies 69: Jiang Xizhe, Yu Jin, De Ge Lei, Chen Zizhi, Ren Hongjia, Gao Cengyun, Shen Kaiceng, Gong Xianglin, Gao Xiachang · 1 passage

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論曰：康熙間以直言著者，魏象樞、郝浴、楊素蘊、彭鵬、趙申喬輩，敭歷中外，卓然為名臣。 The commentator says: Among those famed in the Kangxi era for blunt speech were Wei Xiangju, Hao Yu, Yang Suyun, Peng Peng, Zhao Shenqiao, and others, who served at court and in the provinces and stood out as renowned ministers.