Qing · Official and Prefect

He Jinshou 何金壽

First attested AD 1862; died AD 1882

Passages: 6
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

He Jinshou was an official and Prefect.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Tiesheng	鐵生	Tiesheng

Life and dates

Death

AD 1882 八年秋
heatstroke while praying for rain 禱雨中暍，病卒
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 127

Attested activity

AD 1876 光緒二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 117
AD 1875 光緒元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 436, passage 19
AD 1878 光緒四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 118
AD 1882 八年秋
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 127
AD 1862 同治元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 115
AD 1878 文祥既歿後因旱災劾樞臣
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 386, passage 254

Key source chapters

Career and standing

educational commissioner of Henan 河南學政
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 116
prefect of Yangzhou 揚州府知府
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 123
Compiler 編修
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 386, passage 254
third-rank dress 三品服
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 126

Places and affiliations

At Jiangxia 江夏
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 114

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential second in first class of metropolitan graduates 一甲二名進士
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 115

Works and attributed material

Impeached Grand Councilors for dereliction citing drought
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 386, passage 254
Memorial · Author · Summary dismiss grand councilors for drought
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passages 118-119

Assessments and attributes

Assessment air of ancient upright officials · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 128

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 386Volume 386 Biographies 173: Wen Qing, Wen Xiang, Bao Yun · 1 passage

文祥既歿，議論益紛，編修何金壽因旱災劾樞臣不職，請加訓責，詔斥恭親王、寶鋆等目擊時艱，毫無補救，嚴議革職，加恩改留任。 After Wen Xiang's death, court debate grew fiercer. Compiler He Jinshou, citing drought, impeached the Grand Council for dereliction. An edict rebuked Prince Gong, Bao Yun, and others for witnessing crisis without remedy, ordered their dismissal, then by grace allowed them to remain in office.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 436Volume 436 Biographies 223: Shen Guifen, Li Hongzao, Weng Tonghe, Sun Yuwen · 1 passage

京畿旱，編修何金壽援漢代天災策免三公為言，請責斥樞臣，諭交部議。 When drought struck the capital region, compiler He Jinshou cited the Han precedent of dismissing the Three Excellencies after natural disasters and demanded that the Grand Councilors be held responsible; the throne ordered the ministries to deliberate.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 445Volume 445 Biographies 232: Wu Kedu, Zhu Yixin, Tu Keshou, An Weijun, Wen Ti, Jiang Chunlin · 4 passages

吳可讀潘敦儼朱一新屠仁守吳兆泰何金壽安維峻 Wu Kedu, Pan Dunyi, Zhu Yixin, Tu Renshou, Wu Zhaotai, He Jinshou, and An Weijun

其先有何金壽者，字鐵生，籍江夏。 Earlier there had been He Jinshou, styled Tiesheng, registered in Jiangxia.

越二年，畿輔旱，金壽曰：「此樞臣可盡彈也！」 Two years later, when the capital region suffered drought, Jinshou said: "The grand councilors may all be impeached!"

金壽引西國上下議院例，請資眾論，折強敵。 Jinshou cited the Western precedent of upper and lower houses of parliament and asked to rely on public opinion to bend a strong enemy.