Ming · Official

Huang Zicheng 黃子澄

First attested AD 1398; died AD 1402

Passages: 12
Chapters: 3
Histories: 1

Overview

Huang Zicheng was an official.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1402 洪武三十五年
Execution
Directly stated · History of Ming 5, passage 181

Attested activity

AD 1401 建文三年春正月
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 4, passages 119, 123
AD 1399 建文元年
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 5, passages 13, 18
AD 1399 建文元年十一月辛未
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 4, passages 84, 86
AD 1402 建文四年五月
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 4, passages 158, 165
AD 1399 惠帝即位
Directly stated · mingshi:149:s0003a
AD 1398 洪武三十一年六月
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 201

Key source chapters

Career and standing

minister of ceremonies 太常卿
Appointed · From Source Date: Text: 洪武三十一年六月 · Western Year: AD 1398
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 201
office held then dismissed 罷官
AD 1399 建文元年十一月辛未 · Dismissed
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 86
Hanlin compiler 翰林院修撰
Held
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 201
reinstated then cashiered 復官，又貶
Reinstated then demoted
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passages 123, 128

Places and affiliations

Ming 明
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 4, passages 86, 123, 165, 201

Events and relationships

Recalled to the capital
Personnel · Official
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 165
Shared in military and state affairs
AD 1398 洪武三十一年六月 · Administration · Minister · With Qi Tai (齊泰)
Directly stated · History of Ming 4, passage 201

References in the histories

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History

12 passages

History of Ming, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Gongming · 5 passages

兵部侍郎齊泰為本部尚書，翰林院修撰黃子澄為太常卿，同參軍國事。 Qi Tai, vice minister of war, became minister of war; Huang Zicheng, Hanlin compiler, became minister of ceremonies; together they shared in military and state affairs.

帝為罷齊泰、黃子澄官，仍留京師。 Jianwen dismissed Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng from office yet kept them in the capital.

復齊泰、黃子澄官。 Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were reinstated in their posts.

癸巳，貶齊泰、黃子澄、諭燕罷兵。 On the guisi day, Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were cashiered and the Prince of Yan was again ordered to lay down his arms.

召齊泰、黃子澄還。 Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were recalled to the capital.

History of Ming, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Chengzu 1 · 6 passages

帝納齊泰、黃子澄謀，欲因事以次削除之。 The emperor took Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng's counsel and planned to pick them off one by one when occasion offered.

泰、子澄密勸帝除王，帝未決。 Tai and Zicheng secretly pressed the emperor to destroy the Prince, but he could not bring himself to act.

上書天子，指泰、子澄為奸臣，並援《祖訓》「朝無正臣，内有奸惡，則親王訓兵待命，天子密詔諸王統領鎮兵討平之」。 He memorialized the throne, naming Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng as traitors and invoking the Ancestral Instructions: "When the court has no upright ministers and villains stir within, imperial princes are to ready their troops and await command, and the Son of Heaven will secretly order the princes to lead frontier forces and put the rebellion down."

癸丑，至大名，聞齊泰、黄子澄已罢，上書请召還吳杰、平安、盛庸兵。 On guichou he came to Daming. Learning that Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng had been removed from office, he memorialized the throne to recall the forces of Wu Jie, Ping An, and Sheng Yong.

大索齊泰、黄子澄、方孝孺等五十余人，榜其姓名曰奸臣。 He hunted Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, and more than fifty besides, and posted their names under the heading “treacherous ministers.”

丁丑，殺齊泰、黄子澄、方孝孺，並夷其族。 On dingchou he put Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, and Fang Xiaoru to death and extirpated their kin to the last degree.

History of Ming, Chapter 149Volume 149 Biographies 37: Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji · 1 passage

蹇義，字宜之，巴人，初名容。洪武十八年進士。授中書舍人，奏事稱旨。帝問：「汝蹇叔後乎？」容頓首不敢對。帝嘉其誠篤，為更名義，手書賜之。滿三載當遷，特命滿九載，曰：「朕且用義。」由是朝夕侍左右，小心敬慎，未嘗忤色。惠帝既即位，推太祖意，超擢吏部右侍郎。是時齊泰、黃子澄當國，外興大師，內改制度，義無所建明。國子博士王紳遺書責之，義不能答。 Jian Yi, style Yizhi, was from Ba and was originally named Rong. He became a jinshi in Hongwu 18 and was appointed Secretariat Drafter, where his memorials pleased the emperor. The emperor asked, "Are you a descendant of Jian Shu?" Rong kowtowed and did not dare reply. Admiring his sincerity, the emperor changed his name to Yi and bestowed the written name in his own hand. After Yi had completed three years and was due for promotion, the emperor specifically ordered him to serve the full nine years, saying, "I am about to make use of Yi." From then on Yi attended the emperor morning and evening, cautious and reverent, never offending him. When Emperor Hui came to the throne, he inferred Taizu's intention and exceptionally promoted Yi to right vice minister of the Ministry of Personnel. At that time Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng controlled the government, raising major armies outside and altering institutions within, but Yi offered no constructive proposals. Wang Shen, a doctor of the Directorate of Education, sent him a letter of reproach, and Yi could not answer.