Song, Liao, and Jin · Official

Investigating Censor 御史

Attested AD 1264 - AD 1294

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Investigating Censor was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1264 to AD 1294 至元中後
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 191, passages 114, 118

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Daughter of the Investigating Censor
daughter 女
Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 118

Career and standing

Detained in the inner court
Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 118
Pardoned and released
Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 121

Works and attributed material

Personal lament · Speaker · With Daughter of the Investigating Censor · Mode quotation Speaker Investigating Censor (御史)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 118

Events and relationships

Exposed the attendant censor's corruption
Corruption investigation · Censor · With Corrupt Attendant Censor (貪財侍御史)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 191, passage 118

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 191Volume 191 Biographies 78: Virtuous Officials 1 · 2 passages

後為中台掾，有侍御史倚勢貪財，御史發其贓，天璋主文牘，未及奏，顧為所譖，俱拘內廷，御史對食悲哽，天璋問故，御史曰：「吾老，唯一女，心憐之，聞吾係，不食數日矣，是以悲耳。」 Later he served as a clerk of the Central Censorate. An attendant censor had been relying on his position to embezzle funds, and a censor exposed his corruption. Tianzhang was in charge of the documents and had not yet submitted the report when the accused slandered him; both were detained in the inner court. The censor wept bitterly over his meal. Tianzhang asked why, and the censor said: "I am old and have only one daughter whom I cherish. Hearing that I am detained, she has not eaten for days—that is why I grieve."

御史慚謝。 The censor ashamedly apologized.