Jiang Chunlin (江春霖)

Overview

Jiang Chunlin was an official and Censor.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Xingcun	杏村	Xingcun

Life and dates

Death

died after eight years 越八年，卒
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 216

Attested activity

AD 1908 三十四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 441, passages 181, 183
AD 1903 二十九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 193
AD 1894 光緒二十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 192
AD 1910 宣統二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 209
AD 1909 宣統改元
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 202
AD 1918 民國七年左右
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 445, passages 214, 216

Key source chapters

Career and standing

censor 御史
Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 193
ordered back to original yamen 回原衙門行走
Suffered
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 214

Places and affiliations

At Putian, Fujian 福建莆田
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 191

Learning and skills

Earned
Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 192

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Summary twelve matters against Yuan Shikai
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passages 195-200
Memorial · Author · Summary warning about Zaixun and Zaitao
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passages 203-208

Events and relationships

Legal · Impeacher · With Prince Qing (奕劻)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 201
Legal · Impeacher · With Yuan Shikai (袁世凱)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 201
Legal · Impeacher · With Feng Rukui (馮汝騤)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 209

Assessments and attributes

Assessment repeatedly impeached the powerful; words especially cutting · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 220

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 441Volume 441 Biographies 228: Pan Zuyin, Li Wentian, Sun Yijing, Xia Tongshan, Zhang Jiaxiang, Zhang Yinglin, Zhang Renfu, Zhang Hengjia · 1 passage

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御史江春霖直劾親貴，斥回原衙門，英麟率全台合疏留之。 When Censor Jiang Chunlin directly impeached imperial kin and was sent back to his original post, Yinglin led the entire Censorate in a joint memorial to retain him.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 445Volume 445 Biographies 232: Wu Kedu, Zhu Yixin, Tu Keshou, An Weijun, Wen Ti, Jiang Chunlin · 6 passages

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文悌江春霖 Wen Ti and Jiang Chunlin

江春霖，字杏村，福建莆田人。 Jiang Chunlin, styled Xingcun, was from Putian in Fujian.

春霖獨論列十二事，謂：「洪範有言：'臣之有作威作福，其害於爾家，兇於爾國。 Chunlin alone set forth twelve matters, saying: "The Hongfan says: 'When ministers make might and blessings, it harms your house and is baleful to your state.'

春霖謂：「古者鄭寵共叔，失教旋譏，漢驕厲王，不容終病，載在史冊，為萬世戒。 Chunlin said: "In antiquity, when Zheng favored Gongshu, loss of instruction brought swift reproach; when Han favored the arrogant Prince Li, he was not allowed to end his illness—these are recorded in the histories as warnings for ten thousand generations.

春霖遂稱疾歸。 Chunlin then pleaded illness and returned home.

文悌言攻結黨，實啟黨爭，而春霖連劾權貴，言尤痛切，當國者終於不悟。 Wen Ti attacked factionalism in words but in fact opened party struggle; Chunlin repeatedly impeached the powerful, his words especially cutting—yet those who held the state never understood in the end.