Qing · Official

Kong Guangyi 孔廣義

Attested AD 1840

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Kong Guangyi was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1840 道光二十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 393, passage 83

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 393Volume 393 Biographies 180: Li Xingyuan, Zhou Tianjue, Lao Chongguang · 2 passages

二十年，己革大冶知縣孔廣義揭訐多款，天爵置不問。 In 1840, Kong Guangyi, the dismissed magistrate of Daye, publicly denounced him on many charges; Tianjue ignored them.

尋言官劾天爵酷刑，與廣義言略同，命侍郎麟魁、吳其濬往按，得天爵信任候補知縣楚鏞用非刑，外委黃雲邦誣執良民諸狀，上震怒，褫天爵職，戍伊犁。 Soon censorial officials impeached Tianjue for cruel punishments, largely echoing Guangyi's charges; Ministers Lin Kui and Wu Qijun were sent to investigate and found that Tianjue had trusted the expectant magistrate Chu Yong, who employed illegal torture, and the external appointee Huang Yunbang, who had falsely arrested innocent civilians; the Emperor was enraged, stripped Tianjue of office, and banished him to Yili.