Qing · Inner Minister

Leng Sengji 冷僧機

Lěng Sēngjī

First attested AD 1627; died AD 1652

Passages: 14
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Leng Sengji was an Inner Minister.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1652 順治九年
Execution
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 191

Attested activity

AD 1627 天聰元年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 174
AD 1651 to AD 1652 若冷僧機者，專事告訐，其及也亦宜矣
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 196

Family

Kin of Gintaisi (金台石)
kinsman 族
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 172

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Manchu 滿洲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 172
Lineage Nara clan 納喇氏
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 172

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 196
AD 1635 天聰九年
Organization Plain Yellow Banner 正黃旗 · Relation Transferred to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 176
AD 1627 葉赫亡後來歸
Organization Plain Blue Banner 正藍旗 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 173
Organization Plain Yellow Banner 正黃旗 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 172

Works and attributed material

historian's judgment that his fall was fitting 其及也亦宜矣
Judgment · Subject · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 196
Speech · Speaker · Speaker Leng Sengji (冷僧機)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 246, passages 186-187

Events and relationships

his fall 其及
Legal · Subject · Met ruin
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 196
devoted himself to denunciation 專事告訐
Political · Denouncer · Practiced accusation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 196

Assessments and attributes

Assessment lived by accusation; his ruin was only just · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 246, passage 196

References in the histories

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History

14 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 246Volume 246 Biographies 33: Tan Tai, He Luohui, Xi Tu Ku, Bo Er Hui, Leng Sengji · 14 passages

冷僧機，納喇氏，滿洲正黃旗人，葉赫部長金台石之族也。 Leng Sengji, of the Nara clan, belonged to the Plain Yellow Banner and was kin to the Yehe chieftain Gintaisi.

天聰元年，敖漢部長索諾木來歸，尚公主為額駙，以冷僧機隸焉。 In Tiancong 1 the Aohan chieftain Sonomu submitted, married a princess, and Leng Sengji was assigned to him.

莽古爾泰既卒，九年，冷僧機詣法司言莽古爾泰及貝勒德格類與公主及索諾木結黨，設誓謀不軌。 After Manggu'ertai's death, in the ninth year Leng Sengji reported to the courts that Manggu'ertai and Beile Degesi, with the princess and Sonomu, had sworn a treasonous pact.

冷僧機與甲喇額真屯布祿、巴克什愛巴禮並下法司，鞫實，冷僧機以自首免罪，屯布祿、愛巴禮皆坐誅，籍其家以★K2冷僧機，改隸正黃旗，授世職三等梅勒章京。 Leng Sengji, Jalan Commander Tunbulu, and Secretary Aibali were tried; the plot was proved; Leng Sengji was spared for confessing; Tunbulu and Aibali were executed and their estates given to him; he was moved to the Plain Yellow Banner as third-class hereditary meiren colonel.

或以告冷僧機，聞於上，穆爾泰及同官皆坐降罰，授冷僧機一等侍衛。 Someone told Leng Sengji; the emperor heard; Murutai and his colleagues were demoted; Leng Sengji was made a first-rank guardsman.

七年，祖大壽來歸，上幸牧馬所，命內大臣侍衛與大壽等校射，中的者有所賜，冷僧機得駝一。 In the seventh year Zu Dashou submitted; at an archery contest with him Leng Sengji hit the mark and won a camel.

譚泰訐索尼，引冷僧機為證，謝未聞，坐徇庇，當削世職籍沒，上貰之。 When Tan Tai denounced Sonin and called Leng Sengji as witness, he pleaded ignorance; though liable to lose rank and estate for favoritism, the emperor spared him.

七年，睿親王有疾，怨上未臨視，冷僧機及貝子錫翰等奏請上臨視，睿親王坐以擅請降世職，恩詔復故，進一等伯。 In the seventh year, when Prince Rui fell ill and resented the emperor's absence, Leng Sengji and Beizi Xi Han asked the throne to visit; Leng Sengji was reduced in hereditary rank for the unauthorized request, then an amnesty restored him and advanced him to first-class baron.

冷僧機言於上曰：「昔太宗登遐，兩黃旗大臣誓立肅親王。 Leng Sengji told the emperor: "When Taizong died, the Yellow Banner ministers swore to make Prince Su emperor.

又舉侍衛羅什，羅什上為冷僧機乞恩。 He also named the guardsman Roshi, who memorialized asking favor for him.

八年，鄭親王濟爾哈朗等劾羅什蠱惑諸王，坐誅，辭連冷僧機。 In the eighth year Prince Zheng Jirhalang impeached Roshi for misleading the princes; Roshi was executed and implicated Leng Sengji.

上因命諸大臣詰誓立肅親王事，冷僧機窮，諸大臣兼發阿諛睿親王諸罪，論斬籍沒，命寬之。 The emperor then had ministers examine the oath to enthrone Prince Su; cornered, Leng Sengji was also charged with flattering Prince Rui; though death and confiscation were proposed, he was spared.

九年，追論冷僧機與貝子鞏阿岱、錫翰，內大臣西訥布庫等迎合睿親王，亂國政，下王大臣鞫實，與鞏阿岱、錫翰、西訥布庫等並誅，籍其家。 In the ninth year he was prosecuted again with Gongadai, Xi Han, and Xinebuku for pandering to Prince Rui and corrupting government; tried by the princes and ministers, he was executed with them and their estates seized.

若冷僧機者，專事告訐，其及也亦宜矣。 As for Leng Sengji, who lived by accusation, his fall was only just.