Qing · Official and Astronomer

Li Zubai 李祖白

Attested AD 1666

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Li Zubai was an official and Astronomer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1666 康熙五年議
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 272, passage 52

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Li Shi (實)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 272, passage 53

Career and standing

Calendar Section officer 歷科
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 272, passage 52
Executed
Executed by decapitation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 272, passage 56
Sentenced
Sentenced to death by slicing
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 272, passage 52

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 272Volume 272 Biographies 59: Tang Ruowang, Yang Guangxian, Nan Huai Ren · 3 passages

湯若望及刻漏科杜如預、五官挈壺正楊宏量、歷科李祖白、春官正宋可成、秋官正宋發、冬官正硃光顯、中官正劉有泰皆凌遲處死； Tang Ruowang, Clepsydra officer Du Ruyu, water-clock officer Yang Hongliang, calendar officer Li Zubai, Spring Officer Song Kecheng, Autumn Officer Song Fa, Winter Officer Zhu Guangxian, and Central Officer Liu Youtai were all sentenced to death by slicing;

得旨，湯若望等並免流徙，祖白、可成、發、光顯、有泰皆斬。 The throne spared Tang Ruowang and the others exile; Li Zubai, Song Kecheng, Song Fa, Zhu Guangxian, and Liu Youtai were executed.

南懷仁等復呈告光先依附鼇拜，將歷代所用洪範五行稱為滅蠻經，致李祖白等無辜被戮，援引吳明烜誣告湯若望謀叛。 Nan Huai Ren and others further accused Yang Guangxian of siding with Oboi, calling the Hongfan Five Phases used through the ages the "Scripture for Destroying Barbarians," causing the innocent execution of Li Zubai and others, and citing Wu Mingxuan's false charge that Tang Ruowang plotted rebellion.