Min Xue (敏學) | 24 Histories

Overview

Min Xue was an Imperial Clansman.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1807 嘉慶十二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 354, passage 114
AD 1808 十三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 121

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 352 Volume 352 Biographies 139: Jiang Cheng, Jin Guangti, Zu Zhiwang, Han Feng 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 354 Volume 354 Biographies 141: Wan Chengfeng, Zhou Xiying, Qian Yue, Qin Ying, Li Zonghan, Han Dingjin, Zhu Fangzeng 1 passage

Origins and identity

Lineage imperial clan 宗室
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 121

Career and standing

Abused status
Prosecuted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 121
Subject of
Criminal case
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 354, passage 114

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 352Volume 352 Biographies 139: Jiang Cheng, Jin Guangti, Zu Zhiwang, Han Feng · 1 passage

Open chapter

十三年，宗室敏學恃勢不法，讞擬輕比，詔斥部臣屈法縱姦，譴責有差。 In 1808 the imperial clansman Min Xue abused his status and broke the law, yet the ministry proposed a lenient sentence. The throne rebuked the officials for bending the law to protect him, and punished them in varying degrees.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 354Volume 354 Biographies 141: Wan Chengfeng, Zhou Xiying, Qian Yue, Qin Ying, Li Zonghan, Han Dingjin, Zhu Fangzeng · 1 passage

Open chapter

以宗室敏學獄會擬輕縱，議褫職，詔原之，左遷光祿寺卿。 Because the joint recommendation in the Minxue case involving an imperial clansman was too lenient, dismissal was proposed; the throne pardoned him but demoted him to director of the Court of Imperial Entertainments.