Misihan (米思翰) | 24 Histories

Overview

Misihan was an official.

PeriodQing

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Minguo	敏果	Mǐnguǒ

Life and dates

Death

AD 1673 to AD 1674 米思翰尋卒
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 31

Age

43
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 31

Attested activity

AD 1673 十二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 251, passages 20, 22; Draft History of Qing 268, passages 21-23
AD 1669 康熙八年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 19
AD 1674 康熙十三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 14
AD 1673 康熙十二年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 269, passage 83
AD 1673 皇祖時
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 301, passage 222
AD 1673 to AD 1674 米思翰尋卒
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 31

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AD 1669 聖祖親政
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 18
AD 1673 to AD 1675 贊撤籓之議
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 292

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Fu Heng (傅恆)
paternal grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 301, passage 100
Descendant of Wangjinu (旺吉努)
great-grandfather 曾祖 · paternal line · 3 generations
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 5
Child of Hashun (哈什屯)
eldest son 長子 · paternal line
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passages 6, 16
Parent of Li Rongbao (李榮保)
father 父
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 301, passage 100; Draft History of Qing 268, passages 2, 36
Parent of Mawu (馬武)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 35
Parent of Maqi (馬齊)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 35
Parent of Maska (馬斯喀)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 35

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Manchu 滿洲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 3
Clan Fuca 富察氏
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 3

Career and standing

Grand Councilor 議政大臣
AD 1669 八年 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 19
Vice Minister of Rites 禮部侍郎
AD 1669 聖祖親政 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 18
Superintendent of the Imperial Household Department 內務府總管
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 16
niru commander 兼管牛錄
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 16
Minister of Revenue 戶部尚書
AD 1669 八年 · Promoted
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 19
first-rank duke 一等公
AD 1748 十三年 · Posthumously advanced
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 38

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posthumous name Minguo 諡敏果
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 31
state funeral rites 予祭葬
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 31
hereditary rank inherited from Hashun 襲世職
Inherited
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 16

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 14; Draft History of Qing 268, passages 16, 18-19, 292; Draft History of Qing 301, passage 222
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 301, passage 100
At Shaji 沙濟 · Relation Ancestral place
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 4
Organization Bordered Yellow Banner 鑲黃旗 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 3

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passages 28-29
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 20
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passages 25-26

Events and relationships

Argued for abolishing feudatories
AD 1674 康熙十三年 · Political · Advocate
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 253, passage 14
Centralized provincial revenue under Ministry of Revenue
Administrative · Reformer
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 20
Favored fief withdrawal
Political · Minister
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 301, passage 222
Planned military supplies to suffice ten years
AD 1673 to AD 1675 贊撤籓之議 · Military · Planner
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 292
Proposed Eight Banner campaign and ten year supply
Military logistics · Planner
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passages 25-27
Refused regents request for imperial workshop objects
Political · Refuser
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 17

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Supported abolishing the feudatories
AD 1673 to AD 1675 贊撤籓之議 · Political · Advocate
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 292
Urged abolishing all three feudatories
AD 1673 十二年 · Political · Advocate · With Mingzhu (明珠)
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 268, passages 22-23
Relation Colleague of · Person Mingzhu (明珠)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 22; Draft History of Qing 301, passage 222

Assessments and attributes

Assessment his support for abolishing the feudatories and careful military-supply planning showed the settled policy had grounds · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 292
Assessment integrity / held to what was right · With Kangxi Emperor (聖祖) · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Kangxi Emperor (聖祖)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 18
Item objects from the imperial workshops 尚方器物 · Relation Refused to lend
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 17

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 268, passages 3, 292; Draft History of Qing 269, passage 83

Later references and commemoration

enshrined in ancestral hall 敕建宗祠
AD 1749 十四年 · Posthumous commemoration
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 268, passage 39

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 251Volume 251 Biographies 38: Tu Hai, Li Zhifang · 1 passage

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廷議移籓狀，莫洛、米思翰、明珠等皆主如所請，惟圖海持不可。 When the court debated the princes' requests to leave their fiefs, Moluo, Misihan, Mingzhu, and others all favored acceding to them; Tu Hai alone opposed the move.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 253Volume 253 Biographies 40: Mo Luo, Chen Fu, Wang Zhiding, Li Xingyuan, Chen Qitai, Chen Danchi, Ye Yingliu · 1 passage

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十三年，吳三桂等奏請撤籓，上敕廷臣議，皆主勿徙，惟莫洛與米思翰、明珠議撤。 In Kangxi 13 (1674), when Wu Sangui and others asked that the princely fiefs be abolished, the Emperor ordered the court to debate the matter. Nearly all favored leaving the fiefs in place; only Mo Luo, Misihan, and Mingzhu argued for abolition.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 268Volume 268 Biographies 55: Mi Sihan, Gu Badai, Ma Er Han, Tian Liushan, Du Zhen, Sa Mu Ha · 14 passages

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米思翰子李榮保顧八代瑪爾漢田六善杜臻薩穆哈 Mi Sihan, Li Rongbao, Gu Badai, Ma Erhan, Tian Liushan, Du Zhen, and Sa Muha

米思翰，富察氏，滿洲鑲黃旗人。 Mi Sihan, of the Fuca clan, was a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner.

米思翰，其長子也，襲世職，兼管牛錄，授內務府總管。 Mi Sihan, his eldest son, inherited the family rank, took charge of the niru as well, and was appointed superintendent of the Imperial Household Department.

聖祖親政，知其守正，授禮部侍郎。 After the Kangxi Emperor assumed personal rule, recognizing his integrity, he appointed Mi Sihan Vice Minister of Rites.

是時各直省歲賦，聽布政使存留司庫，蠹弊相仍，米思翰疏請通飭各直省俸餉諸經費，所餘悉解部，由是勾稽出納權盡屬戶部。 Provincial grain taxes were then routinely kept in local treasuries under the provincial treasurer, and corruption persisted. Mi Sihan memorialized that salaries and all routine expenses in every province should be met from those funds and the surplus sent to the capital. Thereafter the Ministry of Revenue held full control over revenue and disbursement.

米思翰與兵部尚書明珠議三籓並撤，有言吳三桂不可撤者，以兩議入奏。 Mi Sihan and Minister of War Mingzhu argued that all three feudatories should be abolished at once, while others held that Wu Sangui must be left in place. Both positions were reported to the emperor.

复集諸大臣廷議，米思翰堅持宜並撤，議乃定。 The court convened the ministers again. Mi Sihan held firm that all three must be abolished together, and the policy was decided.

米思翰言：「賊勢猖獗，非綠旗兵所能製，宜以八旗勁旅會剿。 Mi Sihan said, "The rebels are too fierce for the Green Banner alone. We should commit the elite forces of the Eight Banners to a joint campaign.

米思翰尋卒，年甫四十三，上深惜之，予祭葬，諡敏果。 Mi Sihan died soon after, at only forty-three. The emperor mourned him deeply, granted state funeral honors, and posthumously titled him Minguo.

及事定，上追憶主議諸臣，猶稱米思翰不置。 After the rebellion was crushed, the emperor looked back on the ministers who had led the policy and still spoke of Mi Sihan with unceasing praise.

米思翰子馬斯喀、馬齊、馬武，皆自有傳。 Mi Sihan's sons Maska, Maqi, and Mawu are each treated in separate biographies.

十三年，冊諡孝賢皇后，推恩先世，進封米思翰一等公。 In year 13 she was given the posthumous title Empress Xiaoxian. Honors were extended to her forebears, and Mi Sihan was raised to first-rank duke.

十四年，以李榮保子大學士傅恆經略金川功，敕建宗祠，祀哈什屯、米思翰、李榮保，並追諡李榮保曰莊愨。 In year 14, because Li Rongbao's son, Grand Secretary Fu Heng, had led the Jinchuan campaign to success, the court ordered an ancestral hall built to honor Hashun, Mi Sihan, and Li Rongbao, and Li Rongbao was posthumously titled Zhuangque.

論曰：米思翰贊撤籓之議，綢繆軍食，足以支十年，知定謀有由也。 The commentator says: Mi Sihan supported abolishing the feudatories, planned military supplies carefully, and made them suffice for ten years—one sees the settled policy had its grounds.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 269Volume 269 Biographies 56: Suo Etu, Ming Zhu · 1 passage

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上召諸大臣詢方略，戶部尚書米思翰、刑部尚書莫洛等主撤，明珠和之。 The emperor consulted his ministers; Revenue Minister Misihan, Justice Minister Moluo, and others favored abolishing the fiefs, and Mingzhu agreed.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 301Volume 301 Biographies 88: Ne Qin, Fu Heng, Fu Ling An, Fu Long An, Fu Long An, Feng Shenjilun, Fu Chang An · 2 passages

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父李榮保，附見其父米思翰傳。 His father Li Rongbao is discussed in the biography of Misanhan.

皇祖時，吳三桂請撤籓，諮於群臣，議撤者惟米思翰、明珠數人。 Under the Kangxi Emperor, when Wu Sangui asked to give up his fief, only Misanhan, Mingzhu, and a few others favored withdrawal.