Qing · Official

Shen Zhaolin 沈兆霖

Attested AD 1859 - AD 1862

Passages: 6
Chapters: 4
Histories: 1

Overview

Shen Zhaolin was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1862 同治元年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 389, passage 85
AD 1859 咸豐九年五月甲午
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 191, passages 119, 124
AD 1861 咸豐十一年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 390, passage 31
AD 1860 咸豐十年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 133, passages 45, 48; Draft History of Qing 389, passage 99
AD 1860 咸豐十年九月癸巳
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 191, passages 129, 134

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Han 漢
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 191, passage 124

Career and standing

Left Censor-in-Chief 左都御史
AD 1859 咸豐九年五月甲午 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 191, passages 119, 124
Vice Minister 侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 133, passage 48
Han Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate 都察院漢左都御史
AD 1860 咸豐十年九月癸巳 · Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 191, passages 129, 134

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 133, passage 48
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 191, passage 124

Works and attributed material

AD 1861 咸豐十一年
Memorial · Co author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 390, passage 31
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 133, passages 48-72

Events and relationships

Transferred
AD 1860 咸豐十年九月癸巳 · Personnel · Official
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 191, passage 134

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 133Volume 133 Treatises 108: Military 4, Local Militia · 1 passage

尋侍郎沈兆霖疏陳：「自咸豐三年以後，迭奉朝旨舉行鄉團，已至再至三，各省官紳士民，未嘗不遵旨辦理，而賊勢披猖，卒無成效。 Soon afterward, Vice Minister Shen Zhaolin memorialized: 'Since the third year of Xianfeng, the court has ordered village militia raised again and again—two times, three times—and officials, gentry, and commoners in every province have obeyed, yet the rebels have only grown bolder and the effort has come to nothing.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 191Volume 191 Tables 31: Ministers of Boards and Courts Chronological Table 7 Lower · 2 passages

張祥河五月甲午遷。沈兆霖左都御史。 On the jiawu day of the fifth month, Zhang Xianghe was transferred. Shen Zhaolin: Left Censor-in-Chief.

沈兆霖九月癸巳遷。萬青藜左都御史。 On the guisi day of the ninth month, Shen Zhaolin was transferred. Wan Qingli: Left Censor-in-Chief.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 389Volume 389 Biographies 176: Bai Jun, Lin Kui, Rui Chang, Quan Qing · 2 passages

時方奉命偕尚書沈兆霖赴甘肅按事，至蘭州，數日遽卒，詔依大學士例賜血卩，賜其子恩壽舉人，諡文端。 He had just been ordered with Minister Shen Zhaolin to investigate affairs in Gansu; he reached Lanzhou and died suddenly within days. He was granted posthumous compensation as a grand secretary, his son Enshou was given the rank of provincial graduate, and he received the posthumous title Wenduan.

十年，寶源局監督張仁政因侵蝕畏罪自盡，命瑞常偕尚書沈兆霖按之，得前任監督奎麟、瑞琇贓私狀，並論大辟，追贓後遣戍。 In 1860 Zhang Renzheng, superintendent of the Baoyuan Bureau, killed himself after embezzling funds. Rui Chang and Minister Shen Zhaolin investigated and found that former superintendents Kuilin and Ruixiu had also embezzled; all were sentenced to death, and after restitution the survivors were exiled.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 390Volume 390 Biographies 177: Jia Zhen, Zhou Zupei, Zhu Fengbiao, Dan Maoqian · 1 passage

穆宗回鑾，偕大學士周祖培，尚書沈兆霖、趙光上疏曰：「我朝從無皇太后垂簾聽政之典。 When the Muzong Emperor returned to the capital, Zhen joined Grand Secretary Zhou Zupei and Ministers Shen Zhaolin and Zhao Guang in a memorial stating: "Our dynasty has never had the institution of an empress dowager ruling from behind a screen.