Qing · Family Member and Official

Tao Guang 桄

Guāng

Attested AD 1839

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Tao Guang was a Family Member and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1839 十九年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 379, passages 191-192

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Tao Shu (陶澍)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 379, passage 192

Career and standing

principal clerk 主事
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 379, passage 192

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 379Volume 379 Biographies 166: Zhao Shenzhen, Lu Kun, Ceng Sheng, Tao Shu · 1 passage

遺疏上，優詔軫惜，稱其「實心任事，不避嫌怨」，晉贈太子太保，依尚書例賜卹，賜其子桄主事，諡文毅。 When his death memorial reached the throne, an edict mourned him warmly, praising him as "sincere in office and unafraid of resentment," posthumously promoting him to Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent, granting funeral honors according to the precedent for ministers, appointing his son Guang as a principal clerk, and giving him the posthumous title Wenyi.