Yuan · Official and Statesman

Temür Buqa 鐵木兒補化

Tiěmù'ér Bǔhuà

Attested AD 1329

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Temür Buqa was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1329 天歷二年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 31, passage 43

Career and standing

central secretariat left chancellor 中書左丞相
AD 1329 天歷二年四月 · Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 31, passage 83
Requested
AD 1329 天歷二年六月 · Resignation
Directly stated · History of Yuan 31, passage 144

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 31Volume 31 Annals 31: Mingzong · 5 passages

癸卯，遣使如京師，卜日命中書左丞相鐵木兒補化攝告即位於郊廟、社稷。 On guimao day envoys were dispatched to the capital to select a day; left chancellor Temür Buqa was ordered to perform the proxy announcement of accession at the suburban altars and the altars of soil and grain.

是日，左丞相鐵木兒補化等以帝即位，攝告南郊。 That day left grand councillor Temur Buqa and others, on account of the Emperor's accession, reported by proxy at the Southern Suburb.

是日，鐵木兒補化等以帝即位，攝告於宗廟、社稷。 That day Temur Buqa and others, on account of the Emperor's accession, reported by proxy at the Imperial Ancestral Temple and the altars of soil and grain.

是月，鐵木兒補化以久旱啟於皇太子，辭相位，乞更選賢德，委以燮理，皇太子遣使以聞。 That month Temur Buqa, on account of prolonged drought, reported to the crown prince, resigned his chancellorship, and requested that another worthy be selected and entrusted with harmonizing governance; the crown prince sent envoys to report this.

帝諭闊兒吉思等曰：「修德應天，乃君臣當為之事，鐵木兒補化所言良是。 The Emperor instructed Kuorugusi and others: "Cultivating virtue to respond to Heaven is what ruler and ministers ought to do; what Temur Buqa said is indeed right.