Tian Wenjing (田文鏡)

Overview

Tian Wenjing was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1725 雍正中
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 317, passage 50
AD 1731 雍正九年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 283, passage 201
AD 1728 to AD 1731 雍正六年至九年間
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 337, passage 8

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 283 Volume 283 Biographies 70: Jue Luo Wu Mo Ne, Shu Lan, Tu Li Chen, He Guozong 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 317 Volume 317 Biographies 104: Wang Wudang, Wu Jinyi, Tan Xingyi, Li Xun, Fan Ting, Wu Jinsheng, Ma Fushu, Fan Yuxiao 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 337 Volume 337 Biographies 124: Lu Chao, Tu Er Bing A, A Si Ha, Gong Zhaolin, Yang Jingsu, Min Eyuan 1 passage

Career and standing

Hedong Governor-General 河東總督
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 317, passage 50

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 337, passage 8

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With He Guozong (何國宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 283, passage 201

Events and relationships

Sent officers to investigate Dongchang cases
AD 1728 雍正六年至九年間 · Legal administration · Governor general
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 337, passage 8

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 283Volume 283 Biographies 70: Jue Luo Wu Mo Ne, Shu Lan, Tu Li Chen, He Guozong · 1 passage

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田文鏡奏戴村初建玲瓏、亂石、滾水三壩。 Tian Wenjing reported that at Daicun the Linglong, Luanshi, and Gunshui dams had first been built.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 317Volume 317 Biographies 104: Wang Wudang, Wu Jinyi, Tan Xingyi, Li Xun, Fan Ting, Wu Jinsheng, Ma Fushu, Fan Yuxiao · 1 passage

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河東總督田文鏡劾行義送陝西軍馬疲瘦，奪官，上令來京引見，召對稱旨，賜編刻上諭、貂皮、香珠，復原官。 Hedong Governor-General Tian Wenjing impeached him for delivering worn and emaciated Shaanxi army horses; he was dismissed, but the emperor summoned him to the capital. His answers in audience pleased the throne, and he received engraved imperial pronouncements, sable fur, and fragrant pearls; his rank was restored.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 337Volume 337 Biographies 124: Lu Chao, Tu Er Bing A, A Si Ha, Gong Zhaolin, Yang Jingsu, Min Eyuan · 1 passage

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再遷山東東昌知府，總督田文鏡遣官弁四出訪事，東昌民逮下獄甚眾，焯至，悉判遣之。 He was next made prefect of Dongchang in Shandong. Governor-general Tian Wenjing had sent officers far and wide to investigate cases, and a great many Dongchang residents had been thrown into jail; on taking office, Chao reviewed the cases and released them all.