Wang Zhao (王照) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wang Zhao was a Ministry Secretary.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1898 二十四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 464, passage 137
AD 1898 光緒二十四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 388, passage 105; Draft History of Qing 445, passage 164
AD 1905 光緒末
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 202

Key source chapters

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 445 Volume 445 Biographies 232: Wu Kedu, Zhu Yixin, Tu Keshou, An Weijun, Wen Ti, Jiang Chunlin 2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 388 Volume 388 Biographies 175: Gui Liang, Rui Lin Son: Huai Tabu, Guan Wen, Wen Yu 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 464 Volume 464 Biographies 251: Li Duanfen, Xu Zhijingzi, Ren Zhu, Chen Baozhen, Huang Zunxian, Ceng He, Yang Shenxiu, Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi, Tan Sitong With: Tang Caichang, Lin Xu, Kang Guangren 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 472 Volume 472 Biographies 259: Lu Runxiang, Shi Xu, Yi Ketan, Liang Dingfen, Xu Fang, Lao Naixuan, Shen Cengzhi 1 passage

Career and standing

secretary in the Ministry of Rites 禮部主事
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 164
fourth-rank capital office 四品京堂
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 166

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 464, passage 137
At Ninghe 寧河
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 202

Works and attributed material

AD 1898 二十四年
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 464, passage 137

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 388Volume 388 Biographies 175: Gui Liang, Rui Lin Son: Huai Tabu, Guan Wen, Wen Yu · 1 passage

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光緒二十四年，主事王照上書言事，久之始代奏，坐違旨抑格，褫職。 In Guangxu 24 principal secretary Wang Zhao submitted a reform memorial that Huai Tabu long withheld before forwarding. He was dismissed for defying the throne and suppressing the petition.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 445Volume 445 Biographies 232: Wu Kedu, Zhu Yixin, Tu Keshou, An Weijun, Wen Ti, Jiang Chunlin · 2 passages

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光緒二十四年，變法詔下，禮部主事王照應詔上言，尚書許應騤不為代奏。 In 1898, when the reform edict was issued, Wang Zhao of the Ministry of Rites responded to the edict with a memorial, but Minister Xu Yingkui did not transmit it.

奏上，以抑格言路，首違詔旨，禮部尚書、侍郎皆革職，賞照四品京堂。 When the memorial was submitted, for suppressing free speech and first violating the edict, the minister and vice ministers of Rites were all dismissed and Wang was rewarded with fourth-rank capital office.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 464Volume 464 Biographies 251: Li Duanfen, Xu Zhijingzi, Ren Zhu, Chen Baozhen, Huang Zunxian, Ceng He, Yang Shenxiu, Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi, Tan Sitong With: Tang Caichang, Lin Xu, Kang Guangren · 1 passage

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七月，禮部主事王照上封事，尚書許應騤等格不奏。 In the seventh month, Ministry of Rites secretary Wang Zhao submitted a sealed memorial, but Minister Xu Yingkui and others blocked it and did not present it.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 472Volume 472 Biographies 259: Lu Runxiang, Shi Xu, Yi Ketan, Liang Dingfen, Xu Fang, Lao Naixuan, Shen Cengzhi · 1 passage

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初，寧河王照造官話字母，乃宣增其母韻聲號為合聲簡字譜，俾江、浙語音相近處皆可通。 Earlier Wang Zhao of Ninghe had devised Mandarin phonetic letters; Naixuan expanded them into a Combined-Sound Simplified Character Manual with fuller initials, finals, and tone marks, so that regions in Jiangsu and Zhejiang with similar speech could all use it.