Wen Ti (文悌) | 24 Histories

Overview

Wen Ti was a Manchu Official and Censor.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zhonggong	仲恭	Zhonggong

Life and dates

Death

died after begging leave on illness 乞病歸，卒
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 190

Attested activity

AD 1900 二十六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 189
AD 1898 二十四年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 464, passage 118; Draft History of Qing 473, passages 73, 86
AD 1898 光緒二十四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 164

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Manchu 滿洲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 162
Clan Guwalgiya 瓜爾佳氏
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 162

Career and standing

censor 御史
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 163
prefect of Henan 河南知府
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 188
director in the Ministry of Revenue 戶部郎中
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 163
prefect of Henan 河南知府
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 163
Guixi Circuit 貴西道
Promoted
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 189
dismissed to original yamen 斥回原衙門行走
Suffered
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 187

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 464, passage 118
Organization Plain Yellow Banner 正黃旗 · Relation Member of
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 162

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · Summary attacked Kang Youwei and allied censors
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passages 167-186

Events and relationships

Relation Accuser of · Person Yang Shenxiu (楊深秀)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 464, passage 118

Assessments and attributes

Assessment attacked factionalism but opened party struggle · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 220

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 473, passage 56

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 445Volume 445 Biographies 232: Wu Kedu, Zhu Yixin, Tu Keshou, An Weijun, Wen Ti, Jiang Chunlin · 6 passages

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文悌江春霖 Wen Ti and Jiang Chunlin

文悌，字仲恭，瓜爾佳氏，滿洲正黃旗人。 Wen Ti, styled Zhonggong, of the Guwalgiya clan, was a Manchu of the Plain Yellow Banner.

文悌以言官為人指使，黨庇報復，紊亂臺諫，遂上疏言：「康有為向不相識，忽踵門求謁，送以所著書籍，閱其著作，以變法為宗。 Wen Ti, holding that remonstrating officials were directed by others, engaged in factional shielding and revenge, and threw the censorate into disorder, therefore memorialized: "Kang Youwei was previously unknown to me when he suddenly came to my door seeking an audience and presented his writings; reading them, I found reform to be his doctrine.

太后復訓政，賞文悌知府，旋授河南知府。 When the empress dowager resumed regency, Wen Ti was rewarded with the post of prefect and soon appointed prefect of Henan.

二十六年，兩宮西狩，文悌迎駕，擢貴西道。 In 1900, when the two palaces fled west, Wen Ti welcomed the imperial progress and was promoted to Guixi Circuit.

文悌言攻結黨，實啟黨爭，而春霖連劾權貴，言尤痛切，當國者終於不悟。 Wen Ti attacked factionalism in words but in fact opened party struggle; Chunlin repeatedly impeached the powerful, his words especially cutting—yet those who held the state never understood in the end.

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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御史文悌劾深秀傳布有為所立保國會，並暴有為交通內外狀，德宗責以代人報復，反獲咎。 Censor Wenti impeached Shenxiu for disseminating the Baoguo Society founded by Kang Youwei and exposed Youwei's dealings inside and outside the court; Emperor Dezong rebuked Wenti for retaliating on another's behalf, and Wenti himself was punished.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 473Volume 473 Biographies 260: Zhang Xun, Kang Youwei · 1 passage

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舊臣疑懼，群起指責有為，御史文悌复痛劾之。 Old officials grew suspicious and fearful; they rose together to denounce Kang; Censor Wen Ti again memorialized bitterly against him.