Qing · County Magistrate

Wen Zaishang 聞在上

Attested AD 1691

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wen Zaishang was a County Magistrate.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1691 三十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 271, passage 78

Career and standing

county magistrate 知縣
AD 1691 三十年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 271, passage 78

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 271Volume 271 Biographies 58: Xu Qianxue, Wang Hongxu, Gao Shiqi · 4 passages

嘉定知縣聞在上爲縣民訐告私派，逮獄，閲二年未定讞。 Jiading magistrate Wen Zaishang was denounced by local people for illegal levies, thrown into prison, and after two years still had no final verdict.

嘉定知縣聞在上爲縣民訐告私派事，按察使髙承爵按治。 Jiading magistrate Wen Zaishang was denounced by local people for illegal levies; Surveillance Commissioner Gao Chengjue investigated.

在上言嘗以銀餽舉人徐樹敏，至事發退還，因坐樹敏罪。 Wen Zaishang admitted he had once given silver to the provincial graduate Xu Shumin; after the scandal surfaced he tried to return it, and Xu Shumin was convicted on that basis.

巡撫鄭端覆訊，在上言嘗以銀五百餽鴻緒，亦事發退還。 Governor Zheng Duan reopened the inquiry; Wen Zaishang also admitted he had once given Wang Hongxu five hundred taels of silver, which he likewise returned when exposed.