Qing · Official and Scholar

Xin Congyi 辛從益

First attested AD 1790; died AD 1828

Passages
9
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

Xin Congyi was an official and Scholar.

PeriodQing
IdentityHistorical · Male

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Qianshou 謙受 Qianshou

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Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Key source chapters

  1. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 376 Volume 376 Biographies 163: Xin Congyi, Zhang Lin, Gu Gao, Shen Weiqiao, Zhu Wei, Cheng Enze, Wu Jie 8 passages
  2. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 379 Volume 379 Biographies 166: Zhao Shenzhen, Lu Kun, Ceng Sheng, Tao Shu 1 passage

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References in the histories

9 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 376Volume 376 Biographies 163: Xin Congyi, Zhang Lin, Gu Gao, Shen Weiqiao, Zhu Wei, Cheng Enze, Wu Jie · 8 passages
道光初,山西學政陳官俊鐫級回京,仍直上書房,從益疏劾曰:「上書房為教冑諭德之地,視學政為尤重,宜慎選德行敦厚、器識宏達之儒臣,使皇子有所觀法,薰陶養其德性。 Early in the Daoguang reign Chen Guanjun, former educational commissioner of Shanxi, was demoted yet still entered the Upper Study Hall. Congyi impeached him, writing: "The Upper Study Hall instructs the heir apparent and tutors the imperial sons—a charge weightier even than provincial educational commissioner. The court should choose Confucian officials of solid virtue and broad capacity so that the princes have models to follow and their moral nature may be cultivated.
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 379Volume 379 Biographies 166: Zhao Shenzhen, Lu Kun, Ceng Sheng, Tao Shu · 1 passage