Qing · Provincial Graduate

Xu Shumin 徐樹敏

Attested AD 1691

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xu Shumin was a Provincial Graduate.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1691 三十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 271, passage 79

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Xu Qianxue (徐乾學)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 271, passage 79

Career and standing

Convicted
AD 1691 三十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 271, passage 79

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 271Volume 271 Biographies 58: Xu Qianxue, Wang Hongxu, Gao Shiqi · 3 passages

按察使髙承爵窮詰，在上自承嘗餽乾學子樹敏金，至事發後追還，因坐樹敏罪論絞。 Surveillance Commissioner Gao Chengjue pressed the case hard; Zaishang admitted he had once given gold to Qianxue's son Shumin, though he tried to return it after the scandal broke; Shumin was convicted and sentenced to death by strangulation.

會詔戒内外各官私怨報復，樹敏得贖罪。 An edict then warned officials against pursuing private vendettas, and Shumin was permitted to commute his sentence.

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.