Overview
Ye Sheng was a Grand Coordinator of the Two Guangs.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 1459 天順三年夏四月壬子Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 84, 89
- AD 1470 成化六年七月丙戌Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 13, passage 144
- AD 1465 成化初Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 77, passage 187
- AD 1450 to AD 1451 景泰Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 169, passage 93
Key source chapters
- History of Ming, Chapter 12 Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records 1 passage
- History of Ming, Chapter 13 Volume 13 Annals 13: Xianzong 1 1 passage
- History of Ming, Chapter 77 Volume 77 Treatises 53: Finance and Economics 1 1 passage
- History of Ming, Chapter 169 Volume 169 Biographies 57: Gao Gu, Hu Ying, Wang Zhi 1 passage
Career and standing
- Grand Coordinator of the Two Guangs and Assistant Censor-in-chief 巡撫兩廣僉都御史AD 1459 天順三年夏四月壬子 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 89
- Vice Minister 侍郎AD 1470 成化六年七月丙戌 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Ming 13, passage 144
- Xuanfu Grand Coordinator 宣府巡撫AD 1465 成化初 · HeldDated from the passage context · History of Ming 77, passage 187
Places and affiliations
- Polity Ming 明 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · History of Ming 12, passage 89
- Polity Ming 明 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · History of Ming 13, passage 144; History of Ming 77, passage 187
- At Xuanfu 宣府 · Relation Posted toDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 187
Events and relationships
- Bought 1800 oxen tools colony farming grain for silverAD 1465 成化初 · Administrative · Coordinator · Outcome Border people found convenientDated from the passage context · History of Ming 77, passage 187
- Defeated the Longshui YaoAD 1459 天順三年夏四月壬子 · Military · Commander · At Longshui 瀧水Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 89
- Distributed relief to famine victims around the capital with Xiang ZhongAD 1470 成化六年七月丙戌 · Political · Relief commissionerDirectly stated · History of Ming 13, passage 144
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment border people called it convenient · Mode named-source-reportDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 187
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Ming 77, passage 187
References in the histories
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