Dates uncertain · Official and Scholar

Yi Ketan 伊克坦

c. AD 1866 - AD 1923

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yi Ketan was an official and Scholar.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zhongping	仲平	Zhongping
Posthumous name	Wenzhi	文直	Wenzhi

Life and dates

Death

AD 1923 癸亥
Age Value: 58 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 144

Attested activity

AD 1917 丁巳
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 139
AD 1886 光緒十二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 92
AD 1911 宣統三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 138
AD 1923 癸亥
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 144

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Manchu 滿洲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 91
Lineage Guwalgiya clan 瓜爾佳氏
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 91

Career and standing

Yuqing Palace tutor 直毓慶宮
AD 1911 宣統三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 138
Vice Censor-in-Chief 都察院副都御史
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 92

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 92
At Xi'an garrison 西安駐防
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 91
Organization Manchu Plain White Banner 滿洲正白旗 · Relation Registered in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 91

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1886 光緒十二年 · Credential jinshi 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 92

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passages 93-111, 113-136

Events and relationships

Relation Colleague of · Person Chen Baochen (陳寶琛)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 138
Relation Colleague of · Person Lu Runxiang (陸潤庠)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 138

Assessments and attributes

Assessment loyal, upright, and far-sighted · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 472, passage 141

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 472Volume 472 Biographies 259: Lu Runxiang, Shi Xu, Yi Ketan, Liang Dingfen, Xu Fang, Lao Naixuan, Shen Cengzhi · 7 passages

伊克坦，字仲平，瓜爾佳氏，滿洲正白旗人，西安駐防。 Yi Ketan, whose courtesy name was Zhongping, belonged to the Guwalgiya clan; he was a Manchu of the Plain White Banner garrisoned at Xi'an.

有請達海從祀文廟者，伊克坦以達海創定國書，繙譯經史，有功聖教，允宜附祀，即為代奏，略言：「學官立於漢京，而配享實始於唐代，宋、元以來，迭有增祀，大率以闡明聖學，有功經訓為斷。 When a petition asked that Dahai be enshrined in the Confucian temple, Yi Ketan argued that Dahai had devised the national script and translated the classics, thus serving the Sage's teaching, and deserved collateral sacrifice; he memorialized on his behalf, noting briefly: "School officials dated to Han times but temple collateral sacrifice began in the Tang, and since Song and Yuan additions had generally honored those who expounded the Sage's learning and served the classics.

宣統三年，伊克坦與大學士陸潤庠及侍郎陳寶琛，同奉命直毓慶宮，朝夕入講，遇事進言，憂勤彌甚。 In the third year of Xuantong, Yi Ketan, Grand Secretary Lu Runxiang, and Vice Minister Chen Baochen were alike ordered to serve at the Yuqing Palace; they lectured morning and evening, spoke up when matters arose, and their worry and diligence only grew.

丁巳復辟，潤庠已前卒，寶琛為議政大臣，伊克坦一不爭權位，日進講如故。 At the 1917 restoration Runxiang had already died; Baochen served as a deliberative minister, and Yi Ketan alone did not contend for power or position, lecturing daily as before.

伊克坦忠直有遠識，主開誠佈公，集思廣益； Yi Ketan was loyal, upright, and far-sighted; he favored openness and sincerity and gathering many minds for the common good;

伊克坦憂鬱遂久病，日寄於酒。 Yi Ketan, worn down by grief, fell into long illness and took refuge in wine day after day.

癸亥，卒，年五十有八，諡文直。 In the guihai year he died, aged fifty-eight, and was given the posthumous name Wenzhi.