Overview
Yin Gengyun was an official and Statesman.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|
| Personal name |
Gengyun |
耕云 |
Gengyun |
| Courtesy name |
Xingnong |
杏農 |
Xingnong |
Life and dates
Death
AD 1877 光緒三年
At in office 於官
Attested activity
AD 1877 光緒三年
AD 1858 八年
AD 1855 咸豐五年
AD 1850 道光三十年
Key source chapters
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 423
Volume 423 Biographies 210: Zong Jichen, Yin Gengyun, Wang Zheng, Mu Jixianga, You Baichuan, Shen Huai
20 passages
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 387
Volume 387 Biographies 174: Zong Shisushun, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Jiao Youying, Chen Fuen
1 passage
Career and standing
Huguang circuit censor 湖廣道監察御史
AD 1858 八年 · Appointed
Ministry of Rites director 禮部主事
AD 1850 道光三十年 · Appointed
peacock feather 花翎
AD 1862 同治元年 · Granted
Places and affiliations
- Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
- At Taoyuan, Jiangsu 江蘇桃源
Works and attributed material
References in the histories
No matching passages.
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 387Volume 387 Biographies 174: Zong Shisushun, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Jiao Youying, Chen Fuen · 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 423Volume 423 Biographies 210: Zong Jichen, Yin Gengyun, Wang Zheng, Mu Jixianga, You Baichuan, Shen Huai · 20 passages
尹耕雲，字杏農，江蘇桃源人。
Yin Gengyun, style name Xingnong, came from Taoyuan in Jiangsu.
咸豐五年，粵匪犯畿輔，惠親王綿愉為大將軍，僧格林沁參贊軍務，闢耕雲佐幕府，上書論防務，為文宗所知。
In the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855), when Taiping forces threatened the capital region, Prince Hui Mianyu was named commander-in-chief with Sengge Rinchen as his deputy. Gengyun joined the staff, wrote on defense, and won the attention of the Xianfeng Emperor.
耕雲疏言：「訥爾經額之罪，天下共聞共見，未喻其復行起用之故。
Gengyun memorialized: "Ne'erjing'e's failures are notorious, and no one understands why he has been reappointed.
時粵匪复窺武漢，耕雲疏言：「武漢地踞上游，北窺關陝，南脅湖湘，東撼吳越，西製巴蜀，自古南北用兵，皆出死力爭之。
When the Taiping forces again threatened Wuhan, Gengyun wrote: "Wuhan commanded the upper Yangtze—overlooking Shaanxi to the north, menacing Hunan and Hubei to the south, threatening Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, and holding Sichuan to the west—and every north-south war in history had been fought to the death for this position.
粵匪陷定遠，耕雲疏言：「定遠失守，粵、捻新合，必謀北竄，恃山東為之屏蔽。
When the rebels took Dingyuan, Gengyun warned: "The Taiping and Nian armies had joined forces and would surely drive north, using Shandong as their shield.
及國籓進師，疏言：「軍興以來，徵調半天下，糜餉數千萬，卒未能掃穴擒渠，則以屢後時而數失機也。
When Zeng Guofan marched, Gengyun wrote: "Since the war began half the empire had been mobilized and tens of millions spent, yet the rebel leadership remained at large—chiefly because the court had repeatedly been late and lost its chances.
英、法合軍犯天津，耕雲專疏者七，會疏者二，力主決戰，上命王大臣集議。
When British and French forces attacked Tianjin together, Gengyun filed seven solo memorials and joined two joint ones, all urging war to the finish. The emperor convened the princes and senior ministers to deliberate.
與鄭親王端華等議不合，耕云抗辯痛哭而罷。
He clashed with Prince Zheng Duanhua and the peace party, argued fiercely, wept, and the council adjourned without agreement.
耕云初在禮部，肅順頗重之，乃是為所憎。
Gengyun had once been valued by Sushun in the Ministry of Rites; for that very reason Sushun now turned against him.
九年，科場獄起，以科道失糾下吏議，而耕雲以充內監試譴獨重，鐫二級調用。
In the ninth year (1859) the examination scandal broke. Censors faced disciplinary review for failing to investigate, but Gengyun alone was heavily punished for having served as palace examiner—demoted two ranks and transferred.
十年，京師戒嚴，上將幸熱河，耕雲代團防大臣草疏諫阻，復自以書抵肅順，卒不聽。
In the tenth year (1860), with the capital under martial law and the emperor preparing to flee to Rehe, Gengyun drafted a remonstrance for the defense commissioner and wrote personally to Sushun, but neither appeal was heard.
侍郎文祥提督九門，遇耕雲東城，相持哭，因為規畫留守諸事。
Vice President Wenxiang, commanding the Nine Gates, met Gengyun in the eastern city. They embraced and wept, and Gengyun outlined plans for holding Beijing during the emperor's absence.
胡林翼疏薦耕雲胸有權略，請起用。
Hu Linyi memorialized that Gengyun had real strategic talent and asked that he be recalled to service.
會副都御史毛昶熙治河南團練，疏調從軍。
Vice Censor-in-chief Mao Changxi, organizing Henan militia, then requested Gengyun's transfer to his staff.
西征軍購糧陝州，市斛小，責屬縣償其不足，凡數百萬斤，耕雲悉請罷之。
The western expedition bought grain at Shanzhou, but when local measures fell short the counties were forced to make up millions of jin in grain. Gengyun had every such levy cancelled.
四年，張總愚犯畿輔，耕雲從巡撫李鶴年進軍磁州，建策築長圍斷賊歸路。
In the fourth year (1865), when Zhang Zongyu raided the capital region, Gengyun marched with Governor Li Henian to Cizhou and proposed a long encirclement to cut off the rebels' retreat.
河、陝徭役重，亞於常賦，耕雲立定制，嚴稽覈，民困稍甦。
Corvée in Henan and Shaanxi weighed almost as heavily as regular taxes. Gengyun fixed the regulations, enforced audits strictly, and the people found some relief.
耕雲在言路著直聲，出任監司，巡撫張之萬、李鶴年皆倚重之，軍事多所贊畫。
Gengyun was famed for blunt memorials as a censor. As a provincial official, Governors Zhang Zhiwan and Li Henian relied on him heavily for military planning.
卒後，巡撫李慶翱以災荒被劾，牽及冒領兵餉事，辭連耕雲，後終得白云。
After his death, Governor Li Qing'ao was impeached over famine relief and implicated in false military-pay claims that touched Gengyun's name, but Gengyun was eventually cleared.
宗稷辰歸重得人，尹耕雲論諸將帥罪，王拯請調和疆吏，一意辦賊，為能見其大。
Zong Jichen stressed finding the right men; Yin Gengyun judged generals' failures; Wang Zheng urged frontier officials to cooperate and focus on defeating rebels—they saw the larger picture.