Qing · Victim

Zhao Ergu 趙二姑

Attested AD 1824

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhao Ergu was a Victim.

Life and dates

Death

Suicide · Cause Enraged after forced false confession
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 150

Attested activity

AD 1824 道光四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 150

Family

Kinship Role relatives · relatives appealed to Beijing · Quantity unspecified plural
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 150

Career and standing

posthumous honor/commendation 旌表
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 152

Events and relationships

Raped
Crime victim · Victim · With Yan Sihu (閻思虎)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 150

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 352Volume 352 Biographies 139: Jiang Cheng, Jin Guangti, Zu Zhiwang, Han Feng · 2 passages

初，思虎強姦趙二姑，知縣呂錫齡受賕，逼認和姦，趙二姑忿而自盡，親屬京控。 Originally Sihu had raped Zhao Ergu. Magistrate Lü Xiling took a bribe and forced her to confess to consensual adultery. Enraged, she killed herself, and her family appealed to Beijing.

御史梁中靖疏劾，提解刑部，審得實情是強非和，並原審各官賄囑、徇縱、回護諸弊狀，思虎論斬，趙二姑旌表，巡撫邱樹棠、按察使盧元偉及府縣各官，降革遣戍有差。 Censor Liang Zhongjing impeached the officials. The case went to the Ministry of Punishments, which found rape rather than consensual adultery and exposed bribery, favoritism, and cover-up in the original trial. Sihu was sentenced to death; Zhao Ergu was posthumously honored; Governor Qiu Shutang, Judicial Commissioner Lu Yuanwei, and the lower officials were demoted, dismissed, or exiled in varying degrees.