Zhi Jun (志鈞) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhi Jun was an official and Aristocrat.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Zhenmin	貞愍	Zhēnmǐn

Life and dates

Death

AD 1900 光緒二十六年
hanged himself with family 對縊
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 34

Attested activity

AD 1900 光緒二十六年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 468, passages 32, 34

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Wife of Zhi Jun (志鈞妻)
wife 妻
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 34

Kinship Role children · 妻子 led to hang themselves together · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 34

Key source chapters

Origins and identity

Ethnicity Manchu 滿洲
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 32

Career and standing

minister without portfolio 散秩大臣
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 33
posthumous title Zhenmin 諡貞愍
Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 35
third-class Duke who inherits grace 三等承恩公
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 32

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 280
At Bordered Yellow Banner 鑲黃旗
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 468, passage 32

Works and attributed material

Historian comment · Subject · Extent s0280, s0281
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passages 280-281

Events and relationships

Tried to shore up dynasty then died
AD 1911 辛亥 · Political · Loyalist
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passages 279-281

Assessments and attributes

Assessment integrity shines bright—admirable and deeply pitiable · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 281

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 468Volume 468 Biographies 255: Chong Qi Son: Bao Chu Deng, Zhi Jun, Yan Mao Younger Brother: Yan Zhi, Se Pu Zheng E, Wang Yirong, Xi Yuan, Zong Shibaofeng, Zong Shishoufu Younger Brother: Shou Fandeng, Song Chengxiang, Wang Tieshan · 3 passages

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崇綺子葆初等志鈞延茂弟延芝色普徵額王懿榮熙元宗室寶豐宗室壽富弟壽蕃等宋承庠王鐵珊崇綺，字文山，阿魯特氏，蒙古正藍旗人，大學士賽尚阿子。 The subjects of this chapter are Chong Qi (and his son Baochu and others), Zhi Jun, Yan Mao (and his younger brother Yan Zhi), Se Pu Zheng'e, Wang Yirong, Xi Yuan, the imperial clansman Bao Feng, the imperial clansman Shou Fu (and his younger brother Shou Fan and others), Song Chengxiang, and Wang Tieshan. Chong Qi, style name Wenshan, was of the Arut clan, a Mongol of the Plain Blue Banner, and the son of Grand Secretary Sai Shang'a.

志鈞，亦三等承恩公，滿洲鑲黃旗人。 Zhi Jun, likewise a third-class Duke who inherits grace, was a Manchu of the Bordered Yellow Banner.

卹如例，諡貞愍。 Condolence payments followed precedent, and he received the posthumous title Zhenmin.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 470Volume 470 Biographies 257: Zhi Rui, With: Liu Congde, Chun Xun, Liang Bi, Zong Shizaimu, Wan Xuan With: De Pei, Tong Yuan, Wen Rui With: Cheng Yan, Ke Meng E, Heng Ling With: De Pei, Pu Shou, Xie Baosheng, Yao Aiyun, Huang Zhonghao, Yang Rang Li Cong Zi Xu : Chen Qi · 1 passage

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志鈞等權輕勢孤，艱難搘柱，思以一隅挽全局； Men such as Zhi Jun held little power and stood alone, struggling to shore up the situation and hoping to save the dynasty from a single corner of the empire;