Zhi Rui (志銳) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zhi Rui was an official, General, Scholar, and Poet.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Gongying	公穎	Gōngyǐng
Posthumous name	Wenzhen	文貞	Wénzhēn

Life and dates

Death

AD 1911 宣統三年
Killed by rebels after firing on them · At Yili 伊犁
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 29

Attested activity

AD 1908 三十四年
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 151, passages 167, 201
AD 1890 光緒十六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 150, passage 164
AD 1911 宣統三年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 470, passages 20, 29

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Descendant of Yu Tai (裕泰)
grandfather 祖父 · paternal line · 2 generations
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 4
Sibling of Consort Zhen (珍妃)
elder brother / younger sister 妹 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 11
Sibling of Consort Jin (瑾妃)
elder brother / younger sister 妹 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 11
Child of Chang Jing (長敬)
father 父
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 5

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Origins and identity

Ethnicity Manchu
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 4
Clan Tatara clan 他塔拉氏 · Residence Zhakumu 扎庫木
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 4

Career and standing

general at Hangzhou 杭州將軍
AD 1910 宣統二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 19
Hanlin compiler 編修
AD 1880 光緒六年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 6
vice commander at Ningxia 寧夏副都統
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 17
assistant minister at Uliastai 烏里雅蘇台參贊大臣
Demoted and appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 11
Household Administration Attendant 詹事
AD 1890 光緒十六年 · Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 150, passage 164
Deputy Commander of Ningxia 寧夏副都統
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 151, passage 201

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general at Yili 伊犁將軍
AD 1911 明年 · Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 20
Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent 太子少保
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 32

Places and affiliations

Qing 清
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 150, passage 164
Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 151, passage 201
Organization Manchu Plain Red Banner 滿洲正紅旗 · Relation Enrolled in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 4

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1880 光緒六年 · Credential jinshi 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 6
Skill poetry 詩詞 · Level accomplished
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 34

Works and attributed material

Letter · Author · Content Summary declared he had given his life to the state and did not expect to return alive · Mode direct-quotation Speaker Zhi Rui (志銳)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passage 36
AD 1890 光緒十六年
Memorial · Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 150, passage 164

Events and relationships

Refused appointment by rebels and was killed
AD 1911 宣統三年 · Wuchang Revolution · Loyalist commander · At Yili 伊犁
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 470, passages 24, 27-29
Requested provincial small steamer trials
Political · Memorialist
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 150, passage 164
Requested reduced telegram fees
Political · Petitioner
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 151, passage 201

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 150Volume 150 Treatises 125: Transportation 2, Lun Chuan · 1 passage

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十六年，詹事志銳疏請各省試行小輪。 In 1890 Household Administration Attendant Zhi Rui memorialized asking that various provinces trial small steamers.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 151Volume 151 Treatises 126: Transportation 3, Dian Bao · 1 passage

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近據寧夏副都統志銳，請核減報費以利交通。 Recently, Zhi Rui, Deputy Commander of Ningxia, requested a reduction in telegram fees to improve communications.

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 · 6 passages

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志銳劉從德春勳良弼宗室載穆萬選德霈同源 Zhi Rui; with Liu Congde, Chun Xun, Liang Bi, Zongshi Zaimu, Wan Xuan; with De Pei and Tong Yuan

黃忠浩楊讓梨等志銳，字公穎，他塔拉氏，世居扎庫木，隸滿洲正紅旗，陝甘總督裕泰孫。 Huang Zhonghao, Yang Rangli, and the others are treated below. Zhi Rui, styled Gongying, belonged to the Tatara clan and had lived for generations at Zhakumu. He was enrolled in the Manchu Plain Red Banner and was a grandson of Yu Tai, governor-general of Shaanxi and Gansu.

志銳幼穎異，光緒六年成進士，選庶吉士，授編修。 As a boy Zhi Rui showed unusual brilliance. In 1880 he passed the metropolitan examination, entered the Hanlin Academy as a bachelor, and was appointed a compiler.

群議舉志銳為都督，峻拒之； The rebels proposed making Zhi Rui military governor; he flatly refused;

事聞，贈志銳太子少保，諡文貞。 When word reached the court, Zhi Rui was posthumously made junior guardian of the heir apparent and given the posthumous name Wenzhen, "Loyal and Upright."

志銳夙負奇氣，守邊庭逾十稔，自號為窮塞主。 Zhi Rui had always been a man of fierce spirit. He held the frontier for more than ten years and called himself Master of the Desolate Pass.