Qing · Official

Zhou Tianjue 週天爵

c. AD 1772 - AD 1853

Passages
30
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

Zhou Tianjue was an official.

PeriodQing
IdentityHistorical · Male

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Jingxiu 敬修 Jingxiu
Posthumous name Wenzhong 文忠 Wenzhong

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Key source chapters

  1. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 393 Volume 393 Biographies 180: Li Xingyuan, Zhou Tianjue, Lao Chongguang 27 passages
  2. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 392 Volume 392 Biographies 179: Sai Shang A, Ne Er Jing E 2 passages
  3. Draft History of Qing, Chapter 389 Volume 389 Biographies 176: Bai Jun, Lin Kui, Rui Chang, Quan Qing 1 passage

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References in the histories

30 passages

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 389Volume 389 Biographies 176: Bai Jun, Lin Kui, Rui Chang, Quan Qing · 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 392Volume 392 Biographies 179: Sai Shang A, Ne Er Jing E · 2 passages
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 393Volume 393 Biographies 180: Li Xingyuan, Zhou Tianjue, Lao Chongguang · 27 passages
尋言官劾天爵酷刑,與廣義言略同,命侍郎麟魁、吳其濬往按,得天爵信任候補知縣楚鏞用非刑,外委黃雲邦誣執良民諸狀,上震怒,褫天爵職,戍伊犁。 Soon censorial officials impeached Tianjue for cruel punishments, largely echoing Guangyi's charges; Ministers Lin Kui and Wu Qijun were sent to investigate and found that Tianjue had trusted the expectant magistrate Chu Yong, who employed illegal torture, and the external appointee Huang Yunbang, who had falsely arrested innocent civilians; the Emperor was enraged, stripped Tianjue of office, and banished him to Yili.
上震悼,詔嘉其秉性忠直,勇敢有為,心地品行迥超流俗,追贈尚書銜,依贈官賜卹,特諡文忠,不由內閣擬上; The Emperor was deeply grieved; an edict praised his loyal and upright character, his courage and capacity for action, and his moral conduct far above the common run; he was posthumously granted ministerial rank with funeral benefits accordingly, and was specially given the posthumous name Wenzhong without going through the Grand Secretariat's usual proposal;