Zu Zhiwang (祖之望) | 24 Histories

Overview

Zu Zhiwang was an official and Minister of Punishments.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Fangzhai	舫齋	Fangzhai

Life and dates

Death

AD 1813 十八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 111

Attested activity

AD 1802 七年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 102
AD 1804 九年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 106
AD 1778 乾隆四十三年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 78
AD 1797 二年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 91
AD 1793 五十八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 82
AD 1800 五年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 96

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AD 1795 六十年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 84
AD 1801 六年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 101
AD 1813 十八年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 111
AD 1809 十四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 108
AD 1802 嘉慶七年
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 353, passage 84
AD 1796 嘉慶元年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 86
AD 1799 四年
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 92

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Father of Zu Zhiwang (祖之望之父)
father 父
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 91
Child of Mother of Zu Zhiwang (祖之望之母)
mother 母
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passages 95, 107, 109-110

Kinship Role parents · Count 2 · elderly parents
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 85

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Career and standing

governor of Shandong 山東巡撫
AD 1802 七年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 102
vice minister of punishments 刑部侍郎
AD 1804 九年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 106
Hanlin bachelor 庶吉士
AD 1778 乾隆四十三年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 78
Shanxi provincial judicial commissioner 山西按察使
AD 1793 五十八年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 82
governor of Hunan 湖南巡撫
AD 1800 五年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 96
provincial treasurer of Yunnan 雲南布政使
AD 1795 六十年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 84

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vice minister of punishments 刑部侍郎
AD 1799 四年 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 95
minister of punishments 刑部尚書
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 110
principal secretary then director, Ministry of Punishments 刑部主事、郎中
Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 78
counselor, Office of Transmission 通政司參議
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 81
vice minister, Court of Imperial Sacrifices 太常寺少卿
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 81
vice minister 侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 353, passage 84
provincial judicial commissioner 按察使
AD 1799 四年 · Reappointed at lower rank
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 94
governor of Shaanxi 陝西巡撫
AD 1802 七年 · Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 103
provincial treasurer of Hubei 湖北布政使
AD 1795 六十年 · Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 85
governor of Guangdong 廣東巡撫
Transferred
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 105
peacock feather 花翎
AD 1796 嘉慶元年 · Granted
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 90
Entered
Mourning for mother
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 110
Left office
AD 1813 十八年 · Resigned for illness
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 111
Ordered to remain in office
AD 1797 二年 · Mourning for father
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 91
Returned home
Retired to care for mother
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 107
Demoted
AD 1799 四年 · Demoted for shielding
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 93

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passages 78, 160
At Pucheng, Fujian 福建浦城
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 77

Learning and skills

Earned
AD 1778 乾隆四十三年 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 78

Works and attributed material

Records of What the People Must Know 三尺須知錄
Relation Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 83
AD 1800 五年
Audience proposal · Speaker
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 100

Events and relationships

Congratulated Jiaqing fiftieth birthday
AD 1809 十四年 · Ritual · Attendee
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 108
Held Wuchang during rebellion
AD 1796 嘉慶元年 · Military admin · Administrator
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passages 87-89
Suppressed Black Miao
AD 1800 五年 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 97
Surveyed floods with Nayinbao
AD 1801 六年 · Inspection · Commissioner · With Na Yanbao (那彥寶)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 101

Assessments and attributes

Assessment served widely in capital and provinces with administrative achievements · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 352, passage 164

References in the histories

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History

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 352Volume 352 Biographies 139: Jiang Cheng, Jin Guangti, Zu Zhiwang, Han Feng · 13 passages

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姜晟金光悌祖之望韓崶 Jiang Cheng, Jin Guangti, Zu Zhiwang, and Han Feng

祖之望，字舫齋，福建浦城人。 Zu Zhiwang, whose courtesy name was Fangzhai, came from Pucheng in Fujian.

上以之望親老，調湖北，俾便迎養。 Because his parents were elderly, the emperor moved him to Hubei so he could care for them more easily.

總督巡撫皆統師出，之望一人留武昌治事，訛言數作，時獲賊諜，偽檄遍通衢。 While the governor-general and governors marched out with the armies, Zhiwang alone stayed at Wuchang to run the province. Rumors flared, rebel agents were caught, and forged proclamations appeared on every street.

之望靜定不驚，防禦要隘，城鄉市鎮設保甲互稽，民心帖然。 He kept his composure, fortified the critical passes, and set up mutual surveillance through baojia in town and country until the people were reassured.

詔以之望雖未與賊戰，坐鎮根本，武、漢無虞，嘉其功，賜花翎。 The court praised him for holding the rear secure though he had not fought in the field, keeping Wuhan safe, and awarded him the peacock feather.

四年，安襄鄖道胡齊崙侵餉事發，命之望察治，齊崙侵蝕餽送，轇轕猝不易究，上切責之，命解任來京。 In 1799 the embezzlement of army pay by Circuit Intendant Hu Qilun of An-Xiang-Yun came to light. Zhiwang was ordered to investigate, but Qilun's diversions of supplies and transport funds proved too tangled to sort out quickly. The emperor rebuked him sharply and ordered him relieved and summoned to Beijing.

及讞定，之望坐徇庇降調。 When the case was decided, Zhiwang was demoted for having shielded him.

上知之望無染指，居官有聲，素諳刑名，以按察使降補。 Knowing he had taken nothing for himself, had a strong reputation, and was expert in criminal law, the emperor reappointed him at the lower rank of judicial commissioner.

七年，命赴山東按皁役之孫冒考，巡撫和瑛誣斷事，和瑛譴罷，即授之望巡撫。 In 1802 he was sent to Shandong to investigate a runner's grandson who had taken the exams fraudulently. Governor Hewang had misjudged the case, was dismissed, and Zhiwang was appointed governor in his place.

大軍剿南山餘孽，之望籌備軍食，安插鄉勇，撫卹災黎，偕總督惠齡奏籌善後事宜甚悉。 While the main forces suppressed rebel remnants in the southern hills, he provisioned the army, settled local militia, and relieved the afflicted. With Governor-General Huiling he submitted a thorough plan for reconstruction.

十四年，仁宗五旬萬壽，之望入都祝嘏。 In 1809, for Jiaqing's fiftieth-birthday celebration, he came to Beijing to offer congratulations.

姜晟、祖之望，敭歷中外，並有政績。 Jiang Cheng and Zu Zhiwang served widely in the capital and provinces and both left solid records of governance.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 353Volume 353 Biographies 140: Da Chun | Son: Sa Bin Tu, Tie Bao Younger Brother: Yu Bao, He Ying, Jue Luo Gui Fang · 1 passage

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上以和瑛日事文墨，廢弛政務，即解職，命鏞從侍郎祖之望往按，得實，褫和瑛職，又以匿蝗災事覺，譴戍烏魯木齊。 The emperor judged that He Ying spent his days on literary pursuits and neglected government, removed him at once, and sent Wang Yong with Vice Minister Zu Zhiwang to investigate. The facts were proved, He Ying was stripped of office, and when a concealed locust disaster also came to light he was sent into exile at Urumqi.