Wang Yingjiao

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• 四 行第
• 潛夫 字
• 澄源 字
• 登原先生 室名、別號
• 蔚翔 字

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1. [1] Name, dates, and status Wang Yingjiao lived from 1550 to 1628 and was a Ming official, a prominent late-Ming minister, and a Donglin adherent.
   • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry gives the 1550–1628 lifespan and identifies him as a prominent late-Ming official and a Donglin partisan.
   • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The basic person fields provide his Chinese name and Ming-dynasty affiliation.
   • WikidataWang Yingjiao (Q28414439)The item supplies his English name, describes him as a Ming-dynasty politician who died in 1628, and gives the 1550 and 1628 date values.
2. [2] Names and birth order His style names were Weixiang and Qianfu; his hao appears as Chengyuan in two Chinese forms, and Dengyuan Xiansheng was a studio name and sobriquet; he was fourth in birth order.
   • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry gives Weixiang, Qianfu, and the two written forms of Chengyuan.
   • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The name fields classify Si as his birth-order designation, Qianfu, Chengyuan, and Weixiang as style names, and Dengyuan Xiansheng as a studio name or sobriquet.
   • WikidataWang Yingjiao (Q28414439)The item lists the English aliases Dengyuan Xiansheng, Qianfu, and Weixiang, together with the corresponding Chinese alias values.
3. [3] Native place He was from Wuyuan County in Huizhou Prefecture, Zhili, now in Jiangxi.
   • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry and profile identify his native place as Wuyuan in Huizhou Prefecture, Zhili, now Wuyuan County in Jiangxi.
   • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The address fields identify both his native-place and household registration location as Wuyuan.
4. [4] Family and marriage His listed family includes his great-grandfather, grandfather, parents, siblings, wife, and a concubine.
   • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The kinship fields name his ancestors, parents, three elder brothers, younger brother, and wife; a separate status field identifies a concubine.
5. [5] Children and descendant His sons were Wang Yuantai and Wang Yuanzhao, and his fourth-generation descendant Wang Fu lived from 1692 to 1759.
   • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The kinship fields name Wang Yuantai, Wang Yuanzhao, and the fourth-generation descendant Wang Fu, with Wang Fu's birth and death years.
6. [6] Examinations He ranked nineteenth in the Yingtian examination; other entries give xianggong rank 133 and shengyuan rank 19.
   • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry gives the nineteenth place in the Yingtian prefectural examination and the 1574 examination year.
   • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The examination entries list xianggong with rank 133 and shengyuan with rank 19.
7. [7] Jinshi degree and learning In 1574 he passed the Jiaxu examination as thirty-sixth in the second class and attended Geng Dingxiang's lectures during his supervising-examination service.
   • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry gives the Jiaxu second-class rank and his attendance at Geng Dingxiang's lectures.
   • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The examination entries confirm the jinshi status and second-class rank of thirty-sixth.
8. [8] Early offices He served in Nanjing and then held successive surveillance, educational, and administrative posts in Fujian, Sichuan, Shandong, and Shanxi.
   • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry gives the sequence from Nanjing military and ritual offices through the Fujian, Sichuan, Shandong, and Shanxi posts, while the profile lists the corresponding titles.
   • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The office entries confirm the Shanxi surveillance commission and the Nanjing ritual and military posts.
9. [9] Later offices His later offices included military and circuit posts, the governorships of Baoding and Tianjin, a vice censorate, two vice-ministerial posts, and the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue.
   • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry describes his later military, censorial, provincial, and ministerial appointments.
   • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The office entries list the vice ministers, vice censor in Tianjin, Nanjing Minister of Revenue, Tianjin military-administration posts, the Yizhou military post, the Baoding governorship, and the military-office post in Nanjing.
10. [10] Yizhou and Tianjin At Yizhou he reported Wang Hu's corrupt and violent conduct without receiving a response; in 1597 he moved to Tianjin and replaced Wan Shide as vice censor-in-chief during the Korean campaign.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry gives the Yizhou report on Wang Hu, the 1597 Korean campaign, the move to Tianjin, and the replacement of Wan Shide.
    • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The office entries confirm the Tianjin vice-censor post and the Yizhou military post.
11. [11] Tianjin land reclamation As Tianjin governor, he organized 5,000 mu of cultivation, including two-fifths paddy land, and the policy was approved and later expanded by Sun Wei to more than 10,500 mu, relieving local people of additional defense levies.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry gives the Tianjin locations, method, cultivated area, paddy-land proportion, yield, continuation by Sun Wei, and effect on defense finance.
    • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The political-association entries state that the emperor approved the reclamation and water-conservancy proposals and that Yang Yikui praised the proposal.
12. [12] Baoding relief After moving to Baoding, he used stored grain and personally inspected villages during drought and locust outbreaks to ensure household distribution of relief.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry describes the transfer to Baoding, the drought and locust disaster, the release of grain, and his village inspection.
13. [13] Mining-tax opposition He petitioned against the mining tax amid epidemics, drought, and locusts, opposed the replacement of Wang Chaosi, was reprimanded, and continued to resist after the tax was resumed.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry describes the capital-region disasters, his petition to abolish the mining tax, and the lack of a reply.
    • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The political-association entries add his opposition to the Wanli emperor's mining-tax policy and his reprimand for opposing Wang Chaosi's replacement.
14. [14] Appointment under Guangzong After Guangzong's accession, he became Nanjing Minister of Revenue and in the sixth month of 1621 was transferred to the Beijing ministry.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The two biographical entries describe his appointment as Nanjing Minister of Revenue after Guangzong's accession and the Tianqi first-year transfer to the Beijing ministry.
    • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The office entries include the Nanjing Minister of Revenue appointment and identify one such appointment as in the first year of the Taichang era.
15. [15] Eighteen measures He submitted the “eighteen Ai-yang measures,” which Guangzong praised and adopted.
    • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The political-association entry states that he submitted the eighteen Ai-yang measures and that Guangzong praised and adopted them.
16. [16] Fiscal conduct As Minister of Revenue, he was personally austere, treated the state as his household, controlled spending, and eliminated waste.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entries describe his integrity, treatment of the state as his household, careful expenditure, and importance to state finance.
    • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The office entries confirm his service as Minister of Revenue.
17. [17] Miscellaneous new levies The miscellaneous new levies combined the listed land, gentry, grain, tax, merchant, military, service, horsemen, and admission measures and were projected to produce 2.96 million taels annually, with most later adopted.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry enumerates each component and amount of the miscellaneous new levies, the associated measures, the projected annual revenue, and their later adoption.
18. [18] Checkpoint duties and Liaodong settlement He increased checkpoint duties, whose first-year performance was ordinary and improved the next year, and supported large-scale settlement farming for refugees from Liaodong.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry gives the checkpoint names and duty amount, collection timeline, Liaodong refugee influx, Dong Yingju's farming project, the promotion proposal, and the final cultivated area and harvest.
19. [19] Impeachments and military policy He impeached Lu Guangzu, Cui Wensheng, Li Kezhuo, and Fang Congzhe, advocated legal punishment for Cui and Li during the Red Pill deliberations, and opposed Xiong Tingbi's costly three-front plan.
    • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The political-association entries list the four impeachments, the Red Pill recommendations, and his opposition to Xiong Tingbi's three-front deployment and its stated military cost.
20. [20] Prefaces and social relations He wrote prefaces for Chen Longzheng and Gu Qiyuan, took part in Yao Ximeng's posthumous-title deliberation, shared Yang Yikui's water-policy position, and received messages from Tang Binyin and Zhang Weixin.
    • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The association entries record the prefaces, posthumous-title deliberation, shared water-policy position, congratulatory message, and reply involving the named figures.
21. [21] Ke Shi and Wei Zhongxian Ke Shi's request for a burial plot beyond regulations led Yingjiao to refuse, offending the emperor and Wei Zhongxian.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entries describe Ke Shi's excessive burial request, Yingjiao's refusal, and his offense to Wei Zhongxian.
    • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The political-association entry connects the burial dispute to the Xizong Emperor and says that Ke Shi's excessive request brought the conflict.
22. [22] Retirement petitions After being criticized as too old to serve, he repeatedly sought retirement; Xizong initially refused and later accepted seven petitions at the end of Tianqi 2.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry quotes the criticism that he was too old to serve and describes his repeated but initially refused retirement requests.
23. [23] Retirement and honorary title variant At the end of Tianqi 2, he received permission to return home after seven petitions and was praised as diligent in managing state accounts; the biographical entry gives Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent, while an office entry gives Grand Protector of the Heir Apparent.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry gives the seven petitions, permission to return, the praise “diligent in managing the state accounts,” the Grand Guardian title, and the post-relay order; the profile also lists that title.
    • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)An appointment entry gives the alternative title Grand Protector of the Heir Apparent, preserving the title discrepancy.
24. [24] Final admonition Before leaving, he invoked Song Confucian teachings and urged Xizong to take eunuchs and palace women as a warning.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry says that before leaving he quoted Song Confucian language and warned the emperor against eunuchs and palace women.
25. [25] Death Wang Yingjiao died at home in the first year of the Chongzhen era, 1628.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entry states that he died at home in the first year of Chongzhen.
    • WikidataWang Yingjiao (Q28414439)The death-date claim and English description both give 1628 as the year of death.
26. [26] First group of works The first group of works comprises six titles, including the twelve-juan work whose title appears as 古今夷語 in one text and 古今彝語 in another.
    • Souyun汪應蛟 (48636)The biographical entries name 古今夷語 as one of his works.
    • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The works fields list 中詮, 津門疏, 撫畿疏, 計部疏, 病吟草, and 古今彝語 as authored works and give the stated juan counts.
27. [27] Other works The remaining listed works are seven additional titles.
    • CBDBWang Yingjiao (127541)The works fields list all seven titles as works for which he is the author.