Bao Jie

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1. 1537 監察御史 嘉靖
2. 1538 道監察御史 嘉靖
3. 1537 推官 嘉靖

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FamilyCBDB

AliasesCBDB

• 九 行第
• 元達 字
• 蒙泉 室名、別號

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ExaminationsCBDB

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1. [1] Birth, death, and status Bao Jie was born in 1506, died in 1556, and was a Ming official.
   • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The principal record gives the name Bao Jie, the years 1506 and 1556, and identifies him with the Ming dynasty.
   • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entries give Bao Jie’s life dates as 1506–1556 and place him in the Ming period.
   • WikidataBao Jie (Q10901639)The entity is labelled Bao Jie, described in English as a politician, and has birth- and death-year statements for 1506 and 1556.
2. [2] Style name, sobriquet, and birth order Bao Jie’s style name was Yuanda, his sobriquet was Mengquan, and his birth-order designation was Jiu, or ninth; one textual variant writes the sobriquet as 䝉泉.
   • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The name records identify Yuanda as the style name, Mengquan as the sobriquet or studio name, and Jiu as the birth-order designation.
   • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entries give the style name Yuanda and the sobriquet Mengquan; one entry uses the variant form 䝉泉.
   • WikidataBao Jie (Q10901639)The name and claim records list Yuanda and Mengquan as aliases and separately identify the two name forms.
3. [3] Native place and relocation Bao Jie is described as a native of Jiaxing who later moved to Huating in Songjiang, while Huating is also listed as his native place.
   • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The address records list Huating as both a native place and a place of residence, and Jiaxing as a native place.
   • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entries identify Jiaxing in Zhejiang as his native place, describe his move to Huating in Songjiang, and also give Huating household registration.
4. [4] Family and upbringing Bao Jie lost his father at five, was educated by his mother Yang, and belonged to the family of Bao Ding, who had served as prefect of Chizhou before the family moved to Huating.
   • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entries state that Bao Jie lost his father at five, that his mother Yang raised and educated him, and that his grandfather Bao Ding served as prefect of Chizhou before the family moved to Huating.
   • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The kinship records identify Bao Ding as grandfather, Bao Zhi as father, and Yang as mother.
5. [5] Brother and ancestry Bao Jie studied diligently from childhood, and he and his younger brother Bao Xiao both passed the jinshi examination; the kinship record names Bao Zhi as his father and Bao Jun as his great-grandfather.
   • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entry describes Bao Jie as studying diligently from childhood and says that he and his younger brother Xiao successively passed the jinshi examination.
   • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The kinship records identify Bao Jun as great-grandfather, Bao Zhi as father, and Bao Xiao as younger brother.
6. [6] Provincial examination In 1528 Bao Jie passed the Yingtian Prefecture provincial examination as the twentieth-ranked juren.
   • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entry places his twentieth-ranked juren degree in the Yingtian Prefecture provincial examination of 1528.
   • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The examination entries identify him as a provincial recommended candidate and give the number 20 under his student-status entry, consistent with the twentieth-place examination result.
7. [7] Jinshi examination In 1532 Bao Jie ranked 265th in the metropolitan examination and received the jinshi degree in the third class, 105th place.
   • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entries identify the Jiajing eleventh year, the Renchen list, and the 265th metropolitan-examination and third-class 105th-place results.
   • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The examination and degree records give the jinshi result as third class, 105th place.
8. [8] First appointments After passing the jinshi examination, Bao Jie became judicial assessor of Dongchang Prefecture and was placed under observation in the Ministry of Justice.
   • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entries describe his appointment as Dongchang judicial assessor or judicial official before his appointment as censor.
   • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The office records list observation in the Ministry of Justice and the Dongchang Prefecture judicial-assessor posts.
9. [9] Censorial career Bao Jie entered the censorate, served in Huguang from 1537, became a circuit investigating censor in 1538, and remained there through 1546.
   • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entries state that he entered the censorate and later conducted an inspection of Huguang.
   • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The office records show a Huguang censorial appointment from 1537 to 1538 and a Huguang circuit-censor appointment from 1538 to 1546.
10. [10] Censorial inspections and impeachment Bao Jie conducted censorial inspections in Fujian and Yunnan, was noted for his upright conduct, obtained approval for relief for the poor in Yunnan, later inspected Huguang, and impeached Minister of War Zhang Zan for corruption.
    • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entries describe censorial assignments in Fujian and Yunnan, note his reputation for upright conduct, and report the Yunnan relief request, later Huguang inspection, and impeachment of Zhang Zan.
    • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The office record identifies the Xun'an appointment in the Huguang provincial administration.
11. [11] Huguang incident During Bao Jie’s Huguang inspection, the supervising eunuch Liao Bin was described as arrogant and lawless; his name appears as 𢋫贇 in another textual form.
    • Souyun包節 (43198)The relevant biographical entries describe the Xianling supervising eunuch as arrogant and lawless and say that Bao Jie intended to punish him; the name appears as Liao Bin in some text and as 𢋫贇 in another.
12. [12] Imprisonment and exile After the accusation, Bao Jie was sent to the imperial prison, beaten, and exiled to the Zhuanglang Guard.
    • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entries describe his intention to punish the eunuch, the leaked accusation, imprisonment, beating or court beating, and exile to the Zhuanglang Guard.
    • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The address record lists the Zhuanglang Guard as his last known place.
13. [13] Exile and death Bao Jie remained among the troops for twelve years, mourned his mother’s death, suffered deeper grief after his younger brother died five years later, and died of illness.
    • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entries report his illness and death, twelve years among the troops, mourning after his mother’s death, and intensified grief after his younger brother’s death.
    • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The kinship record identifies the younger brother mentioned in the account as Bao Xiao.
14. [14] Posthumous grant Early in the Longqing era, Bao Jie was posthumously granted the rank of shaoqing in the Court of Imperial Entertainments.
    • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entry states that early in Longqing he was posthumously granted Guanglu shaoqing.
    • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The office record gives the posthumous office as Guanglu Temple shaoqing.
15. [15] Principal writings Bao Jie’s writings include 《陝西行都司志》 in twelve juan, 《包侍御集》 in six juan, the collections 《臺中集》 and 《湟中集》, and 《苑詩類選》 in thirty juan.
    • Souyun包節 (43198)The biographical entries name 《陝西行都司志》, 《包侍御集》, 《苑詩類選》, and the two collections 《臺中集》 and 《湟中集》.
    • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The title records give 《包侍御集》 in six juan, 《湟中集》, 《臺中集》, 《苑詩類選》 in thirty juan, and 《陜西行都司志》 in twelve juan.
16. [16] Additional titles Other titles associated with Bao Jie are 《二十一史意抄》, 《西戍北逮錄》, 《通考意抄》, and 《釋疑錄》.
    • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The title records additionally list 《二十一史意抄》, 《西戍北逮錄》, 《通考意抄》, and 《釋疑錄》.
17. [17] Correspondence and epitaph Bao Jie received letters from Zhang Shiche, Feng En, Xu Xianzhong, and Mo Ruzhong, and Xu Jie wrote his epitaph.
    • CBDBBao Jie (68417)The association records identify Xu Jie as the author of Bao Jie’s epitaph and list letters sent to Bao Jie by Zhang Shiche, Feng En, Xu Xianzhong, and Mo Ruzhong.