Cao Bangfu

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1. 1540 監察御史 嘉靖
2. 1541 監察御史 嘉靖
3. 1548 提刑按察使司副使 嘉靖
4. 1555 按察使 嘉靖
5. 1555 巡撫 嘉靖
6. 1555 都察院右僉都御史 嘉靖
7. 1567 兵部右侍郎 隆慶
8. 1567 兵部左侍郎 隆慶
9. 1567 左副都御史 隆慶
10. 1567 總督 隆慶
11. 1567 都察院右僉都御史 隆慶
12. 1569 都察院右都御史 隆慶
13. 1570 戶部尚書 隆慶
14. 1570 都察院左都御史 隆慶
15. 1576 太子少保 萬曆
16. 1555 右參政 嘉靖
17. 1540 知縣 嘉靖

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AliasesCBDB

• 三 行第
• 子忠 字
• 忠烈 未詳
• 忠烈 諡號
• 東村 室名、別號

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1. [1] Name, dates and identity Cao Bangfu was a politician of the Ming dynasty, born in 1503 and dying in 1576, with 1507 also recorded as a birth year.
   • Souyun曹邦輔 (46853)Records his name as Cao Bangfu, a Ming man, born in 1503 and dying in 1576.
   • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)Records his name as Cao Bangfu, a male of the Ming dynasty, born in 1507 and dying in 1576.
   • WikidataCao Bangfu (Q11091300)Labels him 曹邦輔 and describes him as a Ming dynasty politician (1503–1576), while his stated birth date is 1507 and his death date 1576; also records him as a Ming dynasty (Q9903) politician (Q82955).
2. [2] Names, posthumous name and native place His courtesy name was Zizhong, his sobriquet Dongcun and his posthumous name Zhonglie; he was a native of Dingtao county in Caozhou, Yanzhou prefecture, Shandong.
   • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)Records his courtesy name Zizhong, his art name Dongcun, his posthumous name Zhonglie, and his native place as Caozhou and Dingtao.
   • Souyun曹邦輔 (46853)Records his courtesy name Zizhong and sobriquet Dongcun, and his home as Dingtao county, Caozhou, Yanzhou prefecture, Shandong.
   • WikidataCao Bangfu (Q11091300)Records the courtesy name 子忠, the posthumous name 忠烈 and the sobriquet 東村, with English aliases as well.
3. [3] Examinations Cao Bangfu passed the Shandong provincial examination in 1531, the tenth year of Jiajing, as fiftieth, and in 1532, aged thirty, passed the metropolitan examination in two hundred and thirty-fourth place, taking the jinshi degree in the third class at two hundred and third place; the recorded examination placings differ slightly between accounts.
   • Souyun曹邦輔 (46853)Records that, as a county-school student, he passed the Shandong provincial examination of Jiajing 10 (1531) as fiftieth, and at the age of thirty passed the 1532 metropolitan examination in two hundred and thirty-fourth place, becoming a jinshi of the third class, two hundred and third place.
   • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)Records him as a shengyuan and a provincial graduate who took the jinshi degree in the third class at two hundred and third place; its sequence figures of 234 for the provincial graduate and 50 for the shengyuan are distributed differently from the provincial and metropolitan placings recorded elsewhere.
   • WikidataCao Bangfu (Q11091300)Records his academic degree as jinshi (Q420477).
4. [4] Ministry of Justice and magistracies After training in the Ministry of Justice he was appointed magistrate of Yuancheng and then of Nanhe.
   • Souyun曹邦輔 (46853)Records that he trained in the Ministry of Justice and was appointed magistrate of Yuancheng, then transferred to Nanhe.
   • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)Records a period of training in the Ministry of Justice and the magistracies of Yuancheng and Nanhe.
5. [5] Censorial appointment In the tenth month of 1540 he was selected as a probationary investigating censor of the Yunnan circuit, was substantively appointed in the eleventh month of the following year, and inspected the salt administration of Hedong.
   • Souyun曹邦輔 (46853)Records that in the tenth month of 1540 he was selected as a probationary investigating censor of the Yunnan circuit, confirmed in the eleventh month of 1541, and inspected the salt administration of Hedong.
   • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)Records his post as investigating censor of the Yunnan circuit in 1540–1541.
6. [6] Regional inspector in Shaanxi In 1545 he was regional inspector in Shaanxi, where he impeached the supreme commander Zhang Heng and others for falsely claiming battle honours.
   • Souyun曹邦輔 (46853)Records that in 1545 he was regional inspector in Shaanxi and impeached the supreme commander Zhang Heng and others for falsely claiming merit.
   • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)Records a term as regional inspector stationed in Shaanxi.
7. [7] Huguang and Henan In the tenth month of 1548 he was appointed vice commissioner in Huguang, and was afterwards reassigned to Henan.
   • Souyun曹邦輔 (46853)Records that in the tenth month of 1548 he became vice commissioner in Huguang and was subsequently reassigned to Henan.
   • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)Records a vice-commissionership in Huguang in 1548 and a further vice-commissionership in Henan.
8. [8] Zhecheng and Zhejiang In 1553 he suppressed the rising of Shi Shangzhao at Zhecheng and was promoted to right counsellor in Shanxi; in the third month of 1555 he was transferred to be surveillance commissioner of Zhejiang.
   • Souyun曹邦輔 (46853)Records that in 1553 he put down the rising of Shi Shangzhao at Zhecheng and was promoted to right counsellor in Shanxi, and that in the third month of 1555 he was transferred to Zhejiang as surveillance commissioner.
   • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)Records the post of right counsellor in Shanxi and appointment as surveillance commissioner of Zhejiang in 1555.
9. [9] Grand coordinator of Yingtian In the fifth month of 1555 he was made right assistant censor-in-chief and grand coordinator of Yingtian with command of military affairs; he defeated Japanese pirates at Taozhai, pursued them to Lake Tai, and put down the rising at Zhelin.
   • Souyun曹邦輔 (46853)Records that in the fifth month of 1555 he was made right assistant censor-in-chief, grand coordinator of Yingtian and commander of military affairs, defeating Japanese pirates at Taozhai, pursuing them to Lake Tai and quelling the rebellion at Zhelin.
   • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)Records the posts of right assistant censor-in-chief and grand coordinator of Yingtian in 1555–1556.
10. [10] Zhao Wenhua and exile In the eleventh month he quarrelled with Zhao Wenhua and was falsely accused, being sentenced to garrison exile at Shuozhou.
    • Souyun曹邦輔 (46853)Records that Zhao Wenhua spoke against him and that in the eleventh month of 1555 he was falsely accused and sent into garrison exile at Shuozhou.
11. [11] Recall under Longqing In 1567, on the recommendation of the minister of personnel Yang Bo, he was recalled as left vice censor-in-chief in charge of the Censorate, and was soon promoted to right vice minister of war and then left vice minister concurrently right assistant censor-in-chief, as supreme commander of the Ji, Liao and Baoding commands.
    • Souyun曹邦輔 (46853)Records that in 1567 Yang Bo, then minister of personnel, recommended him as left vice censor-in-chief in charge of the Censorate, and that he was promoted to right vice minister of war and left vice minister concurrently right assistant censor-in-chief, as supreme commander of the Ji, Liao and Baoding commands.
    • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)Records the posts of left vice censor-in-chief, right and left vice ministers of war and right assistant censor-in-chief, and the supreme command of Ji–Liao–Baoding, from 1567.
12. [12] Censorate and Nanjing ministry In 1569 he was transferred to be right censor-in-chief at Nanjing, in charge of the Censorate, and in 1570 became left censor-in-chief and shortly afterwards minister of revenue at Nanjing.
    • Souyun曹邦輔 (46853)Records that he was promoted to right censor-in-chief in charge of the Censorate and soon afterwards to minister of revenue at Nanjing.
    • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)Records the posts of right censor-in-chief in Nanjing (1569–1570), left censor-in-chief (1570) and minister of revenue at Nanjing (1570–1573).
13. [13] Retirement and posthumous grant In 1573 he retired through illness at over seventy and died three years later at home; he was granted the title of Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent.
    • Souyun曹邦輔 (46853)Records that he retired at over seventy, retired through illness in 1573, died three years after returning home, and was granted the title Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent.
    • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)Records that his Nanjing ministry of revenue post ended in 1573, a grant of the title Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent in 1576, and his death in 1576.
14. [14] Family His great-grandfather was Cao Sheng, his father Cao Liangguang and his mother née Xu; his four elder brothers were Cao Xiang, Cao Qing, Cao Luan and Cao Feng. He married a woman of the Chen family; his son was Cao Yue and his grandson Cao Ruqi.
    • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)The 1532 jinshi examination record gives his great-grandfather Cao Sheng, father Cao Liangguang, mother née Xu, elder brothers Cao Xiang, Cao Qing, Cao Luan and Cao Feng, wife née Chen, son Cao Yue and grandson Cao Ruqi.
15. [15] Associates and commemorative writings Yu Shenxing composed his epitaph and sacrificial address and Lu Shusheng the record of his living shrine; Chen Fei wrote a farewell piece for him, and he received letters in reply from Wang Weizhen and He Dongxu.
    • CBDBCao Bangfu (68367)Records that his epitaph and sacrificial address were written by Yu Shenxing and the record of his living shrine by Lu Shusheng; that Chen Fei wrote him a valedictory piece; and that he received letters in reply from Wang Weizhen and He Dongxu.