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Qi Junzao
Qing grand councillor from Shouyang who became grand secretary under Xianfeng and later returned to tutor the young Tongzhi emperor in the Hongde Hall
In a council hall, a long table holds an unrolled map scroll, a brass-cornered chest and a brush pot, with tall-backed chairs around it and a bronze lamp at the left; a figure stands with their back turned on the balcony at the right, with palace roofs beyond.
Also known as Shu Ying · Chun Pu
Qi Junzao, known by the name Chunpu, came from Shouyang in Shanxi and was a son of the scholar Qi Yunshi; he passed the palace examination in 1814 and entered the Hanlin Academy. In 1841 he moved to the Board of Revenue and joined the Grand Council, and in 1849 he became assistant grand secretary while still minister of revenue. When the Xianfeng emperor came to the throne he was made grand secretary of the Tiren Hall, keeping charge of revenue, until persistent pleas of illness won him retirement in 1854. Recalled in 1862 and given the post of minister of rites with a grand secretary's rank, he taught the boy Tongzhi emperor in the Hongde Hall alongside Weng Xincun, Woren and Li Hongzao. He died in 1866, was posthumously made grand guardian and named Wenduan, and left a study of farming in his home county, Notes on Agriculture at Mashou (Mashou nongyan).
Life and times
Dates 1793 CE–1866 CE