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Wei Dazhong

Donglin supervising secretary who impeached Wei Zhongxian and Madame Ke and was tortured to death in the imperial prison, one of the Six Gentlemen.

Also known as Zi Kongshi · Hao Kuoyuan

Wei Dazhong, courtesy name Kongshi, sobriquet Kuoyuan, came from Jiashan and passed the palace examination in 1616. Outspoken and upright, he became chief supervising secretary of the Office of Scrutiny for Personnel in 1624, and after Yang Lian listed twenty-four crimes of Wei Zhongxian he too denounced the eunuch, warning that everyone around the emperor now belonged to Wei and Madame Ke rather than to the throne. In 1625 the eunuch faction used the Wang Wenyan case to accuse him, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and others of taking bribes from Xiong Tingbi; he was thrown into the Embroidered Uniform Guard prison, tortured, and died there that year. He is one of the Six Gentlemen of the Donglin.

Life and times

  1. 1575BornMing
  2. 1624Purge of the Donglin FactionTook partage 49Under the Tianqi Emperor the eunuch Wei Zhongxian and Madam Ke dominated the court; after Yang Lian's memorial of twenty-four crimes, Donglin officials were dismissed and died in prison until the Chongzhen Emperor's accession brought Wei's fall and suicide.
    1. Yang Lian Impeaches Wei ZhongxianIn 1624 the vice censor-in-chief Yang Lian impeached Wei Zhongxian for twenty-four great crimes, but the Tianqi Emperor kept Wei and rebuked Yang.
    2. Six Gentlemen Die in Imperial Prison1625age 50In 1625 Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and four other Donglin officials were framed by Wei Zhongxian's faction and died under torture in the imperial prison.
  3. 1625 CEDied

Connections

  1. Shared events11Zhu Youjian (Chongzhen Emperor), Wei Zhongxian, Yang Lian …
    1. Zhu Youjian (Chongzhen Emperor)1611 CE–1644 CE
    2. Wei Zhongxian1568–1627 CE
    3. Yang Lian1572 CE–1625 CE
    4. Madame KeBirth year unknow…
    5. Zuo Guangdou1575 CE–1625 CE
    6. Gao Panlong1562–1626 CE
    7. Zhu Youxiao1605 CE–1627 CE
    8. Zhou Shunchang1584 CE–1626 CE
    9. Gu Xiancheng1550–1612 CE
    10. Yan PeiweiBirth unknown–162…
    11. Shi Kefa1602 CE–1645 CE