II.2 Routine-system deliberation memorial QL 34.4.13
Download the pdf file of this document. Click images for Zoomify or Download document II.2
II.2 Routine-System Deliberation Memorial (議覆 or 題覆), QL 34.4.13
Deliberations, usually based on a provincial memorial (tong-ben, 通本), were ordered by an imperial rescript on the original memorial (usually, as in this case, with the phrase, gai-bu yi-zou 該部議奏, "let the appropriate board deliberate and memorialize"). The deliberation was done by one of the Six Boards or by another committee or agency at the capital. The memorialist's titles, as listed in the first line, tell us that he is president of the Board of War, commander of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner, and acting temporarily (zhan-shu 暫署) as president of the Board of Civil Appointments. The seal, as is appropriate to the subject matter of this memorial, is that of the latter office (li bu zhi yin 吏部之印 in zhuanshu 篆書 characters on the right and hafan i jurgan i boobai in Manchu seal script on the left). The memorialist, Tuo-yong, uses the pluralizer deng 等 after his name, because a routine-system memorial from one of the Six Boards (or other capital office) was sent by the entire upper echelon of that unit, as you will see at the end of this document. The last page of this document, following the list of its authors, offers a summary of the memorial; note that, as it is part of a buben, its format is slightly different from that of a tongben. The rescript appears on the front page of the memorial.
Glossary
依議 - yiyi - (Let it be done) as recommended.
託庸 - Tuo-yong - personal name
該臣等議得 - gai chen yide - "We, your officials, have deliberated."
謹題 - jinti - respectfully submit a (routine) memorial
怯懦 - qienuo - vacillate, show cowardice
抄出 - chaochu - to copy out
奏稱 - zoucheng - report
親民 - qinmin - to care for the people (as a parent)
除暴安良 - chubao anliang - do away with troublemakers and bring peace to law-abiding subjects
專責 - zhuanze - primary responsibility
遇有 - yuyou - if there should be, if one should encounter
棍徒 - guntu - ruffians, local toughs
滋擾 - zirao - cause a disturbance, disturb the peace, create troubles
嚴拿 - yan'na - rigorously apprehend
懲治 - chengzhi - correct and punish, admonish
俾知歛戢 - bizhi lianji - "so that (they) might know some self-restraint"
姑息 - guxi - temporize, handle indulgently, hesitate, show leniency
貽害 - yihai - bring harm to
良民 - liangmin - law-abiding people, "honest folk"
擾累 - raolei - burden, disturb, cause annoyance to
才既...性復 - caiji...xingfu - "not only is his ability...(but) his character is also..."
平庸 - pingyong - mediocre, average
趕羊 - ganyang - to herd sheep
Omitted text: Ma Zhong and the other Chinese-speaking Muslims with him drove sheep through two villages and let them eat the wheat sprouts in the fields. Villagers came out to protest. Ma Zhong then ordered several of his band to beat the villagers and many were injured. Afterward, yamen personnel tried unsuccessfully to apprehend the culprits. The magistrate, Liu Yude, then went with his constables and arrested Ma and four others, but let the rest depart with their sheep. The provincial governor subsequently ordered the arrest of those who had gone free, and the case is pending.
所有 - suoyou -concerning, regarding, as for
縱兇逃逸 - zongxiong taoyi - to allow (the) offenders to escape (Note that the character xiong 兇 is written here using a non-standard form.)
實屬 - shishu - truly is
*lit., "indeed belongs (to that category of things that can be said to be . . . )."
有忝職守 - youtian zhishou - to bring disgrace/dishonor to one's office
嚴參 - yancan - impeach strictly
儆 - jing - warn, as a warning
將來 - jianglai - posterity
勢必 - shibi - will certainly
效尤 - xiaoyou - follow (his) bad example
吏治 - lizhi - civil administration
難期整飭 - nanqi zhengchi - hard to maintain proper supervision
茲 - zi - now
*introductory word
大名道 - Damingdao - circuit intendant of the Da-Shun-Guang Circuit (situated at Damingfu, whence the conventional name of the post. See Playfair.)
廣平府 - Guangping fu - Guangping prefecture
革職 - gezhi - dismiss from office
玩愒 - wankai - to neglect one's duty
委員 - weiyuan - dispatch an official to
摘印 - zhaiyin - take the seal
署理 - shuli - administer in an acting capacity
經手 - jingshou - in his management of...
倉庫 - cangku - granaries and treasuries
錢糧 - qianliang - money and grain (for salaries of local officials and soldiers)
理合 - lihe - in duty bound; as a matter of course
伏乞 - fuqi - I humbly beg (Your Majesty)
皇上睿鑒訓示 - huangshang ruijian xunshi - "Your Majesty's sagacious consideration and instructions"
謹奏 - jinzou - (end of quoted memorial, d. jin-ti)
硃批 - zhupi - vermillion rescript (inscribed by the emperor)
該部議奏 - gaibu yizou - let the appropriate board deliberate and memorialize
欽此 - qinci - "respect this" (Marks end of quotation of imperial document or utterance.)
欽遵 - qinzun - in respectful obedience
到部 - daobu - came to the board (i.e. the memorialist's board, that of Civil Appointments 吏部)
查 - cha - we find (from reviewing the documents in the case)
此案 - ci'an - this case
逞兇 - chengxiong - acted violently
毆傷 - ou'shang - beat and injured
該督 - gaidu - the governor-general
等語 - dengyu - (signifies end of summary)
*or quotation from another document; compare dengyin
照溺職例 - zhao nizhi li - following the regulation that stipulates the punishment for disgracing a post
NOTE: The little "flag" (the magistrate's name, minus the first character which has been lost), was probably affixed for the guidance of some official in the Board of Civil Appointments who had to deal with Liu's dossier.
恭候 - gonghou - respectfully await
命下 - mingxia - the issuance of the imperial order
遵奉施行 - zunfeng shixing - will respectfully receive (the imperial order) and carry it out
擅便 - shanbian - act on one's own, without proper authority
*There follows the memorialist's official seal, stamped over the date and his titles; then the names of Toyong and thirteen other officials of the Board of Civil Appointments. The last page of this document is a copy of Liu's official curriculum vitae, reflecting the present recommendation for his dismissal. This was apparently attached for the emperor's reference
會試 - huishi - metropolitan examination
揀選一等 - jianxuan yideng - was selected as first rank in a special examination for juren
引見 - yinjian - presented for imperial audience
分發各省 - fenfa gesheng - was listed as eligible for a post in the provinces
試用 - shiyong - probationary appointment
籤掣 - qianche - drawing of lots (among names on a list of candidates eligible for official appointment)
題署 - tishu - proposed (in a ti-ben) to be an acting (official) of
簡缺 - jianque - ordinary post
*the lowest of the four grades of official posts: most important, important, medium, and ordinary.
實授 - shishou - to take up an official appointment in fact (i.e., show up in person locally to assume one's duties)
This page has paths:
This page references:
- Routine-System Deliberation Memorial QL 34.4.13
- Routine-System Deliberation Memorial QL 34.4.13
- Routine-System Deliberation Memorial QL 34.4.13
- Routine-System Deliberation Memorial QL 34.4.13
- Routine-System Deliberation Memorial QL 34.4.13
- Routine-System Deliberation Memorial QL 34.4.13
- Routine-System Deliberation Memorial QL 34.4.13
- Routine-System Deliberation Memorial QL 34.4.13
- Routine-System Deliberation Memorial QL 34.4.13
- Routine-System Deliberation Memorial QL 34.4.13
- Routine-System Deliberation Memorial QL 34.4.13
- Routine-System Deliberation Memorial QL 34.4.13
- Routine-System Deliberation Memorial QL 34.4.13