Book/Printed Material Ren wu ping hai ji : er juan 壬午平海紀 : 二卷
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Title
- Ren wu ping hai ji : er juan
Other Title
- 壬午平海紀 : 二卷
Summary
- Collection of correspondence and communication detailing Cheng Xun's suppression of pirates on the sea at the time he led an army force in Susong.
- Presented here is a collection of letters, official announcements, and placards published during the Chongzhen reign (1628-44) during the campaign of Cheng Xun, an official who was posted to the Military Defense Circuit, a multi-prefecture jurisdiction, in the eastern coastal prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang. Cheng Xun was engaged in military actions aimed at suppressing the surge of so-called sea pirates, many of whom were rebellious peasants who took up weapons. The whole battle lasted about three months. According to the biography included in the local gazetteer of Yongfeng, where he was born, Cheng Xun received his jin shi degree in 1634 and served in various posts, among them as prefect of Zhenjiang Fu, as a tax circuit intendant for the Jiangnan region, and later as governor of the prefectures of Huizhou and Chaozhou. He later was assassinated. The work begins with a table of contents for both of the two volumes. The placards included here all bear titles. The work was printed with movable type, a less-tedious and costly printing process first created during the 11th century. World Digital Library.
Names
- Cheng, Xun, active 17th century
- Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- [China : s.n., Ming Songzhen jian, i.e. between 1628 and 1644]
Notes
- - In case.
- - Running title.
- - Also available in digital form.
- - 九行二十字. Nine lines, with twenty characters per line.
- - 明崇禎間活字本. Ming movable-type print, ca. 1628-1644.
- - 明程峋撰。按永豐縣志卷二十四忠節傳：「峋初名士鳳，字坦公。童試時，知縣瞿式耜大奇之。登崇禎甲戍進士。為部郎。陞鎮江守，有治聲，報最，擢蘇松兵備道。遷江南督糧道。聞闖賊陷京師，吐血盈斗，死而復甦。值留都裁督糧道缺，奉親入粤，陞惠潮巡撫。尋遇刺」。峋官蘇松兵備道時，曾勦平海口崇明縣志云：「陸大為長，號大口賊」。縣志不載;此即當時往來書札及檄揭也.
Medium
- 2 v.
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2012402119
Online Format
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