Jin Jian (official)

Jin Jian
Minister of Personnel
In office
22 September 1792 – 13 January 1795
Serving with Liu Yong
Preceded byFuk'anggan
Succeeded byBaoning
Minister of Works
In office
7 November 1791 – 22 September 1792
Serving with Peng Yuanrui
Preceded byFucanggan
Succeeded byHelin
In office
23 August 1783 – 7 November 1791
Serving with Fucanggan
Preceded byLiu Yong
Succeeded byPeng Yuanrui
Personal details
Born1721[1]
Died13 January 1795(1795-01-13) (aged 73–74)
(乾隆五十九年十二月丙子)
RelationsImperial Noble Consort Shujia (sister)
Yunbu (son)
Parent
  • Sanboo (father)
Occupationpolitician
Clan nameKim (金), later Gingiya (金佳) posthumously
Courtesy nameKeting (可亭)
Posthumous nameQinke (勤恪)
Military service
AllegianceQing dynasty
Branch/serviceHan Chinese Imperial Household Department Plain Yellow Banner
Manchu Plain Yellow Banner (posthumously, in 1799[1])
Jin Jian
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese金簡; 金鑑
Simplified Chinese金简; 金鉴
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīn Jiǎn; Jīn Jiàn
Korean name
Hangul김간; 김감
Hanja金簡; 金鑑
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationGim Gan; Gim Gam
McCune–ReischauerKim Kan; Kim Kam
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᡤᡳᠨ᠋ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ
Romanizationgingiyan

Jin Jian (1721–13 January 1795), courtesy name Keting (可亭), was a Korean politician of the Qing dynasty. He was an elder brother of Imperial Noble Consort Shujia.

Jin Jian's family was born into the Korean Kim clan, a family originally from Uiju, Joseon. Their ancestor Sandari (三達理) surrendered to the Qing Dynasty during the Qing invasion of Joseon in 1636.[2] They were incorporated into the Han Chinese Imperial Household Department Plain Yellow Banner (內務府漢軍正黃旗).[1]

He had served as the Minister for the Chancery of the Imperial Household Department (總管內務府大臣), vice chief editor of the Siku Quanshu (四庫全書副總裁), Vice Minister of Revenue (戶部侍郎), deputy lieutenant-general of the Han Chinese Bordered Yellow Banner (鑲黃旗漢軍副都統), Minister of Works (工部尚書), lieutenant-general of the Han Chinese Bordered Yellow Banner (鑲黃旗漢軍都統) and Minister of Personnel (吏部尚書).[3] After the Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa, Lê Chiêu Thống, the last emperor of Vietnamese Lê dynasty, fled to China for asylum with several high ranking Lê loyalists. Lê Chiêu Thống and high ranking Lê loyalists. These Vietnamese were ordered to move to Beijing and incorporated into the Han Chinese Bordered Yellow Banner. Jin Jian, as the head of the banner, was responsible for getting these men into the banner.[4]

Jin Jian died in 1794. He was given the posthumous name Qinke (勤恪) by Qianlong Emperor. Prince Mianqin was sent to express condolences to him.[3] After his death, Kim family changed their surname to Gingiya (金佳) and transferred to Manchu Plain Yellow Banner in the reign of the Jiaqing Emperor.[3]

  1. ^ a b c "金簡".
  2. ^ Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Chin Chien" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
  3. ^ a b c Works related to 清史稿/卷321 at Wikisource (Draft History of Qing Volume 321)
  4. ^ Works related to Việt Nam sử lược/Quyển II/1971/Phần IV/Chương XI at Wikisource (Việt Nam sử lược Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 11)