Qi Tai

Qi Tai (simplified Chinese: 齐泰; traditional Chinese: 齊泰) (died 1402), originally named De (德) and was given the name Tai by the Hongwu Emperor,[1] courtesy name Shangli (尚禮), art name Nantang (南塘), a native of Lishui County, Zhili (present-day Lishui District, Nanjing, Jiangsu), was a Chinese official of the early Ming dynasty.

Qi Tai became jieyuan in 1384 and jinshi in 1388 during the Hongwu era.[2][3] He successively served as Secretary of the Ministries of Rites and War, Director, and Left Vice Minister of War. On his deathbed, the Hongwu Emperor appointed Qi Tai as one of the ministers to assist in governing and ruling the new emperor. After the Jianwen Emperor ascended the throne, he was promoted to Minister of War, and he and Huang Zicheng proposed reducing the power of princes. As a result, Prince of Yan Zhu Di launched the Jingnan campaign. In 1402, after Zhu Di seized the throne, he arrested and executed Qi Tai. During the Qing Qianlong era, the Qianlong Emperor rehabilitated the ministers of Jianwen, and Qi Tai was given the posthumous name Zhongjing (忠敬).[4]

  1. ^ History of Ming, Vol. 141:「齊泰，溧水人。初名德。洪武十七年，舉應天鄉試第一。明年成進士。歷禮、兵二部主事。雷震謹身殿，太祖禱郊廟，擇歷官九年無過者陪祀，德與焉，賜名泰。」
  2. ^ Collected records of the court (國朝獻徵錄), Vol. 38:「齊泰，溧水人，初名德。洪武二十年鄉貢，明年舉進士，歷禮兵部主事。……賜名泰。」
  3. ^ Separate collection of Deep Mountain Studio (彝山堂別集), Vol. 50:「齊泰，應天溧水人，洪武戊辰進士。三十一年任。建文四年死難。」
  4. ^ Qinding Shengchao xunjie zhuchen lu (欽定勝朝殉節諸臣錄, "(Imperially endorsed) Records of the subjects who had loyally died for the defeated dynasty"), Vol. 12:「齊泰謀參密議，志削強藩，佐主雖疎，致身無愧，諡忠敬。」