Jin Jian (official) explained

Jin Jian
Office:Minister of Personnel
Term Start:22 September 1792
Term End:13 January 1795
Alongside:Liu Yong
Predecessor:Fuk'anggan
Successor:Baoning
Office1:Minister of Works
Term Start1:7 November 1791
Term End1:22 September 1792
Alongside1:Peng Yuanrui
Predecessor1:Fucanggan
Successor1:Helin
Term Start2:23 August 1783
Term End2:7 November 1791
Alongside2:Fucanggan
Predecessor2:Liu Yong
Successor2:Peng Yuanrui
Occupation:politician
Father:Sanboo
Relations:Imperial Noble Consort Shujia (sister)
Yunbu (son)
Birth Date:1721
Death Date:
(乾隆五十九年十二月丙子)
Blank1:Clan name
Data1:Kim (金), later Gingiya (金佳) posthumously
Blank2:Courtesy name
Data2:Keting (可亭)
Blank3:Posthumous name
Data3:Qinke (勤恪)
Allegiance:Qing dynasty
Branch:Han Chinese Imperial Household Department Plain Yellow Banner
Manchu Plain Yellow Banner (posthumously, in 1799)
T:金簡; 金鑑
S:金简; 金鉴
P:Jīn Jiǎn; Jīn Jiàn
Hangul:김간; 김감
Hanja:金簡; 金鑑
Rr:Gim Gan; Gim Gam
Mr:Kim Kan; Kim Kam

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.[1] They were incorporated into the Han Chinese Imperial Household Department Plain Yellow Banner (內務府漢軍正黃旗).[2]

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). 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.[3]

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. 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.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Chin Chien.
  2. Web site: 金簡.
  3. (Việt Nam sử lược Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 11)
  4. (Draft History of Qing Volume 321)