Sun Jiagan | |
Office: | Assistant Grand Secretary |
Term Start: | 1752 |
Term End: | 1753 |
Office1: | Minister of Personnel |
Term Start1: | 29 October 1752 |
Term End1: | 30 December 1753 |
Alongside1: | Daldangga |
Predecessor1: | Liang Shizheng |
Successor1: | Huang Tinggui |
Term Start2: | 25 May |
Term End2: | 29 November 1738 |
Alongside2: | Xinggui |
Predecessor2: | Liu Yuyi |
Successor2: | Gan Rulai |
Office3: | Minister of Works |
Term Start3: | 21 August 1750 |
Term End3: | 29 October 1752 |
Alongside3: | Hadaha |
Predecessor3: | Liu Tongxun |
Successor3: | Wang Youdun |
Office4: | Governor of Fujian |
Term Start4: | 5 March |
Term End4: | 17 May 1743 (acting) |
Predecessor4: | Liu Yuyi |
Successor4: | Zhou Xuejian |
Office5: | Viceroy of Huguang |
Term Start5: | 26 September 1741 |
Term End5: | 27 January 1743 |
Predecessor5: | Nasutu |
Successor5: | Arsai |
Office6: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start6: | 6 December 1736 |
Term End6: | 25 May 1738 |
Alongside6: | Funai (until 1737), Nasutu (1737), Yengišan (since 1737) |
Predecessor6: | Xu Ben |
Successor6: | Zhao Guolin |
Office7: | Viceroy of Zhili |
Term Start7: | 29 November 1738 |
Term End7: | 26 September 1741 |
Predecessor7: | Li Wei |
Successor7: | Gao Bin |
Education: | Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination (1713) |
Birth Date: | 1683 |
Death Date: | 1753 |
Blank1: | Courtesy name |
Data1: | Xigong (錫公) |
Blank2: | Art name |
Data2: | Yizhai (懿齋), Jingxuan (靜軒) |
Blank3: | Posthumous name |
Data3: | Wending (文定) |
Sun Jiagan ([1] 1683–1753) was a Chinese politician of the Qing dynasty.
Born in Taiyuan, Shanxi, Sun was son of a family that was so poor that he had to work hard all day collecting firewood, and could only study at night.
In 1713, he graduated as a jinshi in the imperial examination during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor and rose to the position of Libu Shilang for his frankness and uprightness.
During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, Sun rose to the position of Xingbu Shangshu by, and later to Libu Shangshu in 1738.[2]
After holding various posts, in 1741 Sun became Viceroy of Huguang, where he introduced the system of subsidized chiefs, in order to keep the aborigines under control.
In 1743, he was relieved from his position due to shielding his men,[2] yet was recalled to be head of the Imperial Clan Court in 1744.[2], but resumed office and served as Gongbu Shangshu in 1750.