Zhou Huang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.
Zhou Huang
周煌
Left Censor-in-Chief
In office
22 March 1784 – 15 February 1785
Serving with Fuhing (until July 1784), Ayangga (since July 1784)
Preceded byZhu Chun
Succeeded byJi Yun
Minister of War
In office
30 September 1780 – 22 March 1784
Serving with Fulong'an
Preceded byCai Xin
Succeeded byWang Jie
Minister of Works
In office
25 January 1780 – 30 September 1780
Serving with Cokto
Preceded byJi Huang
Succeeded byZhou Yuanli
Personal details
Born1714
Fuzhou, Sichuan Province (present-day Fuling District, Chongqing)
Died1785 (aged 70–71)
Fuzhou, Sichuan Province
ChildrenZhou Yuandai (son)
Educationjinshi degree
Chinese name
Chinese周煌
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōu Huáng
Courtesy name
Traditional Chinese景垣 or 緒楚
Simplified Chinese景垣 or 绪楚
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJǐngyuán or Xùchǔ
Art name
Chinese海山
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHǎishān
Posthumous name
Chinese文恭
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWéngōng

Zhou Huang (Chinese: 周煌; pinyin: Zhōu Huáng, 1714–1785), also spelled Chou Huang[1] or Chow Hwang,[2] was a politician, writer and calligrapher of the Qing dynasty.

Zhou was a native of Fuzhou, Sichuan Province (present-day Fuling District, Chongqing). In 1737, he became a jinshi of the Imperial examination. He had served as editor of the Hanlin Academy (翰林院編修), Secretary of Cabinet (內閣學士), Minister of Works, Ministry of War, and Left Censor-in-Chief (左都御史). He also took part in compiling the famous Siku Quanshu. Zhou died in 1785 in his hometown and was posthumously granted the honorary appointment of Crown Prince's Grand Tutor (太子太傅). He was also awarded the posthumous name "Wengong" (文恭).[3]

Zhou was good at poetry and calligraphy,[4] he was also a tutor of Prince Yongyan (later the Jiaqing Emperor).[5] In 1756 he was sent to Ryukyu Kingdom together with Quankui (全魁) for the investiture of Shō Boku. His boat caught in a storm and was wrecked on a reef near the Kume Island. Zhou prayed to Mazu for protection, his boat was finally arriving Naha Harbor safely. On his way home, Zhou and Quankui built a Mazu temple in Kume Island.[6][7] Zhou also compiled Liuqiuguo Zhilüe (琉球國志略), a sixteen volume topography of the Ryukyu Islands for the Qianlong Emperor.[8]

References

  1. ^ Kerr, George H. Okinawa: The History of an Island People. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing. p. 134.
  2. ^ Francis Lister Hawks (1857). Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, Under the Command of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, by Order of the Government of the United States. D. Appleton. p. 221.
  3. ^ Draft History of Qing, vol.321
  4. ^ 乾隆朝古卷跋现身重庆 再现清使臣访琉球场景
  5. ^ 重庆历史名人周煌
  6. ^ 周煌 (しゅうこう)
  7. ^ 妈祖助册封使（十七）
  8. ^ Ryukyu Kingdom and Province before 1945 By George H. Kerr, pg 115