Jin Jian (official)

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim/Jin.

Jin Jian
Minister of Personnel
In office 22 September 1792 – 13 January 1795 Serving with Liu Yong
Preceded by	Fuk'anggan
Succeeded by	Baoning
Minister of Works
In office 7 November 1791 – 22 September 1792 Serving with Peng Yuanrui
Preceded by	Fucanggan
Succeeded by	Helin
In office 23 August 1783 – 7 November 1791 Serving with Fucanggan
Preceded by	Liu Yong
Succeeded by	Peng Yuanrui
Personal details
Born	1721
Died	13 January 1795(1795-01-13) (aged 73–74) (乾隆五十九年十二月丙子)
Relations	Imperial Noble Consort Shujia (sister) Yunbu (son)
Parent	Sanboo (father)
Occupation	politician
Clan name	Kim (金), later Gingiya (金佳) posthumously
Courtesy name	Keting (可亭)
Posthumous name	Qinke (勤恪)
Military service
Allegiance	Qing dynasty
Branch/service	Han Chinese Imperial Household Department Plain Yellow Banner Manchu Plain Yellow Banner (posthumously, in 1799)

Jin Jian
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	金簡; 金鑑
Simplified Chinese	金简; 金鉴
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīn Jiǎn; Jīn Jiàn
Korean name
Hangul	김간; 김감
Hanja	金簡; 金鑑
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Gim Gan; Gim Gam McCune–Reischauer Kim Kan; Kim Kam
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᡤᡳᠨ᠋ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ
Romanization	gingiyan

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

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.

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.