梁肯堂在乾隆后期至嘉庆前期,曾先后担任直隶总督、刑部尚书、漕运总督等要职,并在天津主持接待英国马戛尔尼使团来华事宜,是当时一名重要的高级官员。但是,有关他的传记资料却非常缺少,其出生年月及任职情况,在当时及后世都有不少错误说法。其出生年份,有康熙五十四年、五十五年和雍正十二年诸说,本文考证其生于康熙五十六年十一月。关于其任职:有说曾任湖南署理巡抚,笔者考证为“河南署理巡抚”之误;又有说于乾隆五十六年担任直隶总督,笔者考证为乾隆五十五年;还有说他在85岁时改任河道总管名誉职务,本文则考证为嘉庆三年六月出任漕运总督,时年82岁,并且绝非“名誉职务”。 In the late period of Qianlong to Jiaqing, Liang Ken Tang served as important governor of Zhili, Criminal Division Shang Shu, Governor of Water Transport and so on, and hosted the mission of the British Macartney Mission to China in Tianjin. It was then an important senior official. However, his biographical information is very scarce. His birth date and his position have many erroneous statements at the time and in the future. The year of birth, fifty-four years of Kangxi, fifty-five years and Yongzheng twelve years, the textual research was born in Kangxi fifty-six years in November. About his appointment: there was said to have served as governor of Hunan Province, the author research as “Henan Acting Governor ” of the error; another said Qianlong 56 years as governor of Zhili, the author research for Qianlong fifty-five years; there He said he was reorganized as a river manager at 85 years of age. This article is a research on Jiaqing as the Governor of the Water Canal in June of the following year. At the age of 82, he is not “honorary office”.