Wei Yuan. Chinese scholar from Shaoyang in Hunan province, moved to Yangzhou in 1831, where he remained for the rest of his life. Wei obtained the provincial degree ("juren") in the Imperial examinations and subsequently worked in the secretariat of several prominent statesmen, such as Lin Zexu. Wei was deeply concerned with the crisis facing China in the early nineteenth century; but, while he remained loyal to the Qing dynasty, … Wikipedia
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