Woren Explained

Honorific Prefix:Imperial tutor
Wesin
Office:Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Hall
Term Start:7 May
Term End:8 June 1871
Office1:Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Library
Term Start1:22 October 1862
Term End1:7 May 1871
Office2:Assistant Grand Secretary
Term Start2:6 August
Term End2:9 October 1862
Office3:Minister of Zongli Yamen
Term Start3:25 April
Term End3:13 July 1867[1]
Office4:Minister of Works
Term Start4:14 February
Term End4:9 October 1862
Alongside4:Wang Qingyun (until 16 April), Li Han (since 16 April)
Predecessor4:Airen
Successor4:Wenxiang
Office5:Deputy Minister of Revenue of Mukden
Term Start5:23 December 1857
Term End5:3 November 1861
Predecessor5:Funiyagangga
Successor5:Herun
Office6:Deputy Minister of Rites of Mukden
Term Start6:10 September 1856
Term End6:23 December 1857
Predecessor6:Heseben
Successor6:Wenjun
Occupation:politician, philosopher
Education:Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination
Birth Date:1804
Birth Place:Kaifeng, Henan
Blank1:Clan name
Data1:Ucigeri (烏齊格里)
Blank2:Courtesy name
Data2:Genfeng (艮峰)
Blank3:Posthumous name
Data3:Wenduan (文端)
Allegiance:Qing dynasty
Branch:Mongolian Plain Red Banner

Woren or Wesin (Manchu: {{ManchuSibeUnicode|ᠸᡝᠰᡳᠨ,[2] 1804–8 June 1871), courtesy name Genfeng (艮峰), was a Qing dynasty official from the Mongolian Ucigeri clan and the Plain Red Banner of the Eight Banners.

Born in a banner garrison family in Henan. He obtained the highest degree (jinshi) in the imperial examination and was selected a shujishi of the Hanlin Academy in 1829.[3] He served as tutor of the Tongzhi Emperor.[3]

Woren was a famous opponent of the Self-Strengthening Movement. He rejected the ti-yong idea.[4] [5]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 倭仁(1804~1871).
  2. Web site: (烏齊格里)倭仁 .
  3. Draft History of Qing, vol. 391
  4. Book: Levenson, Joseph Richmond . Confucian China and Its Modern Fate: A Trilogy . University of California Press . 1968 . 69 .
  5. Web site: 「西學」と「新學」 中國近代における西洋文化輸入の論理について .