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Appendix 1

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Chronology of Ruan Yuan's Government Appointments 1789-1838

Appointment

Hanlin Bachelor

Proof Reader (Wu Ying Dian)

Compiler Second Class

Location Rank Dates

Beijing

1789/5

Beijing

1789/5

Beijing 7A

1790/3

Imperial Diarist

Supervisor of Instruction

Beijing

1790/2

Beijing

4A

1791/3

Chief Supervisor of Instruction

Director of Studies (Shandong) Director of Studies (Zhejiang) Vice President (Board of Rites) Acting Vice President

Beijing 3A

Jinan

Hangzhou 2B

Beijing

(Board of War)

Beijing 2A

Vice President (Board of Revenue)

Beijing 2A

3883 33

1791/11

2B

1793/6

1795-1798

2A

1798-1799

1799/2

1799/4

Assistant Examiner of Metropolitan

Examination

Beijing

1799

Acting Vice President

(Board of Rites)

Beijing

2A

1799/7

Governor of Zhejiang

Hangzhou

2B

1799-1805

Vice President (Board of Revenue)

Beijing

2A

1807

Vice President (Board of War)

Beijing

2A

1807

Governor of Zhejiang

Hangzhou 2B

1807-1809

Compiler Second Class

(Hanlin Academy)

Beijing 7A

1809/10

Sub-expositor (Hanlin Academy)

Beijing 4B

1810/5

Imperial Diarist

Beijing

1810/10

Revisor (State Historiographer's

Office)

Beijing

1810/11

Supervisor of Instruction

Beijing

4A

1811/9

Sub-Chancellor of Grand Secretariat

Beijing

2B

1812/1

Vice President (Board of Rites)

Beijing

2A

1812/1

Vice President (Board of Works)

Beijing

2A

1812/5

Director-General of Grain Transport

Huaian

Governor of Jiangxi

Nanchang 2B

Governor of Henan

Kaifeng

2B

Governor-General of Hu Guang

Wuchang 2A

3833

2A

1812-1814

1814-1816

1816/8

1817/10

Governor-General of Guangdong &

Guangxi

Canton

2A 1817-1826