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Chronology of Ruan Yuan's Government Appointments 1789-1838
Appointment Location Rank Dates Hanlin Bachelor Beijing 1789/5 Proof Reader (Wu Ying Dian) Beijing 1789/5 Compiler Second Class Beijing 7A 1790/3 Imperial Diarist Beijing 1790/2 Supervisor of Instruction Beijing 4A 1791/3 Chief Supervisor of Instruction Beijing 3A 1791/11 Director of Studies (Shandong) Jinan 2B 1793/6 Director of Studies (Zhejiang) Hangzhou 2B 1795-1798 Vice President (Board of Rites) Beijing 2A 1798-1799 Acting Vice President (Board of War) Beijing 2A 1799/2 Vice President (Board of Revenue) Beijing 2A 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 1812-1814 Governor of Jiangxi Nanchang 2B 1814-1816 Governor of Henan Kaifeng 2B 1816/8 Governor-General of Hu Guang Wuchang 2A 1817/10 Governor-General of Guangdong & Guangxi Canton 2A 1817-182638 3 3
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