Qing · Official and Scholar

Liu Erwei 劉而位

Attested AD 1713 - AD 1738

Passages
6
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Liu Erwei as an administrator, official, philosopher, and scholar. This record brings together 6 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Liu Erwei 劉而位 Liu Erwei
Courtesy name Erjue 爾爵 Erjue
Given name Erwei 而位 Erwei
Surname Liu Liu
Personal name Liu Erwei 劉而位 Liu Erwei

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Official
  • Philosopher
  • Scholar
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: vice commissioner of the Sichuan Salt and Tea Circuit / 四川鹽茶道副使 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾隆三年 · Western Year: AD 1738
  • Label: magistrate of Anyang / 安陽知縣 · Action: appointed · Place: Henan / 河南
  • Label: administration commissioner of the Xing-Quan Circuit / 興泉道參議 · Action: promoted
  • Label: prefect of Quanzhou / 泉州知府 · Action: transferred · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 雍正中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1723 · End: AD 1735
  • Label: administration commissioner of the Yongning Circuit / 永寧道參議 · Action: transferred
  • Label: Songmao Circuit / 松茂道 · Action: transferred
  • Status: retired · Action: entered

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Credential: provincial graduate / 舉人 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 康熙五十二年 · Western Year: AD 1713
  • Belief: Wang Yangming learning / 王守仁之學 · Relation: adherent-of

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: proposed salt-law reform but known chiefly for scholarship · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

References in the histories

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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 300Volume 300 Biographies 87: Chen Qi Yuan, He Shijian, Tang Jizu, Ma Weihan, Yu Dian, Wang Yezi, Liu Erwei · 6 passages