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Qianlong Emperor was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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- Polity Qing 清 · Relation Served
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- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Li Fu (李紱)
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 293Volume 293 Biographies 80: Li Fu, Cai Ting, Xie Jishi, Chen Xuehai · 4 passages
高宗即位，賜侍郎銜，管戶部三庫，尋授戶部侍郎。
When the Qianlong Emperor ascended the throne, Fu was granted vice minister rank, placed in charge of the three treasuries of the Ministry of Revenue, and soon appointed vice minister of revenue.
乾隆元年，方開博學鴻辭科，紱所舉已眾，又以所知囑副都御史孫國璽薦舉，事聞上，上詰紱，紱自承妄言，上謂「紱乃妄舉，非止妄言，避重就輕」。
In the first year of the Qianlong reign, when the special erudite examination was opened, Fu had already recommended many candidates and also asked Vice Censor-in-Chief Sun Guoxuan to recommend men he knew. When the matter reached the emperor, he questioned Fu, who confessed to false statements. The emperor said, "Fu has made false recommendations, not merely false statements—he is evading the serious charge and pleading to the lesser."
其論學大指，謂硃子道問學，陸九淵尊德性，不可偏廢，上聞而韙之。
His general view in scholarship was that Zhu Xi emphasized the Way of inquiry and study while Lu Jiuyuan honored moral nature, and neither could be abandoned in favor of the other. When the emperor heard this he approved.
八年，以病致仕，入辭，上問：「有欲所陳否？」
In the eighth year he retired on account of illness. At his farewell audience the emperor asked, "Is there anything you wish to say?"