Wei Yuan

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Wei Yuan (Chinese:魏源 1794 AD - 1857 AD) was a Chinese scholar of the Qing Dynasty and he wrote many books on politics in his life. His courtesy name were Mo Shen(Chinese: 默深) and Hanshi (Chinese: 漢士), . He was born in Shao Yang (present-day Hu Nan Province).

[change] Life

• When Wei Yuan was young, he followed his teacher, Liu Feng, to study the History of China.

• During the reign of Daoguang Emperor, Wei Yuan successfully got a provincial degree in the Imperial examinations.

• In 1826 AD, Wei Yuan was ordered to write a political book called Huang Chao Jing Shi Wen Pian (Chinese: 《皇朝經世文篇》). Besides, he helped the imperial official to deal with the problem of building the canals.

• From 1841 AD until 1842 AD, Wei Yuan was asked to defeat the British armies in the First Opium War.

• From 1842 AD until 1843 AD, Wei Yuan finished writing a book which was about the matters of Western countries. The book was called Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms. (Chinese: 《海國圖志》).

• After the First Opium War, Wei Yuan wrote another book titled Military history of the Qing Dynasty (Chinese: 《聖武記》)