Individual itineraries and the circulation of scientific and technical knowledge in East Asia (16th–20th centuries)

Award of jinshi degree, Hongzhi 18 (1505)

Position was Supervising Secretary for the Office of Scrutiny for Revenue (Hu ke jishizhong 戶科給事中) in Nanjing

Position of District magistrate (Zhixian 知縣) of Xuancheng 宣城 (present-day Xuanzhou 宣州市 in Anhui 安徽), before serving as magistrate in Shanyin 山陰

Position of District magistrate (Zhixian 知縣) of Shanyin 山陰 (present-day Huaian 淮安市 in Jiangsu 江苏), before serving Supervising Secretary for the Office of Scrutiny for Revenue (Hu ke jishizhong 戶科給事中) in Nanjing.

Promotion to Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Entertainments (Guanglu shaoqing 光祿少卿) in Zhengde 16 because he understand the calendrical system (lifa 曆法). He was in charge of matters relating to the Directorate of Astronomy (Qintianjian 欽天監)

Comment on the conjunction of the five planets (wuxing 五星) to the emperor in Jiajing 3 caused him to fall into disfavour. He was thrown into the prison of the Brocade Guards (Jinyi yu 錦衣獄). Through the efforts of the other officials (dachen 大臣) he was re

Demotion to Subprefectural Magistrate (Zhizhou 知州) of Suzhou 宿州 after the event (conjunction of the five planets) in Jiajing 3.

Appointment (after his demotion and first appointment) to Assistant (or seal-keeper) (Jianshi 佥事) in Henan 河南

Appointment (after his demotion and first appointment) to Administration Vice Commissioner (Canzheng 参政) in Shaanxi 陜西

Death in Linchuan 臨川 (Jiangxi 江西).

Appearance of name under Yue Hu 樂頀 in Chou ren zhuan, i.e. they are included in the same biography.