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

Birth in Huangzhatangxiang 黃沙塘鄉, Huaxian 花縣 (prensent Huangchatangcun 黃沙塘村, Chinizhen 赤坭鎮, Huaduqu 花都區)

Is son of Zhu Heng 朱珩

Provincial graduate 舉人

Metropolitan graduate 進士

Is nominated as Zhushi 主事 (secretary) of the Ministry of Justice 刑部

Goes back home and stay at home for ten years

Is nominated as Instructor of the Directorate of Education (Guozi Zhujiao 國子助教)

Annotates Yuan chao mi shi 元朝秘史

Is nominated as Tongji zuanxiu guan 統計纂修官 (secretary statistics and compile) of the Ministry of Justice 法部

Is nominated as Tuishi 推事 (magistrate) of the Super Court in capital (Jingshi gaodeng shenpanting 京師高等審判廳), and as the judge of the court of civil affaires

Editor in the libray of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Zongli yamen 總理衙門)

Edits Zhong e jiao jie tu shuo 中俄交界圖說

Edits Bei jiao shuo dao kao 北徼水道考

Edits Sai bei lu cheng bu kao 塞北路程補考

Edits Zhong ya zhou ou shu you ji zhu 中亞洲歐屬遊記注

Edits San shi guo yu jie jian yun 三史國語解檢韻

Edits Yuan chao mi shi bu zhu 元朝秘史補注

Writes Zhen jiu mi jue bian zheng 針灸秘訣辨證

Writes Wang shi zheng zhi zhun sheng 王氏證治準繩

Compiles Chen xiu yuan shi liu zhong 陳修園十六種

Writes Yi an 醫案

Death in Huangzhatangxiang 黃沙塘鄉, Huaxian 花縣 (prensent Huangchatangcun 黃沙塘村, Chinizhen 赤坭鎮, Huaduqu 花都區)