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

Birth in Shunde 順德

Participates in purchase of the ancient house of Zhu Yizun 朱彝尊 in order to transform into the Hotel for candidates for Imperial Examination from Shunde 順德, which is intitled Jingshi Shunde Yiguan 京師順德邑館

Provincial graduate 舉人 of Shuntian xiangshi 順天鄉試

Is nominated as Guanglu shuzheng 光祿署正 (director of the department of food service)

Drafts the regulation of the Guanglu department

Supervises the Granary Taiping 太平倉

Writes Guan li Pian 管蠡篇

Writes Du hua lou shi chao 讀畫樓詩抄

Writes Qun fang pu 群芳譜

Writes Yi fang za chao 醫方雜抄