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

Birth in Weichuan 洧川 (Henan)

Award of Jinshi degree. Had been awarded Juren degree in 1570.

Appointment as Prefectural Judge of Songjiang 松江, Nan Zhili

Appointment to various posts in Nanjing in the Ministry of Justice, from secretary to bureau director

Denunciation of Zhang Juzheng 张居正 (1525-1582) in a memorial

Appointment to Assistant Administrative Commissioner of Shaanxi

Mention of Sabatino de Ursis in the biography of Fan Shouji 范守己 in the Dictionary of Ming Biography

Composition of the works in his own collected works by Fan Shouji.

Composition of this work on astronomy by Fan Shouji.

Appointment to Educational Commissioner of Shanxi

Appointment to Head of Military Defense Circuit of Jianchang 建昌 (Sichuan)

Demotion to Prefect of Chaling 茶陵, Huguang

Mention in Li Zhizao's biography as one of the calendar experts at the time. Probably referring to around 1610.

Appointment as Zhifang langzong 職方郎中: Director of the Bureau of Operations, a top-echelon agency in the Ministry of War.

Composition of a memorial explaining the slight discrepancy between the prediction and the time of the actual eclipse in Shenzong 38, 11th month. DMB says: "Spoke out on calendrical bureau's miscalculation of the solar eclipse (see Sabatino de Ursis)."

Death