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

Birth in Xingren li 興仁里, Shixing 始興, Shaoguan 韶關

Kills the leader of the rebels Xie 謝 in the country

The district prefect Yang Yaozu 楊耀祖 gives Chen a poem in order to thank for his heroic act of killing the rebel leader, which reads: Jun ben neng wen hai jiang wu 君本能文還講武, ci bang bao zhang lan quan chou 此邦保障賴全籌

Appointment as Bazong 把總 (low-level officer of the army), but renounces it

Student 監生

Builds the library Yun shan shu yuan 雲山書院

Writes Shang han shu 傷寒述

Writes Yun shan shu yuan ke cao 雲山書院課草

Writes Di li zhe zhong 地理折中

Compiles Zuo zhuan bi du 左傳必讀

Compiles Shi han cong chao 史漢叢抄

Compiles Tang song shi chun jie ben 唐宋詩醇節本