Woren

In this Manchu name, the given name is  Woren. In accordance with Manchu custom, it should be used alone or with titles but not with the clan name Ucigeri.

Imperial tutor

Wesin

Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Hall
In office
7 May – 8 June 1871
Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Library
In office
22 October 1862 – 7 May 1871
Assistant Grand Secretary
In office
6 August – 9 October 1862
Minister of Zongli Yamen
In office
25 April – 13 July 1867[1]
Minister of Works
In office
14 February – 9 October 1862

Serving with Wang Qingyun (until 16 April), Li Han (since 16 April)

Preceded by| Airen
Succeeded by| Wenxiang
Deputy Minister of Revenue of Mukden
In office
23 December 1857 – 3 November 1861
Preceded by| Funiyagangga
Succeeded by| Herun
Deputy Minister of Rites of Mukden
In office
10 September 1856 – 23 December 1857
Preceded by| Heseben
Succeeded by| Wenjun
Personal details
Born| 1804
Kaifeng, Henan
Died| June 8, 1871(1871-06-08) (aged 66–67)
Education| Jinshi degree in the Imperial Examination
Occupation| politician, philosopher
Clan name| Ucigeri (烏齊格里)
Courtesy name| Genfeng (艮峰)
Posthumous name| Wenduan (文端)
Military service
Allegiance| Qing dynasty
Branch/service| Mongolian Plain Red Banner

Woren (Chinese: 倭仁; pinyin: Wōrén) or Wesin (Manchu: ᠸᡝᠰᡳᠨ, Möllendorff: wesin,[2] 1804–8 June 1871), courtesy name Genfeng (艮峰), was a Qing dynasty official from the Mongolian Ucigeri clan and the Plain Red Banner of the Eight Banners.[3]

Born in a banner garrison family in Henan. He obtained the highest degree (jinshi) in the imperial examination and was selected a shujishi of the Hanlin Academy in 1829.[3] He served as tutor of the Tongzhi Emperor.[3]

Woren was a famous opponent of the Self-Strengthening Movement. He rejected the ti-yong idea.[4][5]

## References

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1. ^ "倭仁（1804~1871）".
2. ^ "(烏齊格里)倭仁".
3. ^ a b c Draft History of Qing, vol. 391
4. ^ Levenson, Joseph Richmond (1968). Confucian China and Its Modern Fate: A Trilogy. University of California Press. p. 69.
5. ^ "「西學」と「新學」 中國近代における西洋文化輸入の論理について" (PDF).

## Further reading

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* Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Wo-jên" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.

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