《明史·列传·卷一百七十五》
十八岁乡试中举，嘉靖二年进士，授工部主事，后改吏部主事，又任稽勋郎中。
十八举于乡，第嘉靖二年进士。授工部主事，改吏部。历稽勋郎中。
At 18, he passed the provincial examination as a Juren. In the second year of Jiajing, he passed the imperial examination as a Jinshi, was made the director of the Ministry of Works, later transferred as the director of the Ministry of Personnel and also served as the director of the Bureau of Military Inspection.