What is Wei Yuan?
{{chinese name|Wei}} {{Infobox person | name = Wei Yuan | image = Wei Yuan.png | native_name = 魏源 | native_name_lang = Chinese Traditional | birth_date = {{birth date|1794|4|23|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1857|3|26|1794|4|23|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Shao Yang]] (present-day [[Hu Nan Province]]) }} '''Wei Yuan''' (23 April 1794 – 26 March 1857) was a [[China|Chinese]] [[scholar]] during the [[Qing Dynasty]]. He wrote books on politics. He was also known as '''Mo Shen''' ({{lang-zh|默深}}) and Hanshi ({{lang-zh|漢士}}). == Life == When Wei Yuan was young, he followed his teacher, [[Liu Feng]], to study the [[History of China]]. During the reign of [[Daoguang Emperor]], Wei Yuan successfully got a provincial degree in the [[Imperial examinations]]. In 1826, Wei Yuan was ordered to write a political book called [[Huang Chao Jing Shi Wen Pian]] ({{lang-zh|《皇朝經世文篇》}}). Besides, he helped the imperial official to deal with the problem of building the [[canals]]. From 1841 AD until 1842 AD, Wei Yuan was asked to defeat the [[British]] armies in the [[First Opium War]]. From 1842 AD until 1843 AD, Wei Yuan finished writing a book which was about the matters of Western countries. The book was called [[Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms]] ({{lang-zh|海國圖志》}}). After the [[First Opium War]], Wei Yuan wrote another book titled [[Military history of the Qing Dynasty]] ({{lang-zh|《聖武記》}}) ==Related pages== *[[List of Chinese writers]] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wei, Yuan}} [[Category:1794 births]] [[Category:1857 deaths]] [[Category:Chinese scholars]] {{bio-stub}}