He himself was a hsiu-ts'ai (successful local examination candidate) and the family produced six chu-jen (successful provincial examination candidates) from the 25th to the 35th years of the reign of the Ch'ien-lung Emperor.
先是自己高中秀才，使家族在康熙五十年代嶄露頭角，底下子孫更在乾隆廿五年至卅五年間出過六位舉人。