Zhu Yun

Life and career

His examination career included the xianggong juren and jinshi degrees; in 1754, the nineteenth year of the Qianlong reign, he obtained the jinshi degree and ranked eighteenth in the second class. After the san'guan stage, he was made a shujishi, appointed compiler (bianxiu), and promoted to reader-in-waiting academician (shidu xueshi). He served as educational commissioner of Anhui from 1771 to 1773. His Fujian appointment is described in two ways: as educational commissioner of Fujian, and as examiner for the Fujian provincial examination in 1770. He was later demoted to compiler after an incident and served as an editor of Siku Quanshu.

He petitioned for the collection of the imperial-library copies of the Yongle Dadian and for the establishment of an official proofreading post; the compilation of Siku Quanshu followed these proposals. His learning was broad, and he was known for recommending and advancing talent; at his residence, Jiaohuayinfang, he kept tens of thousands of books. He also valued epigraphic texts, regarding them as evidence that could corroborate the classics and histories.

Family and networks

Zhu Yun was the elder brother of Zhu Gui. His father was Zhu Wenbing (1696–1764), his grandfather Zhu Dengjun; his wife was Wang Shuren, and his father-in-law was Wang Xun (1699–1777). His elder sister was Zhu Sen; his two sons were Zhu Xiyou (朱錫卣) and Zhu Xigeng (朱錫庚), his grandsons Zhu Chun (朱淳), Zhu Xiang (朱湘), and Zhu Chun (朱湻); his sons-in-law were Gong Yi (龔怡), Wei Shaoyuan (魏紹源), Xu Zhuo (徐焯), and Weng Shuduan (翁樹端).

His friends included Li Zhongjian (李中簡), Ji Yun (紀昀), Wang Chang (王昶), Wu Yi (武億), Dai Zhen (戴震), Yu Xiaoke (余蕭客), Zhu Shixiu (朱仕琇), Gui Fu (桂馥), 郁吳邑, and 郁文. Qian Daxin (錢大昕) and Hu Shaoding (胡紹鼎) were fellow successful candidates, while Sun Xuedao (孫學道), He Qing (何青), and Wang Deyue (汪德鉞) stood in relationships of esteem with him. Zhu Yun studied under Qian Weicheng (錢維城), Chen Shiguan (陳世倌), and Jiefu (介福); his students included Shi Jirong (史積容), Hong Liangji (洪亮吉), Wang Huizu (汪輝祖), Wu Yi (武億), Cheng Jinfang (程晉芳), Huang Jingren (黃景仁), and Zhao Shaozu (趙紹祖). He traveled with Weng Fanggang (翁方綱) and Dai Zhen, Lin Kunqiong (林崑瓊) visited him, and Huang Jingren and Zhang Fengxiang (張鳳翔) served as his assistants. He wrote epitaphs for Shi Youxing (史猶興), Shi Quanyi (史全義), Gao (高氏, Wang Xun’s wife), Wang Meishi (王枚士), Wang Xun, and Wang Fu (汪紱).

Works

His works include the Sihe ji (《笥河集》); related titles are the Sihe wenji (《笥河文集》) and the thirty-six-volume Sihe ji (《笥河集：三十六卷》)。