[1]Identity, dates, and officePan Shien’s birth year is given as either 1769 or 1770, while his death year is 1854; he was a Qing statesman and senior official.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The person record gives the English name Pan Shien, birth year 1769, death year 1854, and the Qing dynasty, while its offices include Grand Councillor and Grand Academician of the Wuying Hall.
Souyun潘世恩 (66898)The biographical passages give the dates 1770–1854 and 1769–1854 and describe him through his Qing official career.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database潘世恩 (A013134)The authority record identifies Pan Shien, places his birth in 1769 and death in 1854, identifies the dynasty as Qing, and calls him a Qing official.
WikidataPan Shien (Q13668052)The English label is Pan Shien, the description calls him a Qing dynasty politician, and the date statements give 1769 and 1854.
[2]Names and style namesHe was originally Pan Shifu, was styled Huaitang, was also recorded as Huaiting, and used the hao Zhixuan.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The alternate-name entries give Pan Shifu as an earlier name and Huaitang, Huaiting, and Zhixuan as style names, with their Chinese forms.
Souyun潘世恩 (66898)The biographies confirm the earlier name Shifu, the style name Huaitang, and the hao Zhixuan.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database潘世恩 (A013134)The alias list contains Huaitang, Huaiting, Zhixuan, and Shifu in Chinese form.
WikidataPan Shien (Q13668052)The English alias list contains Huaitang, Huaiting, Pan Shifu, and Zhixuan.
[3]HometownPan Shien was from Wu County in Jiangsu, corresponding to present-day Suzhou.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The registered basic native place is Wu County.
Souyun潘世恩 (66898)The profile and biography identify him as a native of Jiangsu Wu County, now Suzhou.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database潘世恩 (A013134)The birthplace field identifies Wu County.
[4]Ancestral originHis ancestral origin was additionally given as Shexian in Zhili.
Souyun潘世恩 (66898)The biographical passage gives his ancestral origin as Shexian in Zhili.
[5]Top examination resultIn 1793, Pan Shien ranked first in the first class of Presented Scholars and received appointment as a Hanlin Academy Compiler.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The examination entry identifies him as a Presented Scholar ranked first in the first class, and the office list gives the Hanlin Academy Compiler appointment.
Souyun潘世恩 (66898)The biographies identify him as the Qianlong fifty-eighth-year examination champion and state that he was appointed xiuzhuan.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database潘世恩 (A013134)The authority note gives the 1793 examination year, the zhuangyuan result, and the Hanlin Academy appointment.
[6]Jiaqing officesDuring the Jiaqing reign he served successively as Reader, Academician Expositor, and Minister of Revenue.
Souyun潘世恩 (66898)The biography places his service as Reader, Academician Expositor, and Minister of Revenue in the Jiaqing period, and the profile lists the same offices.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The office list includes Academician Expositor and Minister of Revenue.
[7]Additional officesHis other listed offices included the Vice Minister of Revenue, Minister of Rites, Vice Minister and Minister of Personnel, Grand Academician of the Grand Secretariat, Left Censor-in-Chief, Grand Official of the Court of State Ceremonial, Junior Guardian, and Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The office entries list the nine appointments summarized in the sentence; because complete terms are not supplied, the sentence presents them as part of his career rather than assigning a sequence.
[8]Education and examination appointmentsHe served as educational supervisor in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, as provincial education commissioner in Yunnan in Jiaqing year four, and held the listed examination posts from 1799 through 1847.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The office entries identify educational-supervisor appointments in Zhejiang and Jiangxi and a Yunnan education-supervisor appointment beginning in the fourth year of the Jiaqing reign.
[9]Examination postsHe was a co-examiner in 1799, a provincial-examination examiner in Zhejiang in 1804 and 1808 and Shuntian in 1839, and a metropolitan-examination examiner in 1832, 1836, 1840, and 1847.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The office entries mark 1799 for the co-examiner post, 1804 and 1808 for Zhejiang provincial examinations, 1839 for the Shuntian provincial examination, and 1832, 1836, 1840, and 1847 for metropolitan examinations.
[10]Grand Council and honorsDuring the Daoguang reign he served as a Grand Councillor, became Grand Academician of the Wuying Hall, served as chief tutor in the Imperial Study, was advanced to Grand Tutor, and also held the Tiren Hall grand-academician title.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The office list includes Grand Councillor, Grand Academician of the Wuying Hall, and Grand Tutor of the Heir Apparent.
Souyun潘世恩 (66898)The biographies and profile place him at the Wuying Hall, identify him as chief tutor in the Imperial Study and Grand Tutor, and list the Grand Councillor office.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database潘世恩 (A013134)The authority note gives the Tiren Hall grand-academician title and the addition of Grand Tutor.
[11]Four reigns and court serviceHe served under the Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, and Xianfeng emperors and remained at the imperial court for nearly three decades.
Souyun潘世恩 (66898)The biography states that he served through the Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, and Xianfeng reigns.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database潘世恩 (A013134)The authority note gives the four reigns and says that he served at the central court for nearly thirty years.
[12]RecommendationsAt the accession of Wenzong, Pan Shien recommended Lin Zexu and Yao Ying as men capable of dealing with rebels.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The two recommendation entries give the accession context, the former offices of Lin Zexu and Yao Ying, and the judgment that they were capable of dealing with rebels.
[13]Leave and banquetsAfter receiving leave, Pan Shien again attended the Lu-ming and En-rong banquets.
Souyun潘世恩 (66898)The biographical passage states that after being granted leave he again attended the Lu-ming and En-rong banquets.
[14]Death and posthumous nameHe died in 1854 at age eighty-five and received the posthumous name Wengong.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The person record gives the death year 1854 and lists Wengong as the posthumous title.
Souyun潘世恩 (66898)The biographies give the death year 1854 and the posthumous name Wengong, though they do not state the age in these passages.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database潘世恩 (A013134)The authority note states that he died in 1854 at age eighty-five and was posthumously named Wengong.
[15]Father and paternal uncleHis father is represented by two alternatives, Pan Yiji and Pan Zengyi; Pan Yijun is identified as a paternal uncle.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The kinship entries label both Pan Yiji (1745–1824) and Pan Zengyi (1792–1852) as father and identify Pan Yijun (1740–1830) as a paternal uncle; the conflicting father entries are therefore retained.
[16]Father-in-law and sonHis father-in-law was Wang Weiren, and his son was Pan Zengying, who lived from 1808 to 1878.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The kinship entries identify Wang Weiren as father-in-law and Pan Zengying as son, with Pan Zengying’s birth and death years given as 1808 and 1878.
[17]Grandchildren and great-grandchildThe listed grandsons were Pan Tinggao, Pan Zujun, Pan Zuoqian, Pan Zuchou, and Pan Yifeng, and the great-grandson was Pan Chenggu.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The kinship entries list five grandsons—潘庭誥, 潘祖均, 潘祖謙, 潘祖疇, and 潘儀鳳—and one great-grandson, 潘成榖.
[18]In-laws by marriageThe listed sons-in-law were Wang Kui, Wang Jiazi, Wang Jiasen, and Wang Xueyuan; the husbands of granddaughters were Wang Naichang, Wang Tingbiao, Jiang Rongjing, and Han Wenhe.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The kinship entries list four sons-in-law and four husbands of granddaughters, preserving all eight names in the sentence.
[19]Teacher, students, and prefacePan Shien was a disciple of 顧禮琥, taught 桑春榮 and 劉廷榆, and wrote a preface for a work by 潘世鏞.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The association entries identify 顧禮琥 in the disciple relationship, 桑春榮 and 劉廷榆 as students, and 潘世鏞 as the author whose work received a preface.
[20]Authored writingsThe bibliographic entries identify 《思補齋筆記》 in eight juan and 《消暑隨筆》 in four juan as writings associated with Pan Shien as author.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The text entries mark 《思補齋筆記》 as written by the person and include 《消暑隨筆》 with a four-juan author entry and a variant title for a four-juan text with an appendix.
[21]Collections and poetry titlesThe prose and poetry collections appear under the titles 《思補齋集》, 《思補堂集》, and 《思補齋詩集》.
Souyun潘世恩 (66898)The biographies use the collection titles 《思補齋集》 and 《思補齋詩集》.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database潘世恩 (A013134)The authority note uses the title 《思補堂集》.
[22]Additional bibliographyOther listed titles include a chronicle, memorials, prose, compilations, a collectanea, a record of grand councilors, a historical work, and separately titled notebook and poetry-prose volumes.
CBDBPan Shien (54483)The text list gives all nine titles and their volumes: the one-juan chronicle and memorials, two- and eight-juan prose works, the fifty-four-juan collectanea, the one-juan record, the thirty-two-juan historical compilation, and the eight- and seven-juan notebook and poetry-prose works.
[23]Family honorsThe authority note says that Pan Shien’s descendants continued to succeed in the examinations and that the family attained the highest honors of official status.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database潘世恩 (A013134)The authority note states that his descendants followed one another in examination success and that the family attained the highest rank of human honors.
[24]Three Eminent Men of SuzhouPan Shien was grouped with his paternal cousin 潘世璜 and grandson 潘祖蔭 as the “Three Eminent Men of Suzhou.”
Souyun潘世恩 (66898)The biographical passage says that Pan Shien, his paternal cousin 潘世璜, and his grandson 潘祖蔭 were collectively called the Three Eminent Men of Suzhou.