Woren

{{family name hatnote|Woren|Ucigeri|lang=Manchu}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Imperial tutor | honorific_suffix = | name = Wesin | image = | office = Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Hall | term_start = 7 May | term_end = 8 June 1871 | predecessor = | successor = | office1 = Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Library | term_start1 = 22 October 1862 | term_end1 = 7 May 1871 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office2 = Assistant Grand Secretary | term_start2 = 6 August | term_end2 = 9 October 1862 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = Minister of Zongli Yamen | term_start3 = 25 April | term_end3 = 13 July 1867<ref>{{cite web | url = http://ssop.digital.ntu.edu.tw/QueryByPerson.php?person=%E5%80%AD%E4%BB%81&submit=%E9%80%81%E5%87%BA |title = 倭仁（1804~1871）}}</ref> | alongside3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | office4 = Minister of Works | term_start4 = 14 February | term_end4 = 9 October 1862 | alongside4 = Wang Qingyun (until 16 April), Li Han (since 16 April) | predecessor4 = Airen | successor4 = Wenxiang | office5 = Deputy Minister of Revenue of Mukden | term_start5 = 23 December 1857 | term_end5 = 3 November 1861 | predecessor5 = Funiyagangga | successor5 = Herun | office6 = Deputy Minister of Rites of Mukden | term_start6 = 10 September 1856 | term_end6 = 23 December 1857 | predecessor6 = Heseben | successor6 = Wenjun | occupation = politician, philosopher | father = | relations = | children = | education = ''Jinshi'' degree in the Imperial Examination | birth_date = 1804 | birth_place = Kaifeng, Henan, Qing China | death_date = {{death date and age|1871|6|8|1804}} | death_place = | blank1 = Clan name | data1 = Ucigeri (烏齊格里) | blank2 = Courtesy name | data2 = Genfeng (艮峰) | blank3 = Posthumous name | data3 = Wenduan (文端) | allegiance = Qing dynasty | branch = Mongolian Plain Red Banner | service_years = | rank = | commands = | battles = | laterwork = }} '''Woren''' ({{lang-zh|c=倭仁|p=Wōrén}}), alternatively rendered as '''Wesin''' ({{Langx|mnc|{{ManchuSibeUnicode|ᠸᡝᠰᡳᠨ}}|wesin|translit-std=mdorff}};<ref>{{cite web | title = (烏齊格里)倭仁 | url = https://newarchive.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/sncaccgi/sncacFtp?ACTION=TQ,sncacFtpqf,SN=000659,2nd,search_simple }}</ref> 1804 – 8 June 1871), courtesy name '''Genfeng''' (艮峰), posthumous name '''Wenduan''' (文端), was an official of China's Qing dynasty. He was from the Mongol Ucigeri clan and belonged to the Plain Red Banner of the Eight Banners.<ref name=qing/>

Born in a banner garrison family in Henan, Woren obtained the highest degree (''jinshi'') in the imperial examination and was selected a ''shujishi'' of the Hanlin Academy in 1829.<ref name=qing>''Draft History of Qing'', vol. 391</ref> He served as tutor of the Tongzhi Emperor.<ref name=qing/>

Woren was a famous opponent of the Self-Strengthening Movement. He rejected the ''ti-yong'' idea.<ref>{{cite book |title = Confucian China and Its Modern Fate: A Trilogy | first = Joseph Richmond | last = Levenson | publisher = University of California Press | year = 1968 | page = 69 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iGh2c4ig1SUC&pg=PR23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title =「西學」と「新學」中國近代における西洋文化輸入の論理について | url = http://nippon-chugoku-gakkai.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/40-13.pdf}}</ref>

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Category:1804 births Category:1871 deaths Category:19th-century Chinese philosophers Category:Neo-Confucian scholars Category:Mongolian Plain Red Bannermen Category:Grand secretaries of the Qing dynasty Category:Ministers of Zongli Yamen Category:Imperial tutors in Qing dynasty