# Woren

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{{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](/source/Grand_Secretariat)
| term_start       = 7 May
| term_end         = 8 June 1871
| predecessor      = 
| successor        = 
| office1          = [Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Library](/source/Grand_Secretariat)
| term_start1      = 22 October 1862
| term_end1        = 7 May 1871
| predecessor1     = 
| successor1       = 
| office2          = [Assistant Grand Secretary](/source/Grand_Secretariat)
| term_start2      = 6 August
| term_end2        = 9 October 1862
| predecessor2     = 
| successor2       = 
| office3          = Minister of [Zongli Yamen](/source/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](/source/Ministry_of_Works_(imperial_China))
| term_start4      = 14 February
| term_end4        = 9 October 1862
| alongside4       = Wang Qingyun (until 16 April), Li Han (since 16 April)
| predecessor4     = Airen
| successor4       = [Wenxiang](/source/Wenxiang)
| office5          = Deputy Minister of Revenue of Mukden<!--盛京戶部侍郎-->
| term_start5      = 23 December 1857
| term_end5        = 3 November 1861
| predecessor5     = Funiyagangga
| successor5       = Herun
| office6          = Deputy Minister of Rites of Mukden<!--盛京禮部侍郎-->
| term_start6      = 10 September 1856
| term_end6        = 23 December 1857
| predecessor6     = Heseben
| successor6       = Wenjun
| occupation       = politician, philosopher
| father           = 
| relations        = 
| children         = 
| education        = ''[Jinshi](/source/Jinshi)'' degree in the [Imperial Examination](/source/Imperial_Examination)
| birth_date       = 1804
| birth_place      = [Kaifeng](/source/Kaifeng), [Henan](/source/Henan), [Qing China](/source/Qing_dynasty)
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1871|6|8|1804}}
| death_place      = 
| blank1           = [Clan name](/source/Manchu_name)
| data1            = Ucigeri (烏齊格里)
| blank2           = [Courtesy name](/source/Courtesy_name)
| data2            = Genfeng (艮峰)
| blank3           = [Posthumous name](/source/Posthumous_name)
| data3            = Wenduan (文端)
| allegiance       = [Qing dynasty](/source/Qing_dynasty)
| branch           = [Mongolian Plain Red Banner](/source/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](/source/courtesy_name) '''Genfeng''' (艮峰), [posthumous name](/source/posthumous_name) '''Wenduan''' (文端), was an official of China's [Qing dynasty](/source/Qing_dynasty). He was from the [Mongol](/source/Mongols) Ucigeri clan and belonged to the [Plain Red Banner](/source/Plain_Red_Banner) of the [Eight Banners](/source/Eight_Banners).<ref name=qing/>

Born in a [banner garrison family](/source/Military_of_the_Qing_dynasty) in Henan, Woren obtained the highest degree (''[jinshi](/source/jinshi)'') in the [imperial examination](/source/imperial_examination) and was selected a ''[shujishi](/source/shujishi)'' of the [Hanlin Academy](/source/Hanlin_Academy) in 1829.<ref name=qing>''[Draft History of Qing](/source/Draft_History_of_Qing)'', [vol. 391](/source/%3As%3Azh%3A%E6%B8%85%E5%8F%B2%E7%A8%BF%2F%E5%8D%B7391)</ref> He served as tutor of the [Tongzhi Emperor](/source/Tongzhi_Emperor).<ref name=qing/>

Woren was a famous opponent of the [Self-Strengthening Movement](/source/Self-Strengthening_Movement). He rejected the [''ti-yong'' idea](/source/Chinese_Learning_as_Substance%2C_Western_Learning_for_Application).<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>

==References==
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==Further reading==
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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

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