Wang Youdun, Ming, a native of Qiantang, Zhejiang Province, was born in Xiuning, Anhui Province. In the second year of Yongzheng, he was elected as Jishi Shu. Soon after, he suffered his father's funeral. Because he usurped the Ming history, the emperor ordered him to keep the system in the history museum (in the old society, after the death of his parents or grandparents, his son or grandson had to stay at home for 27 months, during which he was not allowed to be an official, take exams, get married, etc. ). At the end of the mourning period, he was promoted to a bachelor's degree in cabinet for many times and went to the study to be on duty. In the eleventh year of Qianlong, the emperor ordered him to be a walker in the Ministry of War (institutions without full-time or part-time officials in the Qing Dynasty were called walkers). Wang Youdun, a student of Zhang, was recommended by Zhang to work in the military department. Among the ministers of the Ministry of War at that time, E Ertai was dead, and Zhang was the leader on duty, but he was taken care of by the emperor. I go in every day to undertake the will and come out to let Wang Youdun write the imperial edict. I was worried that what I wrote was not in line with the emperor's wishes, so I asked Wang Youdun to revise and polish it. After three or four times, I didn't stop, and Fu Heng was upset. Fu Heng returned to the imperial court from Jinchuan and led the ministers to accept the emperor's will as their rule. Zhang will return to his hometown after retirement, because the will of Emperor Sejong of the Qing Dynasty stipulated that he should enjoy the ancestral temple after his death, so he asked the emperor to issue a decree as evidence. However, when giving thanks, Zhang did not go to the court in person, and the emperor sent someone to question and accuse him. Fu Heng and Wang Youdun accepted the emperor's will. Wang Youdun bowed his head without wearing a hat, saying that Zhang appreciated the emperor's mercy and asked for mercy and salvation in the end. If it is clearly that the monkey is heckling and accusing, then Zhang's sin cannot be exempted. The next day, Zhang entered the court very early, so the emperor accused Wang Youdun of leaking the court's remarks, seeking personal gain for teachers and students, and ignoring everyone's comments in the court. So, he dismissed the position of co-organizer and dismissed the position of Shangshu.
The emperor reviewed the Yongding River project and sent Wang Youdun, Fu Heng, a university student, and Fang Guancheng, the governor, to inspect the dam construction on the south bank. He called for the restoration of two old dams in Zhang Xianwu and Shuangying, and the addition of two new dams to the east of Majiapu and Icehouse. The emperor agreed to his suggestion. Zhu Quan, a scholar in Sichuan, was found guilty of concealing the funeral (in the old society, his grandparents' parents died, he didn't report the funeral, he concealed it from the outside or took bribes on the other day), and Zhu Quan was recommended by Wang Youdun. The official department proposed to cut off Wang Youdun's position. The emperor thought that Wang Youdun was cautious and knowledgeable, so he was demoted to assistant minister of the Ministry of War. Soon, the Yongding River levee burst, and Wang Youdun was ordered to go to Gu 'an to monitor the breach. Someone asked to dig a new river elsewhere, but Wang Youdun insisted that the original river should still be dredged and deepened, and the emperor agreed with Wang Youdun. /kloc-transferred to assistant minister of the Ministry of Finance in 0/6, and was ordered to cooperate with Gao Bin, a university student, to survey river courses in Tianjinwei and other places. He called for dredging the lower reaches of Yongding River, dredging the water diversion project of Wangqingtuo River and increasing the Fenghe Dam. In seventeen years, he was awarded the post of Minister of Industry. In nineteen years, he added the title of Prince Taifu and concurrently served as the minister of punishments. Twenty-three years, he died, and the emperor came to offer sacrifices himself, and posthumous title Wen Duan.
Wang Youdun's inner character is honest and kind, and the articles he recites are especially profound, elegant and dignified. After serving in the palace for nearly 30 years, he was appreciated by the emperor, both respectful and cautious. During the Qianlong period, the minister just entered the Ministry of War on duty, and the emperor wrote poems as drafts every day. Sometimes he dictated to Wang Youdun, calling it a "poetic film". Wang Youdun didn't make any mistakes for a long time, so he asked Wang Youdun to write a letter. Yu Dunbi has a strong memory and can fully understand the meaning of the emperor. When the emperor goes out to visit the mausoleum and visit a place, he must follow Wang Youdun. Wang Youdun undertook the will in the imperial court, listened attentively, memorized it attentively, and copied it immediately, word for word. When he died, the emperor praised him as "honest and sincere, upright and respectful, smart and cautious, calm and calm, knowledgeable, elegant and generous in language" and wrote poems to mourn him. Because Wang Youdun was good at calligraphy, the emperor asked the minister to carve stone after editing the content, calling it "Shi Qing Zhai Fa Tie".