After two emperors, Shunzhi and Kangxi.
Tang Bin (1627-1687), whose courtesy name was Kong Bo, was also named Jingxian and later Qian'an. A native of Suizhou, Henan (now Sui County, Henan), he was a statesman, Neo-Confucianist and calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty. He served as minister of the Ministry of Industry and died with the posthumous title of Wenzheng. Tang Bin was honest and upright throughout his life. He was an advocate of the practice of Zhu Xue theory. He cared about the people's hardships wherever he went, was clean and honest, and had outstanding political achievements. He was respected as a "famous Neo-Confucian official".
In the ninth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1652), he became a Jinshi and embarked on an official career. He was selected as a scholar from Hongwen Academy and was awarded the review by the Academy of National History.
In the twelfth year of Shunzhi (1655), he served as a Taoist priest in Tongguan, Shaanxi. In order not to disturb the local people, he bought three mules. The master and servant sat on one each, and the other carried two pairs of shabby quilts. A bamboo book box, in the third year of Kangxi (1664), Tang Bin's father passed away, and he returned home to observe mourning for three years.
In the fifth year of Kangxi (1666), Tang Bin became a disciple of Sun Qifeng and studied Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming Dynasties with scholars such as Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi.
In the eighteenth year of Kangxi (1679), Emperor Kangxi issued an imperial edict to hold the imperial examination for erudite Confucian subjects. Tang Bin went to take the examination and came out on top and was awarded the title of Assistant Lecturer at the Hanlin Academy.
In the 21st year of Kangxi (1682), he served as the president of "History of the Ming Dynasty".