In the seventh year of Jiaqing, the emperor was about to go hunting in Mulan (this place). Wang Chengpei asked to stop hunting (this activity), but the emperor did not agree. Soon, he was appointed as the censor of Zuodu and temporarily as the minister of the Ministry of War.
Excerpted from "Manuscript of Qing History·Biography of Wang Chengpei"
Wang Chengpei (?-1805), minister of the Qing Dynasty. His courtesy name is Shoushi, also known as Chunnong, his nickname is Shizhai, and his nickname is Jiaoxue. He is the son of Wang Youdun, a native of Qiantang, Zhejiang, and originally from Xiuning, Anhui. When Yu Dun died and was mourned, Cheng Pei offered sacrifices and buried him. Fu Heng was appointed as the head of the Ministry of War, and served as the Military Aircraft Department in Zhangjing. Lei moved to become a doctor, except for the prefect of Shaowu, Fujian Province. When my mother was eighty years old, she asked the Minister of Military and Aircraft to plead her case and stay in Beijing to serve as a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs. In the thirty-sixth year, the army attacked Xiaojinchuan and ordered Guilin, the minister of household affairs, to pay the governor's salary in order to accept Pei's obedience. In the thirty-seventh year, Altai and Song Yuanjun impeached Guilin and redeemed the plundered soldiers with gold and local chiefs. They resigned and ordered them to be arrested and punished. In Russia, the matter was in vain, and the doctor was still used as a military aircraft in Zhangjing. Lei Qian was the right minister of the Ministry of Industry. When the Gansu Relief Incident happened, the ministry decided that those who accepted donations to supervise students in Gansu should be banned from taking the exam, and should not be allowed to take the exam, and should come from a different background. There are many people in Chengpei's memorial, begging for a new way, so that they can accept the gold as an example, be allowed to take exams and come from other places, and get Yu's permission. In the forty years, the colonel shot, and the ones who were hit by Chengpei's bursts were admiring the flowers and feathers. Transferred to the right minister of household department. In the fifty-fourth year, he was imprisoned and failed to observe the Linshun Tianxiang Examination, so he moved to the left to become the general envoy. After being tired, he moved back to the position of Minister.
In the fifth year of Jiaqing, he was granted the title of Censor of Zuodu, moved to the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, and also served as the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture. In the sixth year, the Yongding River overflowed, and relief was ordered, and he was awarded the decree. In the seventh year, General Xing Mulan asked Pei to stop the siege, but he refused. He sought to change the censor of Zuodu and appointed him as the minister of the Ministry of War. Beicheng stole his hair, and his superior Cheng Pei was incompetent, so he served as a second-rank official. Ten years later, he died and was ordered to inspect the affairs of the ministers.
Chengpei is good at poetry and classical Chinese, can calligraphy, and can paint landscapes, figures and flowers, and is also good at wiping. "Moxiangju Painting Knowledge, Gengyan Tianzhai Notes, and Painting Reading Collection"
Translation:
Wang Chengpei, courtesy name Shoushi, was a native of Xiuning, Anhui, and a minister of the Qing Dynasty. Wang Youdun's son. His father, Wang Youdun, passed the Jinshi examination in the second year of Yongzheng's reign and held the official position of Shujishi. During the Qianlong period, he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Personnel many times. Wang Youdun was conscientious and diligent in his duties as an official. When the war in Jinchuan was tense, he drafted all imperial edicts in the DPRK. After his death, the emperor named him the crown prince and grand master. Wang Youdun had profound knowledge, elegant and standardized diction, and was good at calligraphy. His works include "Songquan Collection".
After Wang Youdun passed away, Wang Chengpei's mourning period expired, because the emperor went to the court to express gratitude for the funeral gift given to his father. Fu Heng spoke before the emperor and said that Wang Chengpei's handwriting was very similar to his father Wang Youdun's handwriting. The emperor granted him the official position of director of the Ministry of War and appointed him as Zhang Jing of the Military Aircraft Department. Later, he was promoted to the position of doctor many times and was awarded the official position of prefect of Shaowu, Fujian. At that time, Wang Chengpei's mother was already eighty years old, so he asked the Minister of Military and Aircraft to state his thoughts in front of the emperor on his behalf, and requested to continue to stay in the capital to hold his position, so he was appointed as a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs. In the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign, the imperial court launched an army to attack Xiaojinchuan. The emperor ordered Guilin, the minister of household affairs, to leave the capital to supervise the payment, and appointed Wang Chengpei as his entourage. In the thirty-seventh year, Altai and Song Yuanjun impeached Guilin for giving money to the leaders of local ethnic minorities to redeem plundered soldiers. Wang Chengpei was implicated in the memorial, and the court ordered his arrest to punish his crime. Soon after the matter was investigated clearly, he was still allowed to serve as Zhang Jing of the Military Aircraft Department by virtue of his status as a doctor. After many promotions, he was promoted to the position of Right Minister of the Ministry of Industry. After the cases of fake recipients of relief in Gansu were exposed, the Ministry of Industry discussed and decided that anyone who had paid donations in Gansu to obtain the qualification of supervising students should be banned from taking the examination. Cheng Pei reported to the emperor that there were too many people involved in this matter, and requested that these scholars be given a chance to repent and rehabilitate. He also asked them to pay money as usual and take exams or obtain fame through other means. The emperor agreed to this by issuing an imperial edict. request (Yu Yun: promise, mostly used by kings.). In the 40th year of Qianlong's reign, during an event held by the emperor to test archery skills and martial arts, Chengpei hit the bull's-eye with consecutive arrows. The emperor rewarded him with a flower-feather crown, and later appointed him as the right minister of the household department. In the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong's reign, he was demoted to the rank of General Secretary due to his lax supervision of the Shuntian Prefecture's rural examination, and was later promoted to the position of Minister.
In the fifth year of Jiaqing, he was awarded the official position of Yushi of Zuodu, promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War, and concurrently served as Yin of Shuntian Prefecture. In the sixth year of Jiaqing, the Yongding River flooded. The emperor ordered him to provide relief to the victims and issued an imperial edict to reward him for his achievements.
In the seventh year of Jiaqing, the emperor was about to go hunting in Mulan (this place). Chengpei asked to stop hunting (this activity), but the emperor did not agree. Soon, he was appointed as the censor of Zuodu and temporarily as the minister of the Ministry of War. There was a riot in the Beicheng area. The emperor accused Wang Chengpei of being incompetent in his duties as an official. He retired with the rank of second-grade crown uniform. Wang Chengpei died in the 10th year of Jiaqing. The emperor ordered that his family should enjoy pensions and relief according to the rank of minister.
Chengpei likes poetry, ancient prose and lyrics, can write, is good at painting landscapes, figures and flowers, and is outstanding in wiping paintings. There are works such as "Information on Paintings in Moxiangju", "Notes on Gengyan Tianzhai", "A Brief Collection of Painting Readings".