Chen Hongmou | |
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| Grand Secretary of the Eastern Library | |
| In office 1767–1771 | |
| Assistant Grand Secretary | |
| In office 1764–1767 | |
| Minister of Personnel | |
| In office July 26, 1763 – April 15, 1767 Serving with Fusen (until 1765), Tondo (since 1765) | |
| Preceded by | Liang Shizheng |
| Succeeded by | Liu Lun |
| Minister of War | |
| In office June 28 – July 26, 1763 Serving with Arigūn | |
| Preceded by | Liu Lun |
| Succeeded by | Peng Qifeng |
| Viceroy of Liangguang | |
| In office January 14 – May 27, 1758 | |
| Preceded by | Henian |
| Succeeded by | Li Shiyao |
| Governor ofFujian | |
| In office 1752–1754 | |
| Preceded by | Pan Siju |
| Succeeded by | Zhongyin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1696-10-10)October 10, 1696 Lingui County, Guilin, Guangxi, China |
| Died | July 14, 1771(1771-07-14) (aged 74) Yanzhou, Shandong, China |
Chen Hongmou (simplified Chinese:陈宏谋;traditional Chinese:陳宏謀;pinyin:Chén Hóngmóu;Wade–Giles:Ch'en Hungmou, October 10, 1696 – July 14, 1771),courtesy nameRuzi (汝咨) andRongmen (榕門), was a Chineseofficial,scholar, andphilosopher, who is widely regarded as a model official of theQing dynasty.
Chen was born inLingui, Guangxi, to a family who migrated fromChenzhou inHunan province in the lateMing dynasty. He was noted for the longest total service and most provincial posts than any other official during theQing dynasty. In their workAnthology of Qing Statecraft Writings,He Changling andWei Yuan praised him as an exemplary official, being surpassed only byGu Yanwu.
Chen considered himself a disciple ofZhu Xi, but condemned various types of intellectual partisanship. His essays were very progressive for his time – in his vigorous advocation of education for people everywhere, he was one of the first philosophers to clearly state the idea that women and non-Chinese tribes could, and should, receive the same education asHan Chinese men.
Together with Gu Yanwu, He Changling, and Wei Yuan (mentioned above) he belongs to the "statecraft school" of the Chinese thought: its proponents advocated accommodation of the local administration to the changing social realities.
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